Dave J wrote:
On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 11:33:07 -0400, John Grabowski wrote:

What do you think will happen? I think it will burn up the insulation on
the wire.


Not likely. Resistance of 6 gauge wire is 0.47 ohms per 1,000
feet. I have 160 feet (going both ways), which makes resistance equal
to 160*0.47/1000 = 0.075 ohm. At 100 amps, a 0.047 ohm resistor
would produce 7.5 watts of power total, a negligible amount.

http://www.bnoack.com/index.html?htt...esistance.html

Is my calculation wrong?

P=I^2*R




Dave J