70 amp charger cooking 12v LEDs?
Will using one of the upgraded 70amp Progressive Dynamics charger/converters fry my new 12v LEDs (unregulated version)? I've seen talk of leaving the old converter in place, deck mounting the new o...
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DiskDoctr wrote:I had a range vent fan on one circuit I wanted LEDs on. I measured the amp draw of the fan. I forget the figure, but it was not as high as I thiught it would be. I do know that I have two 3 amp regulators on LED circuits, and One 5 amp for the range fan and LEDs.. BTW, I reduced the fuse sizes to match what the regulators were rated for.Huntindog wrote:
So I decided to install voltage regulators on the circuits that I wanted LEDS on. 3 circuits needed the mod. I got the regulators on ebay dirt cheap... Less than 5.00 apiece. They work great. They do have a fairly low amp rating of 3-5 amps, so all lights on the circuit need to be LEDS in order to stay under that spec.
As a side note: I only installed LEDS on high use lights. Bedrooms and bathrooms don't see much use from us, so I didn't bother with them.
I later switched my outside lights over to LEDs. I did not bother installing a regulator on that circuit... So far, so good.
I thought about that. I use them in Arduino projects, but the campers circuits are 15 amp and not separated from fans and such :E
They are all 15 amp- if I could find some reasonable 15 amp regulators, I'd install a couple of them.
...or, if I could find a decent (under $50?) regulator, I'd just install it on the convertor output to the distribution panel.
My unit is 55amp DC output, which includes charging. Surely wouldn't need more than that ;)
It probably can be done on yours as well.
So I would not give up yet.
