Questions tagged [12v]
Questions relating systems powered by a 12 volt supply. This may include automotive systems and lead-acid batteries that are nominally 12 volts although be aware that under many conditions the actual voltage may be several volts higher.
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12v power supply not putting out right voltage
Built a 12v power supply for music project. The "music from outer space" bipolar design, and my modules connected aint been working right. Tested the power output with multimeter and got 10v with a 1 ...
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Make ground signal last longer?
I'm trying to figure out a way to make a ground signal last longer on my car. I'll explain what is happening and what needs to be done.
I'm hooking up an factory alarm on my car. It uses a negative ...
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Bypassing 110v power-supply on LED light-strip?
I am wanting to use 2 16.4ft rolls of multicolor LED strips in my enclosed trailer for lighting. They come with 110v power supply that plugs into another coverter that the LED lights plug into. Is ...
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Switching between two connections - adding LEDs to car reversing light circuit
I am doing a DIY project on my car and need some help. I have 2 LED COB on the back of the car, which is to be used for 2 different things:
If I put the car into reverse gear, then the LED comes on ...
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How to measure available amps? Do i need more load?
My new 200W 18v 11a(max) solar panel reads about 24v 4a 50% efficiency at midday on my MTTP Rich solar controller. I presume this is not great.
I was wondering... I have a 48v to 12v stepdown ...
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Increase voltage drop required to saturate PNP BJT to avoid noise
I have this circuit which must signal +3.3V or 0V depending on the switch status.
The the switch is about 20 meters away and is getting EMI from mains.
I realized that it only takes -0.7V of ...
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How to control single 12V LED with 3,3v GPIO? [duplicate]
Heyo!
I need to control single 12V LED using Raspberry's GPIO
To be more exact, I need to connect 12V LED & push button to 3.3v GPIO in order to control LED (on/off) and read button push events.
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Directly Using a Smart Charger with An Old Vector Hunting Spotlight? [closed]
I have an old hunting spotlight (http://documents.dewalt.com/documents/English/Instruction%20Manual/Vector/VEC184POB.pdf) which has a small 12V sealed lead-acid battery.
The chargers that come with ...
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built in charge controllers take amps they need?
Many devices have built in charge controllers that stop charging when battery is at 100%. I read several places that you can charge devices with the manufacturers recommended voltage and that higher ...
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Van with Solar power but no auxillary battery and only on sunny days. Do I need switches and isolators?
I have a 2018 Ram Promaster city cargo van with OEM 12v 70AH 120RC Sealed Led acid battery and a 160a alternator.
Sitting on top of the battery I have a 1200 Watt pure sine 110v inverter connected ...
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Connecting two wires to a DC 12v port on a controller board with 4 pads for a monitor
Sorry, the question was difficult to word. Basically I recently bought a controller board for a monitor and the DC cable I got wasn't correct. So until I get the right part, I just want to test the ...
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Charge a 12V marine/boat battery with AC
need to build a diode bridge to recharge a battery (car/boat type) from a boat engine that gives 12V AC.
I thought of doing something like this:
simulate this circuit – Schematic created using ...
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How is the fuse amp rating determined for a 12V AGM battery bank?
I would like to put 3 x 130Ah AGM batteries in parallel and attach a fuse to the positive terminal of each battery. What size fuse should I use? How is the amp rating of the fuse determined?
The ...
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Is it appropriate to use the TB6621 or DRV8871 motor driver for powering 12V 1 amp motors?
I'm looking to make an Arduino powered rock crawler with 4 motors (want independent control of each wheel, also need to reverse).
I'm looking into buying 12V DC motors that seem to have about a 1A ...
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Powering a radiator fan with 12V DC power supply
I want to run an old VW Fox's radiator fan on a 12V DC power supply.
I have managed to burn out two of the PSUs so far. They work for a while but after a while they start overheating and die.
I am ...
