Looking for advice to a 12 volt electric car question.
Looking for advice to a 12 volt electric car question.
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Hi guys looking for advice to a 12 volt electric car question.
The question is if 12 volts DC were to be the only available power source, what are the most logical choices for powering a 120V ceramic heater element ranging from 900W to 1500W.
I can see that there are power inverters that are able to supply the required amount of wattage, and I have looked at a couple of upconverters, but it occurred to me that there may be an easier way considering it is merely a resistor of sorts.
Since this is just a resistor can it be ran from a 12 volt source directly, or would this be folly to pursue this path?
If there is a thread I missed pertaining to this topic that is recalled please direct me to it.
The question is if 12 volts DC were to be the only available power source, what are the most logical choices for powering a 120V ceramic heater element ranging from 900W to 1500W.
I can see that there are power inverters that are able to supply the required amount of wattage, and I have looked at a couple of upconverters, but it occurred to me that there may be an easier way considering it is merely a resistor of sorts.
Since this is just a resistor can it be ran from a 12 volt source directly, or would this be folly to pursue this path?
If there is a thread I missed pertaining to this topic that is recalled please direct me to it.






RE: Looking for advice to a 12 volt electric car question.
Your second idea will not work either, if you connect a 120 V resistive device to 12 V, you will only get 9 W out of the 900 W heater. I think that you should try and find another solution to your heating needs.
Gunnar Englund
www.gke.org
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RE: Looking for advice to a 12 volt electric car question.
Keith Cress
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