Re: [MV] 24 to 12 conversion

From: Ryan Gill (rmgill@mindspring.com)
Date: Fri Oct 01 2004 - 15:42:10 PDT


At 9:15 AM -0700 10/1/04, Horrocks, Aaron wrote:
>I guess some people don't like water-proof electrical systems!
>
>On a side note, the 12V electrical standard for commercial vehicle
>voltage (the ONLY good reason to downgrade to 12V), looks like it's
>going to change in the not-to-distant future. Hybrid cars are using
>higher voltages in order to keep the amps low. Companies have been
>trying 24V, 48V, 96V, 144V, 275V, 550V systems. One of these days
>they'll pick a standard. Then maybe people will convert MVs to
>48V... =/

My Honda Hybrid has 144v DC bits for the IMA components and a 12 Volt
system (and a DC-DC converter for charging it).

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