Check out Maine Sail's recent article
http://www.pbase.com/mainecruising/ipad_charge_
Details the energy losses of inverters vs DC chargers
Mark
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B.Sc., D.C., FCCOPR(C)
Bedford Chiropractic
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On 19/02/2014 2:41 PM, Marek Dziedzic wrote:
+1 to what Stevan said.
Sailboat Owners had some testing results published
recently and charging an iPad (of all things) came about
20-25% less over a DC charger (compared to the inverter/AC
charger combo). These inverters are not as efficient as we
would like them to be.
A note: check the DC (USB) charger before
buying/installing; they come in a variety of specs (1.5
A/2.0 A/2.5 A). For fully charging higher end devices (e.g.
tablets) you want to have 2.4 A – 2.5 A USB charger.
Marek
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Message: 9
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 12:51:27 -0500
From: Stevan Plavsa <stevanpla...@gmail.com>
To: "cnc-list@cnc-list.com" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
Subject: Re: Stus-List Wiring an inverter
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As an aside, charging tablets and phones doesn't necessarily
require an
inverter. One could go with something like this:
http://ca.binnacle.com/p8953/BLUE-SEA-1016-DUAL-USB-CHARGER-2-SOCKET-5V-2.1AMP/product_info.html
Phones and tablets are DC, why
convert and convert again?
I'm looking into DC power supplies for the laptop as well.
So far we
haven't need AC but I do have a portable inverter on board
just in case.
I charge my tablet and phone off of the car stereo I
installed at the nav
station (it has a USB port). I'm considering that Blue Sea
unit just as a
nice to have but the project list is long with higher
priorities.
Steve
Suhana, C&C 32
Toronto
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