[Boatanchors] Partially OT Topic

[rbethman]

The cars are behind!

The Military used 24V systems for HOW many decades now?

There are also general aviation systems that have run 24V systems for 
over a dozen years.

It is NOT simply a marketing "thing"!  Components increase their output 
as their weight goes down.  There IS an initial growth in weight due to 
the "new" battery system - BUT you get payback as "that" technology 
catches up!

Used to operate one specific model 1MW generator that had four 8TN sized 
12V batteries in a series parallel system for 24V.  Now THAT was a lot 
of juice!

Bob - N0DGN

Drew P. wrote:
>
> At the time of the switch to 12 systems, there was
> talk of going to 24v instead.  Think of all the 
> electronics, not just automotive, which evolved 
> around that 12v standard, and how different things
> might be now had they gone to 24v instead of 12v.
>
> Now we have some cars having "42v" systems which use
> a 36v battery.  This is calling it by the float charge
> voltage, not the non-charging voltage, kinda like
> calling your 12v system "14v" or an old 6v system "7v".
>
> Like one of the "Big Three" calling one of their 
> engines of today having conventional combustion
> chambers by the old name "Hemi".  Like GE claiming
> that Compactrons were not tubes, but instead entirely
> new and different devices.  Marketing; ya gotta love
> it, or else you'd hate it.
>
> Drew 
>