Converter In-Rush Thermistors etc, UPDATE -4
UPDATE on 17 Nov, Update 2 on 22 Nov, Update 3 on 16 Jan 14, Update 4 on 19 Oct 14. --------------- In a recent thread there was mention of how you can wreck your gizmo (in my case a converter) ...
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I don't believe that's true. Voltage tapers after converter turn-off due to the battery holding up the charge, not converter capacitor. The battery is one huge capacitor.
Your previous converter failed either due to poor design or a bad part. Don't worry about frequent on/offs.
Sal
Your previous converter failed either due to poor design or a bad part. Don't worry about frequent on/offs.
Sal
BFL13 wrote:
I do see on the voltmeter that after you shut off the converter (when disconnected from battery), its voltage tapers down for a good time rather than drops straight to zero, and from the discussion mentioned above, I understand that is the capacitors "unloading." So now I am wondering if I blew the new in-rush thermistor last year by restarting the converter under full load of 100amps too soon?
