Should have grabbed one of those $25 Iotas from Electronic Goldmine while they were around, those regulate voltage.
On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 4:44 PM Bill Dube via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > A simple resistor won't limit the output voltage when the current tapers > off. (When the load resistance becomes larger.) It will still go to 16+ > volts and ruin your battery. > > A simple solution might be to place two, perhaps three, large diodes > (rectifiers) in series with the output. > > You can easily find a diodes (or perhaps a rectifier bridge that can > wired to make two diodes, just use the + and - terminals,) that will > handle the 10 amp output. Ordinary diodes will drop ~0.7 volts each. > > Bill D. > > On 4/27/2021 10:12 AM, Lawrence Rhodes via EV wrote: > > This might be a crude fix but some sort of variable resistor that can > tolerate 10 amps at 16.5v might work. There is even a place to easily put > the resistor for easy access. The only pot on the control board doesn't > seem to change anything. Maybe using Ohm's Law the right value within a > range might be found. Lawrence Rhodes > > _______________________________________________ > > Address messages to [email protected] > > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to [email protected] > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20210426/8b5210ab/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
