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Voltage Drop at 150 Feet

Everything about a 150 ft one-way run on one page: at 240 V and a 3% budget, a 20 A load needs 8 AWG copper and a 50 A load needs 4 AWG copper. The quick-answer table and the full percent-drop matrices are below.

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Minimum wire size at 150 ft — 3% drop

Load120 V copper240 V copper240 V aluminum
15 A8 AWG10 AWG8 AWG
20 A6 AWG8 AWG6 AWG
30 A4 AWG8 AWG4 AWG
40 A3 AWG6 AWG4 AWG
50 A2 AWG4 AWG3 AWG
60 A2 AWG4 AWG2 AWG
80 A1/0 AWG3 AWG1 AWG
100 A2/0 AWG2 AWG1/0 AWG

Percent drop at 150 ft — 120 V, copper

Copper \ Amps15 A20 A30 A40 A50 A60 A80 A100 A
14 AWG11.515.423.0†30.7†38.4†46.0†61.4†76.8†
12 AWG7.29.714.5†19.3†24.1†29.0†38.6†48.2†
10 AWG4.56.09.112.1†15.1†18.2†24.2†30.2†
8 AWG2.93.85.77.69.611.5†15.3†19.1†
6 AWG1.82.53.74.96.17.49.8†12.3†
4 AWG1.21.52.33.13.94.66.27.7†
3 AWG0.91.21.82.53.13.74.96.1
2 AWG0.71.01.51.92.42.93.94.9
1 AWG0.60.81.21.51.92.33.13.9
1/0 AWG0.50.60.91.21.51.82.43.1
2/0 AWG0.40.50.71.01.21.51.92.4
3/0 AWG0.30.40.60.81.01.11.51.9
4/0 AWG0.20.30.50.60.80.91.21.5

Percent drop at 150 ft — 240 V, copper

Copper \ Amps15 A20 A30 A40 A50 A60 A80 A100 A
14 AWG5.87.711.5†15.4†19.2†23.0†30.7†38.4†
12 AWG3.64.87.2†9.7†12.1†14.5†19.3†24.1†
10 AWG2.33.04.56.0†7.6†9.1†12.1†15.1†
8 AWG1.41.92.93.84.85.7†7.6†9.6†
6 AWG0.91.21.82.53.13.74.9†6.1†
4 AWG0.60.81.21.51.92.33.13.9†
3 AWG0.50.60.91.21.51.82.53.1
2 AWG0.40.50.71.01.21.51.92.4
1 AWG0.30.40.60.81.01.21.51.9
1/0 AWG0.20.30.50.60.80.91.21.5
2/0 AWG0.20.20.40.50.60.71.01.2
3/0 AWG0.10.20.30.40.50.60.81.0
4/0 AWG0.10.20.20.30.40.50.60.8

Read across your load, down your gauge: ≤3.0 passes the NEC branch recommendation, ≤5.0 the total budget. Cells marked † exceed the 75 °C copper ampacity for that load — undersized regardless of drop. For aluminum multiply any value by ~1.61; for three-phase multiply by 0.866.

Frequently Asked Questions

What size wire do I need for 150 feet?

It depends on the load: at 240 V and 3%, 150 ft needs 10 AWG at 15 A, 8 AWG at 20 A, and 4 AWG at 50 A. At 120 V, sizes step up roughly two gauges — see the table above.

Is 150 feet measured one-way or round trip?

One-way — source to load. The return path is already in the formula (×2 single-phase, ×√3 three-phase), so don't double your measurement.

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