Completely agree - with a small reservation: You don't want to use a
no-name converter in your expensive car. I made that mistake once,
won't do it again. I will only use name-brand equipment. In my EV's
case, I'm using the Meanwell 750W 15V (SP-750-15). I've turned the
voltage down to 13.5V, and it works very well. The previous one somehow
had ingested some metal and literally blew up.
Cheers!
On 6/7/16 12:17 PM, Jan Steinman via EV wrote:
One thing I haven’t seen mentioned here is that power converters specifically
designed to convert traction pack voltage to 12 VDC are expensive, whereas
generic power supplies that do the same thing for line voltage are cheap.
Almost any “universal” switching power supply designed to work from 120 to 240
VAC without changing jumpers or switches IS a traction pack power converter!
The main difference is a full-wave bridge on the input, which means you don’t
even have to worry about polarity when hooking it up!
These things are dirt cheap from China, like 12 cents a watt or about $1 per
amp. Here’s a bunch of them:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2053587.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H1.X13.8v+40a+power+supply.TRS0&_nkw=13.8v+40a+power+supply&_sacat=0
:::: There is a standard wrong belief about the physics of energy and the economy; it
is the belief we can somehow train the economy to get along without much energy. --
Gail Tverberg <http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=Gail+Tverberg>
:::: Jan Steinman, EcoReality Co-op <http://www.ecoreality.org/> ::::
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