OldAgeTravellers
LIFE MEMBER
Hi Gromett,
You have been looking into power supplies recently. How difficult is it to design and build a reliable multiple voltage supply?
for my Satellite internet installation I have to use a number of the (probably Chinese) ciggy lighter socket converters one of which blew yesterday jumping a 3.5A & 10A fuse and blowing a 25amp fuse on the electroblok. (very confusing)
So I was thinking that perhaps a single box that could be designed well and even have a fan for cooling, perhaps running via one of your your fan controllers.
The dish controller, tuner and TV are all 12volt so they are ok but:
The modem is 18volt 2A
The USB aerial wifi router is 9 volt 1.5A
The satellite WiFi router is 5 volt 2A
and a CO gas detector 9 volt 1.5 A. All plugged into the same multi ciggy outlet.
and I am thinking of changing to a better WiFi router 12volt 2A so the ability to change or select voltages would be useful.
What do you think, am I being daft? These cheap power converters do worry me a bit if I forget to turn the unit off and leave the van or go to bed they could possibly catch fire with serious damage and possible consequences.
Thanks for any input and sorry if it is going off topic but related. But it could actually be part of or linked to and monitored by your central monitoring system.
Steve
You have been looking into power supplies recently. How difficult is it to design and build a reliable multiple voltage supply?
for my Satellite internet installation I have to use a number of the (probably Chinese) ciggy lighter socket converters one of which blew yesterday jumping a 3.5A & 10A fuse and blowing a 25amp fuse on the electroblok. (very confusing)
So I was thinking that perhaps a single box that could be designed well and even have a fan for cooling, perhaps running via one of your your fan controllers.
The dish controller, tuner and TV are all 12volt so they are ok but:
The modem is 18volt 2A
The USB aerial wifi router is 9 volt 1.5A
The satellite WiFi router is 5 volt 2A
and a CO gas detector 9 volt 1.5 A. All plugged into the same multi ciggy outlet.
and I am thinking of changing to a better WiFi router 12volt 2A so the ability to change or select voltages would be useful.
What do you think, am I being daft? These cheap power converters do worry me a bit if I forget to turn the unit off and leave the van or go to bed they could possibly catch fire with serious damage and possible consequences.
Thanks for any input and sorry if it is going off topic but related. But it could actually be part of or linked to and monitored by your central monitoring system.
Steve