[RE-wrenches] DC to DC converters

Dan Fink danbob88 at gmail.com
Mon Mar 28 13:24:47 PDT 2016


Hi William;
30VDC is kind of odd, but 36VDC is common. The folks at Solar Converters
might be able to fix you up with a custom one, or perhaps 36V is within the
sat unit's input range.
As for the inverter, I've never gone wrong with the Morningstar SureSine.
Slick little unit.

Dan Fink
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On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 1:44 PM, William Miller <william at millersolar.com>
wrote:

> Friends:
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> I am designing a satellite data interface for a large off-grid system for
> a state highway department facility.  We will be using the Outback Optics
> data capabilities along with equipment manufactured by Control by Web.
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> I’d like to run the satellite system on a battery power source so I can
> hope to use it when we need it most, when the power is down.  We have a
> separate 24 volt battery bank remaining from a previous generator control
> system.  The satellite system operates on 30 VDC at 2 amps.
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> My first choice is to find a DC to DC converter from nominal 24 volts.  Do
> any of you know of one that you could recommend?
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> My second choice is to use a small inverter.  Can anyone suggest one at
> this small wattage?  I don’t know how good the power supply is at rejecting
> waveform distortion so I presume an inverter needs to be somewhat close to
> a sine wave.
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> Thanks in advance.
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> William Miller
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> Lic 773985
> millersolar.com <http://www.millersolar.com/>
> 805-438-5600
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