Gel voltages and times

[Paul S. Brookes.]

I have a real silly question about gel voltages.... Is the voltage you 
apply across them determined by the length, or the cross-sectional area?

  The protocol I'm working from uses 120V, 12hrs,  for a 140 x 140 x 1.5mm 
gel - i.e. 210square mm  cross-sectional area, 140mm length.    I have a 70 
x 90 x 1.5mm mini-gel, i.e. 135 square mm area, 70mm length.

  *  So, seeing as my gel's x-sectional area is 64% of the bigger one, do I 
use 64% of 120V = 77V
  *  Or because the length is 50% do I use 50% of 120V = 60V
  *  And how long to run for?  Does half the length = run for half the time?

Is there a simple equation for working out voltages based on gel % and 
dimensions?
Thanks in advence for any help.
Paul

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Dr. Paul S. Brookes.            (brookes at uab.edu)
UAB Department of Pathology,   G004 Volker Hall
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