<div dir="ltr">Paul,<div> On the converter listed by Karim, a reviewer named dvdguy shows a pretty bleak output curve for this module. </div><div>My experience with Amazon modules are not that bleak, but they tend to not have enough output V headroom because they get dinged for have bad 5V output when the noload output value is 5.4 (which works better). Usually lead resistance is the</div><div>biggest issue for voltage drop under current, but not always.</div><div>Regards,</div><div>Doug P.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Dec 20, 2023 at 12:45 PM Doug Paradis <<a href="mailto:paradug@gmail.com">paradug@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Paul,<div> Here is another one to consider. <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Protooma-Voltage-Converter-Waterproof-Transformer/dp/B0B1PF1KSG/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8&th=1" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Protooma-Voltage-Converter-Waterproof-Transformer/dp/B0B1PF1KSG/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8&th=1</a></div><div>It says max voltage for 24v system (golf cart), but I am not sure what the alternator output voltage would be (~28V?). See review by paradug.</div><div>Regards,</div><div>Doug P. </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Dec 20, 2023 at 11:58 AM Karim Virani via DPRGlist <<a href="mailto:dprglist@lists.dprg.org" target="_blank">dprglist@lists.dprg.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">idk what's inside it, but this one has worked well for me:<div><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01M03288J/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01M03288J/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1</a><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Dec 20, 2023 at 10:24 AM Paul Bouchier via DPRGlist <<a href="mailto:dprglist@lists.dprg.org" target="_blank">dprglist@lists.dprg.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div dir="ltr">I need an adjustable buck converter to produce 3A @ 5.1V from a 28V battery for an RPi4. (The golf-cart 24V->5V converter I put in Mowbot doesn't produce quite enough volts and I keep getting low voltage / performance throttled warnings from the RPi.) I see Amazon has a bunch of vendors selling LM2596-based converters. Do they work well? Any advice from those with experience is welcome.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Thanks</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Paul</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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