On Fri, 9 Oct 2015 10:40:53 -0400 Meade Dillon via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> And then your computer takes the 110-240V 50-60Hz and turns it back into > DC... Yup. > A laptop needs a DC input, maybe some efficiency could be gained by > simply converting the AC from the generator to DC once, and then only > consuming DC on that circuit? Yes. > Lights and water heaters don't care about frequency, batteries charge > fine on DC last I checked. The water heater temperature-sensitive switch might not like DC since it will tend to arc. What you use to charge batteries determines whether you can charge with DC. A 60-Hz-transformer-based charger will not work on DC. > Are there PC power supplies that accept DC power as well as AC power? There are PC power supplies which accept DC only. Depending how they are built, "normal" PC power supplies may accept a DC input just fine, but it will likely need to be 170 VDC. Craig _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
