MEGAWATT 60-AMP INTRODUCTION
To be available starting the last week in January. $110.00
Forum Discussion
Har Har Har!
Me? Six and a quarter tons of AGM batteries? Can I get a private island, and maybe a Gulfstream too? As it is, it's a race to see who goes belly-up, first.
The BORG is like all cubes, under revision. The Cheapos were begged and sniveled out from under me. These fishermen all have illegal 200 watt VHF base stations. When they saw the Cheapos they flipped. Most are planning 300 watt upgrades (20-40 mile range). They talk to each other on land as well as to a boat.
So now it's Megawatt. One waiting in the PO box and the other in John Marle's hands ready to ship to Chula Vista. Grand plans of 100+ amps were foiled by tripping breakers. Eighty lousy amps will have to do.
Also replacing the VISHAY standard 10-turn pots with dial caliper type pots. The final output gets a 4-1/2 digit voltmeter, and twin volt/ammeters are incorporated to balance output.
Selectable 1 or 2 PS operation with an on-on switch. The vishay pot gets connected to a 4.17 amp variable power supply for floating. The last power supply is a 4.17 amp 16-volt power supply used for single battery equalization.
LED indicators for all functions. 6-hour Intermatic spring wound timer, defaults to float. Severe transient protection on AC input lines. MOV's, Avalanche rectifiers, and gas tube discharge devices.
And a stainless steel cable and American brand padlock. The sucker is likely to grow 11 legs and buffle off to shuffalo without security.
And yes, the 400-amp Shottkey rectifier is used to isolate the power supplies.
Me? Six and a quarter tons of AGM batteries? Can I get a private island, and maybe a Gulfstream too? As it is, it's a race to see who goes belly-up, first.
The BORG is like all cubes, under revision. The Cheapos were begged and sniveled out from under me. These fishermen all have illegal 200 watt VHF base stations. When they saw the Cheapos they flipped. Most are planning 300 watt upgrades (20-40 mile range). They talk to each other on land as well as to a boat.
So now it's Megawatt. One waiting in the PO box and the other in John Marle's hands ready to ship to Chula Vista. Grand plans of 100+ amps were foiled by tripping breakers. Eighty lousy amps will have to do.
Also replacing the VISHAY standard 10-turn pots with dial caliper type pots. The final output gets a 4-1/2 digit voltmeter, and twin volt/ammeters are incorporated to balance output.
Selectable 1 or 2 PS operation with an on-on switch. The vishay pot gets connected to a 4.17 amp variable power supply for floating. The last power supply is a 4.17 amp 16-volt power supply used for single battery equalization.
LED indicators for all functions. 6-hour Intermatic spring wound timer, defaults to float. Severe transient protection on AC input lines. MOV's, Avalanche rectifiers, and gas tube discharge devices.
And a stainless steel cable and American brand padlock. The sucker is likely to grow 11 legs and buffle off to shuffalo without security.
And yes, the 400-amp Shottkey rectifier is used to isolate the power supplies.
