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I/O modules.
Purpose
To explain what determines the length of wire that can be used on the field
side of I/O modules.
Question
How long can the wire be from an I/O module to a field device? Why doesnt
Modicon specify that length of wire?
Units affected
All discrete I/O modules for Modicons 200,500,800 series I/O platforms as
well as Quantums I/O.
IR drop
IR drop
calculation
example
Additional
precautions
The IR drop can only be a rough estimate along with empirical testing to fine
tune the wiring length. Neither Modicon nor any one else can declare what
the length of wiring can be due to the following unknown variables.