Thread: What is the ultimate carputer power supply??

I'll take four!!

do you accept paypal?

lol....tell him he's dreaming.

I"M NOT DREAMING!!!
I might be tripping though.. :P I personally think it is totally possible..

ok, heres the million dollar question

how r u going to get a steady 12v output with a decent amount of current... say 4a or even 8a?

i`ve made a good dc-dc, but at the moment im using linear regulators to get 12v, and it sucks

I'd like to see how your going to fit a dc-dc power supply, DC-AC inverter, and an AC-DC power supply in the space of a standard psu.

Also is it going to auto detect the power? or will it have to be manually switched? Auto detect could save some headaches, like plugging a dc-dc psu into a mains socket. mwahahah

yeah, THEMP3KID's email address listed in his profile is "skinnyboy@something.net"

give the kid a break..
He's entering the board with a new userid.
I know I have talked about him too, but when he's entering with a new userid, I assume he now knows how to behave himself on the board, and therefore not posting any 'un-usefull' posts to this forum...

When something is not possible, give him a short advice and then step back from the thread, let him learn by himself that something is just not possible..

Well skinny/kid, I'm not gonna tell you this won't work, simply because I don't know myself... If it works, good for you, and for the whole community.. If it doesn't work, don't ask us a zillion times why it doesn't

Greetz.

[ 02-12-2002: Message edited by: Raas ]

We got ourselves SkinnyBoy Version 2.
Dude you been here long enough not to ask that sort of questions... Even though you got a new nick.

[ 02-12-2002: Message edited by: Fosgate ]

Originally posted by Mike Hunt 79:
<STRONG>ok, heres the million dollar question

how r u going to get a steady 12v output with a decent amount of current... say 4a or even 8a?

i`ve made a good dc-dc, but at the moment im using linear regulators to get 12v, and it sucks </STRONG>

Foward converter. should give steady 12volts out with down to a 10volt in at about 12amps (well, thats what I am aiming for)

I'd like to see how your going to fit a dc-dc power supply, DC-AC inverter, and an AC-DC power supply in the space of a standard psu.
Also is it going to auto detect the power? or will it have to be manually switched? Auto detect could save some headaches, like plugging a dc-dc psu into a mains socket. mwahahah

Hmm, A good question, but I am not trying to do this how you think... The mains output (240 or 110volts) will be at a high frequency, so it won't be suitable for everything.. Also, its just a standard PS with a mod so it will work with 12volts DC as well as 240volts AC.. So, the mains part is really easy, and the mains output is just a bi-product of it being able to work off both AC and DC.. ALSO.. I think there is already an UPS that does this... It could run from both AC and DC.. plus, when being powered from dc it had a ac output, and was the same size as a standard power supply, witht eh batteries mounted in one, (or 2) of the cd drive bays.. So, if the power went off, teh mobo/hd would be powered from a DC-DC converter, adn teh monitor would be powered by an inverter in teh PS.. I saw this alond time ago, thoiught it was a good idea, but it was expensive...
Yeah, It'll have a switch to select the input voltage, and I was actaully thinking of having 2 different power conections for teh 2 different voltages..

[ 02-13-2002: Message edited by: THEMP3KID ]