-=> Maurice Kinal wrote to Tony Langdon <=-

 MK> @MSGID: <57F5C8FA.208.fido-tuxpower@freeway.apana.org.au>
 MK> -={ 2016-10-06 14:18:47.621938557+11:00 }=-

 MK> Hey Tony!

 TL> In your example, efficiency at 7v input can't around 75%.  At 32V
 TL> input, it's more like 15%.

 MK> 12V or thereabouts.  I was using a marine battery as a power source but
 MK> it needed replacing so I switched it for a regular car battery which
 MK> happened to be handy.  So far the elcheapo car battery seems to be
 MK> working better than the more expensive marine battery was.

Still looking at approximately 40% efficiency at best for a linear regulator
with 12V input.


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