• CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee
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    3 days ago

    In addition to this, the voltage drop from one end of the wire to the other would probably make a 5V input useless to begin with when you only get 1.5V out on the other end. Higher input voltage doesn’t suffer quite as badly while also helping to keep the current low like you mentioned.