BTW - I've been updating the KayakWiki pages on Marine VHF in the last week and have added a page on features that may or may not interest folks. <http://www.kayakforum.com/cgi- sys/cgiwrap/guille/wiki.pl?Marine_VHF_Features> If you have anything to add, you can do so directly or let me know. I'd also like to know how to remove the excessive space that shows up between the text at the top and the table of standard features. Mike *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
On Saturday 09 April 2005 21.53, Mike wrote: > On 9 Apr 2005 at 11:57, Tord Eriksson wrote: > > So jury-rigged chargers should be avoided (say a "12V" solarpanel > > connected directly to a 12V charger, without any means of voltage > > regulation); > > I would hope that any charger designed to plug into a car's cigarette > lighter socket can handle a solar panel. Car voltages can vary from > 13.5V to 16V - they are only nominally 12V. A close reading of the > specs on the charger should tell you what it can handle. A 12V solar panel can easily produce 18V without a big load - and that can be too much for many 12V chargers, but as you say car voltage is somewhere between 13.5 and 16V, when the generator is charging :-)! > I don't understand why more handhelds can't simply be plugged > directly into a 12V power source and used without battery. My GPS > does that and (almost) every boat has 12V power on board. Indeed, our GPS does that too! My Klepper has 12V, too (the bilge pump battery is a SLA (sealed lead acid) battery! > Anyway, your comments on Li battery fires are interesting - I've never > heard about that before. Thanks for the advice. Yeah, bit frightening actually! You'll find a lot about it if you do a search on the internet :-(! Yours, Tord *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
On 9 Apr 2005 at 22:48, Tord Eriksson wrote: > A 12V solar panel can easily produce 18V without a big load - > and that can be too much for many 12V chargers, but as you say > car voltage is somewhere between 13.5 and 16V, when the generator is > charging :-)! My GPS takes anything from 6V to 40V - it ain't rocket science to handle almost any input as long as it's DC. Mike *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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