Keysight E3632A, User Manual

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6 Tutorial
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Connecting the Load
158 E3632A User’s Guide
Remote voltage sensing
Normally, a power supply operating in the constant voltage
mode achieves its optimum line and load regulations, its
lowest output impedance, drift, and ripple and noise, and its
fastest transient recovery performance at the power supply
output terminals. If the load is separated from the output
terminals by any lead length, some of these performance
characteristics will be degraded at the load terminals —
usually by an amount proportional to the impedance of the
load leads compared with the output impedance of the
power supply.
Table 6-1 Wire rating
AWG 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28
Suggested

maximum

Current(amps)
[1]
40 25 20 13 10 7 5 3.5 2.5 1.7
m

ft 1.00 1.59 2.53 4.02 6.39 10.2 16.1 25.7 40.8 64.9
m

m 3.3 5.2 8.3 13.2 21.0 33.5 52.8 84.3 133.9 212.9
[1] Single conductor in gree air at 30 °C with insulation
WA R N I N G
To satisfy safety requirements, load wires must be heavy enough not
to overheat while carrying the short-circuit output current of the
power supply.