> >Hi > >I get the digest, so sorry, no quotes. You heard it all before anyway :) > >A while ago, Thom asked r.e. 6V - 12V. Yes it is possible, and I would >not recommend going 6V -> 110V AC -> 12V. Much too inefficient. I have a >circuit somewhere that converts 12V -> 24V. Something similar should >work. But the best solution, methinks, is to use a switchmode PSU based >on a Linear Technologies LT1070(?) requlator. This should give you 12V at >about 1.5A from 6V @ 3A. I'll check using SwitcherCad, a program from LT >do design these things. > Yea but who cares- 1.5 amps is just a trickle compared to 5.5 amps thats required for the fridge. You'd have to put 4 of them in parralell just to get the amperage. So that drains around 12 amps at 6 volts. This is unrealistic as well, there are no 100% efficient machines out there. Chris Bridge Currently building an engine for a ''71 Westy E-mail cbridge@vt.edu
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