RE: (ET) DC to DC

["harry landis" <hlandis hotmail com>]

Why not follow the suggestion from last year and put in a DPDT switch and 
bank switch the load between the front and the back sets every so often?

Harry Landis

From: "Chapin, Tim" <tchapin umich edu>
To: "'ThompsonG DFO-MPO GC CA'" <ThompsonG DFO-MPO GC CA>, 
elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
Subject: RE: (ET) DC to DC
Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 09:39:39 -0400

As for the 36 to 12 converters, you can buy 36 volt bulbs that fit right
into the original sockets on the elec-trak (my project for this summer for
my e-12m).  So now you are down to just the 18 volt for the lifts.  I would
think someone could come up with a better actuator that would work on 36
volts.  Maybe something like the dish actuators.  Most of them are rated at
500 lbs.

-----Original Message-----
From: ThompsonG DFO-MPO GC CA [mailto:ThompsonG DFO-MPO GC CA]
Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 9:13 AM
To: elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
Subject: (ET) DC to DC

        Hi
        Before we drop the tread. What is the current required for the
headlights and the lift be. I am asking this because I found a source of
DC/DC (36 to 12) and (36 to 18)  converters that cost between 75 and 150
dollars. This may be too rich for my blood to-day. But, I can dream.
        regards
        Geof Thompson B.Sc., C.L.S.
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