Power supplies – ProgressiveRC 6 PowerLab User Manual
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Power supplies
PowerLab 6 is one of the highest power RC battery maintenance devices available.
Running full power, it can deliver 1000W to batteries during charge. To achieve this,
even on a 6 cell Li battery, it must boost the input voltage. This means the PowerLab 6
may draw up to 1200W from the input power supply.
To take advantage of PowerLab 6’s full power capability, the power source should be
30V DC (higher voltage does not improve output power), and capable of delivering a
minimum of 40A to PowerLab 6’s input. Per Ohm’s law, 30V x 40A = 1200W. However, it
is generally not advisable to pull 100% of available power from a DC power supply.
Therefore, if you want to attain 1000W of output power to a 6s Li battery, the power
supply should be capable of 1300W or higher for best results.
Likewise, if you don’t need PowerLab 6’s full output power, it can operate from much
lower power sources. Use the steps outlined in
to con-
figure PowerLab 6 to never exceed the maximum capabilities of your input source(s),
whether DC power supply or Lead Acid battery.
For more information about power supply selection, please download the PowerLab 6
Power Calculator spreadsh
CTRIX
website.
See also
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