RCU Forums - View Single Post - Power Expander or not -that's the question
Old 12-10-2008, 10:02 AM
  #137  
Hammbone
My Feedback: (309)
 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Loveland, CO
Posts: 1,682
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default RE: Power Expander or not -that's the question

I recognize that while a standard connector is rated at 3 amps, it can pass more current than that. The problem is that as current flow increases, resistance increases and voltage drops.

As I understand it, a manufacturer rates his product as to how much current it can pass while maintaining an "acceptable" amount of voltage drop. If you go above this rated amount of current flow, you will get an "unacceptable" drop in voltage. I don't want that excess voltage drop.

Jim