[Soekris] Watts/volts/power

[Michael DeMan]

That¹s what I was guessing, but didn't want to blow out a bunch of
equipment.

Thanks,
- mike

On 5/17/03 11:15 AM, "Manuel Kasper" <mk-soekris at neon1.net> wrote:

> Hi Michael,
> 
>> I am wondering if there could be issues of the big battery creating too
>> 
>> In particular, I notice Soekris specifications say '10 watts max'.
>> 
>> I know nothing about electricity and am hoping somebody here on the list
>> wlil.
>> 
>> (A) will there be problems plugging equipment directly into a battery like
>> this?  There will be fuses, but no regulators.
> 
> No problem at all - as long as you don't exceed the net45xx's voltage
> ratings, you should be fine. 10 Watt max. means that the units will draw
> at most (10 W / input voltage) amps, so the only thing you need to make
> sure is that your battery will handle the cumulated current from all units
> (less than 1 A per unit at 12 V) for as long as you need. There is a
> simple formula:
> 
> Power = Voltage * Current (Watts, Volts, Amps)
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Manuel
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