Converter Down
First post, Hello! Parallax Series 7300. 2004 Keystone Cougar 5th Wheel. I leave it plugged into the power pedestal on my property. There is 110 vac at the plug. We just went through a 2 day rain stor...
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BFL13 wrote:pianotuna wrote:
Hi BFL13,
My brothers converter died (not sure of make) It was outputting 114 volts AC.
Where from? How can you get AC on the DC side? I have heard of "ripple" but not sure what that is exactly.
In the old days converters (Magnetek 6300 for example) used a big heavy iron core transformer and it would take quite a bunch to get 120 vac past it. However today many converters are "Switching power supplies" and ... Well it can happen.
As for getting AC out of a DC supply. that's very easy. takes one part failure. that's all. the filter cap.
