I'm new to this and your discussion has me totally confused. What is the verdict? Sep 12v Battery for accessories or not??
Sent from my iPhone > On 06 Jun 2016, at 8:51 PM, Lee Hart via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > John Lussmyer wrote: >> Putting 300VDC at the fingertips of the driver and passengers? > > Note that normal 240vac has a peak of around 340v. > > High-power accessories like heaters, air conditioners, power steering pumps, > etc. could run directly from the 300vdc. They would be hard wired, so > consumers wouldn't have access to the power leads for these. > > Accessory outlets for charging things like your cellphone would still be > 12vdc. It would be provided by an isolated DC/DC converter. > > I'd also expect that there would be an inverter to produce isolated 120vac, > so all sorts of things consumers are used to plugging in would now work in > the car. > >> Main pack dies - you can't turn on the emergency flashers. > > A backup system would be a good idea. But you don't need a 60 lbs battery to > supply it. > >> 300VDC switches are MUCH more expensive and complex. > > Not really. They are likely to be solid state switches, which are smaller and > cheaper than low-voltage-high-current switches. > >> Accessories need to work over a large variation of voltage. (280-330 in my >> truck). > > That's less than +/-10% range. Normal AC appliances already have to operate > with +/-10% variations in their supply. > > I'm not saying there are NO problems. It's just that the problems are > different, and probably easier to handle with HV than LV. > > -- > "IC chip performance doubles every 18 months." -- Moore's law > "The speed of software halves every 18 months." -- Gates' law > -- > Lee Hart, 814 8th Ave N, Sartell MN 56377, www.sunrise-ev.com > _______________________________________________ > 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) > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20160606/be438838/attachment.htm> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: RSImage.jpeg Type: image/jpeg Size: 117253 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20160606/be438838/attachment.jpeg> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: RSImage.jpeg Type: image/jpeg Size: 5627 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20160606/be438838/attachment-0001.jpeg> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: RSImage.png Type: image/png Size: 2088 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20160606/be438838/attachment.png> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: RSImage.png Type: image/png Size: 1871 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20160606/be438838/attachment-0001.png> _______________________________________________ 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)