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>Hi
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>I get the digest, so sorry, no quotes. You heard it all before anyway :)
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>A while ago, Thom asked r.e. 6V - 12V. Yes it is possible, and I would 
>not recommend going 6V -> 110V AC -> 12V. Much too inefficient. I have a 
>circuit somewhere that converts 12V -> 24V. Something similar should 
>work. But the best solution, methinks, is to use a switchmode PSU based 
>on a Linear Technologies LT1070(?) requlator. This should give you 12V at 
>about 1.5A from 6V @ 3A. I'll check using SwitcherCad, a program from LT 
>do design these things.
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Yea but who cares- 1.5 amps is just a trickle compared to 5.5 amps thats 
required for the fridge.   You'd have to put 4 of them in parralell just to 
get the amperage.  So that drains around 12 amps at 6 volts.  This is 
unrealistic as well, there are no 100% efficient machines out there.
  Chris Bridge
  
  Currently building an engine for a ''71 Westy
  E-mail cbridge@vt.edu