Devices for vehicles will be designed to switch DC.motor vehicles.
Those for use in homes are designed for AC, they will be damaged if used for DC.
Devices for vehicles will be designed to switch DC.motor vehicles.
Devices for vehicles will be designed to switch DC.
Those for use in homes are designed for AC, they will be damaged if used for DC.
I'm not sure that anyone is disagreeing with that.Yes I KNOW. That's why I pointed to a device that IS designed to switch DC and could be perfectly well used in the home.
I'm not sure that anyone is disagreeing with that.
The thing that I find 'less than nice' about the arrangement is unnecessarily leaving a power supply powered 24/7, when it will probably only be needed for a minute or two once or twice per day. Whilst the power consumption might be trivial, I would prefer not to have things that can go wrong (theoretically, even 'burst into flames'), particularly if they are 'hidden away', unnecessarily permanently powered - and that's without considering the 'life expectancy' of the PSU.
Kind Regards, John
It seems that we are all agreed about that.I don't disagree with that at all. I merely point out that switching the 12V DC side is perfectly feasible if the OP decided that was what he wished to do, for whatever reason.
I would certainly say so (and there would certainly be nothing powered 24/7), but I can't speak for everyone!Just to be sure... if I use the wiring diagram that Flameport drew then I'm not leaving anything powered 24/7 am I? This is a nice way to do it? Yeh/nah?
I think that some of the latter (particularly if they have stated 'minimum load') probably do 'shut down' if the load is completely removed.
... so how did you decide to do it, in the end?Thanks for all the help, worked out really well!
I basically followed the diagram that Flameport drew. I got everything from TLC. The switches are all on the 240v side so the driver isn't left permanently on... so how did you decide to do it, in the end?
Kind Regards, John
Thanks for the update. That's certainly how I would have done it.I basically followed the diagram that Flameport drew. I got everything from TLC. The switches are all on the 240v side so the driver isn't left permanently on
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