Converter installed
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Topic: Converter installed
Posted By: Rchuter
Subject: Converter installed
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2020 at 11:17am
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Replacement converter installed, arrived Friday from Walmart . Installed Friday about an hour or so. Everything back to working thanks all. That’s one expensive battery charger!!
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Posted By: StephenH
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2020 at 1:47pm
Well, it does do a bit more than just a battery charger. It also supplies 12V to the RPod, even if the battery is disconnected. The caveat is that things work better with a battery to buffer the loads. Like all specialized equipment, it does cost more.
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StephenH
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Former RPod 179
Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS
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Posted By: offgrid
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2020 at 2:52pm
To stabilize the output the converter requires filtering which is done using some decent sized inductors and capacitors. Its also a much higher current charger/power supply compared to your typical automotive battery charger. All that runs the cost up. PD, Samlex and Aims make more or less equivalent devices and they cost in the 200-400 dollar range.
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1994 Chinook Concourse
1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft
2015 Rpod 179 - sold
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