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Power Control Module current capacity
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 10:25 am
by dedvalson
I could swear I asked this before and you answered, but I can't find it anywhere.
What is the output current capacity per channel and total for the Power Control Module.
Thanks,
Don
Re: Power Control Module current capacity
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 10:45 am
by lnevo
500mA per channel, I believe 1A for the whole box.
Re: Power Control Module current capacity
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 10:56 am
by dedvalson
Is the total capacity limited only by the wall wart? Could I push the total capacity to 2A with a bigger power supply?
Re: Power Control Module current capacity
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 10:59 am
by rimai
Is it for a few seconds or continuous?
Re: Power Control Module current capacity
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 11:21 am
by dedvalson
The peak capacity would be for when my dosing pumps are running. Although only one at a time should run. Do you happen to know the current consumption of the dosing pumps (I bought them from you, one of the older doubles and one of the current singles). The other channels will be running fans.
I could have up to 4 fans running at 250 mA each plus one dosing pump, so I was concerned about exceeding the 1A when 4 fans plus one dosing pump were running. The dosing pump will never run longer than 1 minute.
I guess I could put something in the software to turn the fans off when the dosing pumps run.