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Date:         Mon, 10 Mar 2003 23:32:04 -0500
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Power plans and questions
Comments: To: Mark Belanger <belanger@FLUID.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <3E6D497E.3080209@fluid.com>
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At 09:27 PM 3/10/2003, Mark Belanger wrote: >Actually, the power supply is rated for 150W, but I doubt it uses much >more than 100W.

That's output, right? So if it's delivering the full 150 watts you're going to be consuming more than that -- that's why they have fans in them...figure another 15% or so if you can't get specs.

>No inverter. It's a DC-DC supply. I didn't understand why I'd take DC, >covert it to AC then covert it back to DC with all the requisite heat >generation that comes along with it.

The answer's not always cut-and-dried...in this case I suspect that DC-DC (which no doubt turns it into AC or at least a pulse train inside) performed in one box is likely more efficient than if it were in two boxes. But maybe not by much, depends on their priorities to some extent.

>Unfortunately, I don't get to use my Westy to do a lot of camping. >Unfortunately, I DO have to make regular trips down highway 5, the most >god forsaken stretch of road in the United State of California and >having an internet-enabled computer will entertain the fiancee(and me >when I'm not driving).

Ah so -- you won't be using it much at rest then? In that case I take back most of what I said privately about batteries and charging systems -- not that you wouldn't be better off, but you can probably get by tolerably with the stock setup -- more comfortably with a somewhat larger alternator, or a hot-rated one of the same size you already have.

david

-- David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" '85 GL "Poor Relation"


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