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Measuring the resistance of USB car chargers
I have a few USB chargers that are powered through a 12 V car receptacle. I measured their resistance with a multimeter, applying the probes to the contacts of the 12 V input.
One of the chargers had ...
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Do I need a cut off circuit for my battery
Do I really need an auto cut off circuit for my battery when my charger only outputs 13V and 1A at max. The battery I want to charge is a 12V 7Ah Sealed Lead Acid. I heard that the cut off for lead ...
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Isolated DC/DC converter application circuit / usage
I'm trying to find a basic application circuit schematic for an isolated DC/DC converter – this one specifically: DCWN03E-12 – but I'm having no luck so far. The thing that led me to this particular ...
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would like to verify a filter design I need to make for a backup camera in my truck
I am installing a backup camera in my truck. I am getting some source of electrical "noise" in the electrical system in my truck and its not allowing the backup camera to operate. Let me explain a ...
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UL 840 clearances
The table 8.1 in UL840 doesn't consider clearances for voltages less than 50V (for example). I have to use a clearance of 0.2 mm on the PCB for the case of overvoltage category 1 and pollution degree ...
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Mini 360 DC Buck Converter [closed]
I have bought several DC Buck converters for my home-made 3D printer. I'm running a 24V PSU, but my fans are Noctua (12V) ones. So i want to convert 24V down to 12V. And the Voltage output works fine. ...
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Regulating 12v source to 12v
I wish to use a 12v deep cycle battery (I used to use this for my CPAP, when camping) put it on a constant charge, preferably a cheap trickle/float charge circuit, like found at Harbor Freight.
I ...
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Particle Argon controlling 12V, using 3.7V LiPo
I am trying to control a 12V DC motor using a Particle Argon, powered by a 3.7V LiPo. To get 12V I am using this step up regulator, and to control the motor I am using this DC motor controller. I am ...
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Variable voltage relay (Open 10v and below, Closed 12v and above)
I need to trigger (close) a relay when my circuit voltage goes from 9v to 12v. Trying to keep this simple but fear that the voltage difference is too small for relay to open when voltage drops to 9v.
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Raspberry Pi + L293D to switch 12V solenoid valves
I am porting an Arduino project to Raspberry Pi.
On the Arduino I switched two 12V solenoid Valves with the help of a L293D IC. It worked perfectly.
Now I am porting this system to a Raspberry Pi.
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LED Lightbar as a turn signal [closed]
I changed my turn signals to LED light bars the other day. They are completely legal, but the issue I'm having is I can't use my parking lights and turn signals. The bulb that I took out and replaced ...
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Discharge time of 12 V 8.4 Ah at 5 mA
I have a motorcycle battery rated as 8.4 Ah (20 HR). It also says 8 Ah (10 HR) and I am not sure what the difference is.
Anyway, I have a GPS tracker fitted with a rated ...
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Polarity. What do “C” & “P” signify?
G4 bi pin LED bulb. Silicone coated
Hello all. Thanks for the forum.
I have some of these: G4 bi pin LED bulbs. Silicone coated dimmable 12 volt DC. They are 1.5watt.
Although not visible on this ...
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How to control a lightbar with 20 individual modules? [closed]
The TL;DR version of my question is, how do you control 20 pieces of 12V/1A outputs in the most reliable, compact and cost efficient way, with something programmable?
The long version:
I got a ...
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12v relay latching until no power [duplicate]
So I'm awaiting to wire in one or two relays so that a circuit is not powered until a push button is pressed. Then the circuit remains powered until total power is turned off. I've been trying to ...
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Boat wiring mystery puzzle
First post, please forgive any errors.
Our dear father passed away leaving us his boat. The owner before had made some changes to the wiring (not for the better) leaving a tangle of loose ends and ...
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12 V 3.8 A water pump to 12 V 625CCA battery
Wanting to use car battery to power pump. Pump says it's 12 V 3.8 A, uses a 8 A fuse. Trying to sort out possible solar input needed to run pump but the numbers don't make sense. What size solar panel ...
