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Old 04-10-2011, 05:49 AM   #4620 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by DJBecker View Post
It's not the propagation delay (which is considerably longer than your estimate, but still inconsequential). It's the resistance, and a little bit the inductive loop area. At a few hundred amps, even the trivial additional resistance for the extra few inches of bus bar makes a big difference in how balanced the current is.
Oh yes, how much longer than my "estimate"? Have you worked out the LR? As I said before, theory is a wonderful thing!
I have tried to measure some of these things and failed - too short, so ignore them.
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