And for the conservation minded, switchers are more efficient than a regular charger, especially when under a light load. tom On 5 Dec 2003 at 22:53, Gnarlodious wrote: > What Felder failed to mention is that this is no ordinary battery charger. > This is a "Switched Mode" Power Supply. It doesn't have the huge heavy > transformer but uses a small light transformer running at about 40kHz to > transform the current. > The frequency is controlled by a PWM chip that regulated the input and > output by using Pulse Width Modulation. This means input voltage can be > anywhere between 80 volts and 240 volts. No transformer overheating buzzing. > > A switching charger normally costs about $270, Felder is saying you can do > it for about $25 if you're willing to play. > > -- Gnarlie ------ Tom Ring K0TAR, ex-WA2PHW EN34hx 85 Westphalia GL Albert 96 Jetta GL The Intimidator taring@taring.org "It is better to go into a turn slow, and come out fast, than to go into a turn fast and come out dead." Stirling Moss |
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