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Dimming LED with speed controller
I'm trying to controll 4 parallel 12V DC LED strips with an speedcontroller. I am able to dim the lights from 100% lit to about 5% lit, but it never turns them off completely. My multimeter can't ...
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Using a 12 V 3 A bilge pump on a 12 V 8.5 A LED power supply
I recently bought the following for a grey water system project I'm working on:
3 x 12 V, 3 A bilge pumps
1 x 12 V 12.5 A power supply
I'm not an electronics expert, so my assumption was that the ...
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Diodes needed (parts) for OR gate automotive relay circuit
I need to power up a make-or-break simple automotive relay (4pin, 40A 12V) via an OR gate.
OR gate as follows:
Source 1 is the cable that provides +12V to activate car dome light which I will tap ...
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Check for 12V with Arduino (Two resistors and a diode)
I need to read the presence of 12V on one of the lines of the board. I want to read using Arduino UNO.
I found the following scheme:
Is this scheme correct?
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Soft start for fridge compresser
I live in an off grid property running on 6 12v batteries. We have a 2000w inverter and are trying to get a fridge to run on our system. We have enough power to run it however the issue I am having is ...
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Does a plugged in 12v usb-charger use energy when no device is connected?
I hard-wired a 12v cigarette-plug into my a-pillar.
The whole point is to have an additional phone charger on the leftside where my phone mostly sits.
I connected it directly to the battery ( with a ...
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Do I need a relay for my LED bars?
I installed two 4" 18 watt LED light bars on my ATV. It is currently wired to the factory switch on the ATV handlebars and there is no relay being used. I have had to replace the right LED bar twice ...
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Need some assistance with making a battery box
I recently bought a 12v deep cycle battery 75 AH and I made a battery box following these tutorials:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAErwLnsSIY and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=torSEtjPZ2I (no ...
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Should I Use a diode for this application? [closed]
I am trying to run a small 12v motor from the same battery. One source is a timer the other a remote. The timer does not function when both are hooked up to the motor. I’m assuming it is from feedback....
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DC Battery Stability
I have a 12 V load that works by connecting an adapter from the AC socket and this adapter output 12v to the load. I decided to make a 12 v battery that can charged and the feed this load , all the ...
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How to protect against a short circuit fail in 12VDC X capacitor?
When adding an X capacitor for simple line filtering in a 12V DC electronics project, how would you add protection against an unlikely short circuit failure in that capacitor?
Is it as simple as a ...
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How to deal with an inconsistent / noisy power signal?
I'm using a 12v power supply to operate a system of sensors that is very sensitive to fluctuations in the voltage input. Unfortunately, I can't control what goes on upstream of my components and this ...
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Decrease voltage in circuit
If I have 90 VDC 3.5 A, and I want to reduce to 12 volt, in excellent efficient the amps will be around 25 A.
Can I use a 12 V L7812 regulator?
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Is there such a switch?
I am looking for a single 12V DC switch which has an on-off-on actuator that will do the following: two 12 volt+ input pins completely separate from each other, each with its own two loads. In other ...
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Tachometer Signal Voltage Reduction
I am working on a formula style car and creating a digital dash based on an Arduino. I currently have a signal from the ECU running at 12v DC and a varied frequency depending on the RPM of the engine. ...
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Is my 12v lead acid battery 100% dead?
so I got a ups with a 12v lead acid battery that was constantly on so the water inside the cells has disappeared, initially the reading voltage was 0.3v, and when I added distilled water it generally ...
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make LED 12v light fixtures
I would like to remove the n27 sockets from household light fixtures and replace them with LED lights used in the automotive industry. I would like to put a reasonable amount of LEDs in the fixture to ...
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Charging rate for deep cycle 12v battery
I have a 75 AH deep cycle battery(AGM) and I have a battery charger with 2 modes, 5.5A for car, 2A for motorcycle, as far as I remember, lower charging rate is usually better for longer battery life ...
