> I have a little circuit that runs off the 12 volt power supply in a
vehicle.
> Part of the circuit needs a bipolar supply, and I was planning to use one
of
> the cute little DC / DC converters to output maybe 5 watts off + and - 15
> volt DC.  The converter I have selected has a PI filter on the input,
> accepts a wide input range (8-18 Volts), and is regulated.  My question is
> whether alternator hash will be a problem,  Will I need a choke and
> capacitor on the front end of this gizmo like we used to put on car radios
> and the like?  Or will the converter do its job OK with raw vehicle DC?

I would dump the whole thing and use a pair of 9-volt batteries if I could.
??

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