Ridgeway
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This one's a bit off topic/forum but I know there's some knowledgeable 12v people on here so thought it worth an ask.
I have some battery back units that i use in my aquarium system, these are 12v batteries just to give a few hours pump circulation. Now some how I've lost the PSU's for them, I can only assume they got thrown away in clean up campaign.....
Now checking on the manufacturers website they do a replacement that is 14.v 1.6a but no surprise it's very expensive so I'm looking for an alternative but and here's the question can I get away with using a 12v PSU instead of the 14.5v original ? I assume the 14.5v is for the same reason that car alternators give out much more that 12v so in my theory a 12v PSU would work but perhaps wouldn't get the battery to 100% of it's potential.
I have plenty of spare 12v PSU's so i can try it assuming it won't damage the battery ? the original replacements are £50 each :-(
I have some battery back units that i use in my aquarium system, these are 12v batteries just to give a few hours pump circulation. Now some how I've lost the PSU's for them, I can only assume they got thrown away in clean up campaign.....
Now checking on the manufacturers website they do a replacement that is 14.v 1.6a but no surprise it's very expensive so I'm looking for an alternative but and here's the question can I get away with using a 12v PSU instead of the 14.5v original ? I assume the 14.5v is for the same reason that car alternators give out much more that 12v so in my theory a 12v PSU would work but perhaps wouldn't get the battery to 100% of it's potential.
I have plenty of spare 12v PSU's so i can try it assuming it won't damage the battery ? the original replacements are £50 each :-(