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The search tool seems useless on my IPad so forgive me for asking something that has likely been answered before. Why is voltage drop restricted to 3% while other loads are allowed 5%?

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    Obviously more copper involved with lower voltage drops and fair point about energy saving. Energy saving was not what I was taught with circuit design but material costs were upmost. More money to be made by energy providers with higher allowable volt drops. Now energy is becoming scarce due to government environmental policy, voltage drops may change again. However, there may be a copper shortage once the green madness really kicks in with heat pumps, ev's and hydrogen production.

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    Obviously more copper involved with lower voltage drops and fair point about energy saving. Energy saving was not what I was taught with circuit design but material costs were upmost. More money to be made by energy providers with higher allowable volt drops. Now energy is becoming scarce due to government environmental policy, voltage drops may change again. However, there may be a copper shortage once the green madness really kicks in with heat pumps, ev's and hydrogen production.

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