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Cables aren't perfect conductors, they have a bit of resistance. This resistance cacuse a certain voltage drop. But the drop isn't proportional to the voltage running through the cable, so at lower voltages the proportion lost to internal resistance in the cable will be bigger than at higher voltages.

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