personally, when looking at the tables, i see marked improvement in ampacity when going from 16awg to 14 to 12. and it seems that the industry has already come to that conclusion, as 12 awg seems the largest commonly available. i am sure the calculations can be done for added mass to accellerate vs. added potential to do so.

for stock on road sedan say... ave current draw = approx 22a(conservative). maybe the average total path length for the electrons to travel is about a foot. that yields:

for 12 awg a vdrop of .035v/pack, = .006v/cell
for 14 awg a vdrop of .055v/pack, = .009v/cell
for 16 awg a vdrop of .080v/pack, = .015v/cell

the difference of 12 to 16 gauge wire is .009/cell

so to me, running 1.170 cells with 16 gauge wire is like running 1.161 cells with 12 gauge. is my math or my estimating off?

it just seems wierd to me that we spend all this energy finding and funding "team" cells only to let some of that power be dissipated as heat in an effort to save weight. maybe i'm being too dramatic, but no more so than those who insist on running packs that are unavailable to the general masses.

what do you think?