Re: (Was DC>DC Converter?)

["Alain St-Yves" <barabe@rocler.qc.ca>]

I Have installed a DCP 300 a year ago. Kind of unit you install and forget
it... YES, it is built for an EV use . It's giving its maximum output when I
need it most wich is in cold wheater operation with fan at third speed,
whiper or all lights on. Voltage is going down to battery voltage only at
the stop lights with brake applied( 12 to 12.5 volts...not the previous 10
to 11 volts !!!)  . Who care, not me? I recommend this unit 100 %.
Proffessionnally built, ready to install and be quiet to put only a small 12
Volts battery with it.

Alain St-Yves, Chev. S10 in Quebec

From: "Rich Rudman" <rmanzan@tscnet.com>

> With all this talk DC/DC conveters..
>
> I can't believe that DCP hasn't logged in with their DCP300.
>
> Yes I helped build it. Yes I should get Royalties. Yes I came up with
> the feature list. Or more correctly This list came up with the feature
> set, just as this list is shaping Manzanita's Chargers.
>
> We actually designed it for EVers from the start. It has a totally
> isolated output for the E-meter, it has the high and low enable so you
> don't cook your house 12 volt battery but can crisply light a set of
> Quartz halogen headlights. It has adjustable hi/low voltages. It Belts
> out 300 watts, without any fan cooling. With fan cooling I bet I could
> squeeze 500 Plus watts from it.
> It ran at full output from 96 volts to 336 volts input. It still made
> 1/2 power at 48 volts. I run them in Goldie and the Fiero. The only
> hitch is the Fiero's headlight louvers draw about 8 amps each when
> opening, and then you have twin 60 watt lights, and then when the Vac
> pump kicks in, I get a brown out because I don't have any 12 volt aux
> battery. So yea when you ask for 4x it's rated output it sags a bit.
>
> It's Still Available from DCP Thru it's distributors.
> After Las Vegas... I stopped by DCP and they still have the makings and
> a few on the assembly line.
> I thought we could sell a few dozen a month of them. I am sure I could,
> and still can.
>
> It's over priced, and under advertised. I Love it. With a 12 volt fan,
> it would Kick Butt on anybody's DC/DC converter.
>
> Oh well so much for wholy unsolicited advertising for my previous
> employer.
>
> Rich Rudman
>
> I just shake my head and think of what could have been.
>