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Date:         Fri, 23 Dec 2011 23:14:21 -0500
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Front Heater wiring *REVISITED*
Comments: To: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
Comments: cc: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
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At 06:51 PM 12/23/2011, Dennis Haynes wrote:
>Battery chargers do [not] make good power supplies unless designed
>for that extra function. Power supplies have filtered and regulated
>outputs to actually support devices or equipment


Right, that's why you need to have a battery hooked to them.  It acts
as a large filter capacitor and to a considerable extent a voltage
regulator (in combination with the charger's current-limited configuration).


Yours,
DAvid
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