Next message: Richard Goodwin: "Re: lv-ab: 12v power source for home chartplotter"
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> I was hoping to find a really simple gizmo to plug in to a 110v ac
>outlet which will give me 12v dc output to power up the plotter.
Hah! You guys were not listening when we discussed IKEA and other
quartz-iodine reading lights. Everyone who puts one on his boat, has
a 12 V AC transformer left over. One (or four) 20H diode(s) makes
said transformer into a rough 12 V DC supply. Cobble this up with an
ordinary car/boat battery as a filter and you have a fine 12 V supply.
Somebody asked: "What to do with all those transformers left over
from the quartz-lights?" Well, here is one possibility.
> George of Scaramouche1, wintering Lake Ontario, Canada
>If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much space.
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