http://chrisgammell.com/2008/10/09/dc-powered-home/ Analog electronics and everything else between 1 and 0 Tue, 15 May 2012 20:56:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://chrisgammell.com/2008/10/09/dc-powered-home/comment-page-1/#comment-14372 Jeremy Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:03:00 +0000 http://chrisgammell.com/?p=373#comment-14372 Would it be more efficient to have one large AC to DC power converter by your panel to run out to specific outlets than running individual power converters on every electronic device? Are there differences in the efficiency of these electronic power converters for laptops, phones, and other devices? Would it be more efficient to have one large AC to DC power converter by your panel to run out to specific outlets than running individual power converters on every electronic device? Are there differences in the efficiency of these electronic power converters for laptops, phones, and other devices?

]]> http://chrisgammell.com/2008/10/09/dc-powered-home/comment-page-1/#comment-454 Buying a House and Making It More Efficient | Chris Gammell's Analog Life Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:46:59 +0000 http://chrisgammell.com/?p=373#comment-454 [...] DC Power Outlets — Instead of plugging in cell chargers that are burning power no matter if you are charging something or not, why not have a few lines in your house that are set to a specific voltage, say 6V (most devices are running 3.3V these days). Then when the 6V comes to the wall, you could have a “tuner” based on a buck converter that would dial down that voltage to the one you need. Delivering power from a central source could be controlled remotely, so you could close a relay at the source and no power would be delivered to the converter unless “asked for”, and there would be very low losses in the system. [...] [...] DC Power Outlets — Instead of plugging in cell chargers that are burning power no matter if you are charging something or not, why not have a few lines in your house that are set to a specific voltage, say 6V (most devices are running 3.3V these days). Then when the 6V comes to the wall, you could have a “tuner” based on a buck converter that would dial down that voltage to the one you need. Delivering power from a central source could be controlled remotely, so you could close a relay at the source and no power would be delivered to the converter unless “asked for”, and there would be very low losses in the system. [...]

]]> http://chrisgammell.com/2008/10/09/dc-powered-home/comment-page-1/#comment-397 EEStor Not Delivering | Chris Gammell's Analog Life Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:44:13 +0000 http://chrisgammell.com/?p=373#comment-397 [...] simplest capacitor possible is two flat plates of metal, connected to a DC electricity [...] [...] simplest capacitor possible is two flat plates of metal, connected to a DC electricity [...]

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