On 6 Jun 2016 at 8:57, John Lussmyer via EV wrote: > Putting 300VDC at the fingertips of the driver and passengers? Doesn't sound > like a good idea.
Aren't most all vehicle electrical items switched electronically these days? Everything seems to go through some computer. > Main pack dies - you can't turn on the emergency flashers. The same thing happens if your current 12v house battery goes flat. > 300VDC switches are MUCH more expensive and complex. Is it more expensive to design semiconductors to switch 10 amps at 12 volts, or 0.4 amps at 300 volts? That's not a rhetorical question: I don't know. > Accessories need to work over a large variation of voltage. (280-330 in > my truck). You could regulate the accessory bus.That would provide the side benefit of allowing a range of nominal voltages for the traction battery while standardizing accessories at, say, 100 volts. But if you're going to do that, I guess you might as well just "regulate" it down to the now-standard 12v. David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
