On Mon, 10 Mar 2003 18:27:10 -0800
Mark Belanger <belanger@FLUID.COM> wrote:

> Actually, the power supply is rated for 150W, but I doubt it uses much
> more than 100W.

You're probably right.  Computer supplies are generally over-rated, and
can rarely deliver their maximum rating for long anyway.

> No inverter.  It's a DC-DC supply.  I didn't understand why I'd take
> DC, covert it to AC then covert it back to DC with all the requisite
> heat generation that comes along with it.

Actually, that's probably what the DC-DC supply is doing internally.
But it's doing it at a higher frequency than the 60 Hz you'd be using
with an inverter, so it's more compact and maybe even more efficient.

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David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'82 Diesel Westfalia
'94 Honda Civic Si