April 27, 2005 22:00
Quentin Wrote:Ah, sorry Dan, I didn't see your bit about the power supply..... I would be comfortable using a dc voltage regulator....there is a PC available which depends upon one of these:
http://www.vasari.net/lowvolt.html
Q
Unless I'm mistaken, a DV-DV converter (12 {boat} --> 18 {Mini}) still has to use a DC->AC->DC setup to get its otput: it may be a bit more efficient as all you have to do is chop the DC to get it into the transformer, not convert it to MSW or pure sine-wave 60 hz AC. For the testing stages I am at I'll be happy with an inverter for the moment. A DC regulator assumes you're using a voltage lower than the 12 VDC input, which we're not here.