What does a DC power supply actually do?
It plugs into the AC power in your home and converts the higher voltage down to 12volt DC high amperage output power for your RC battery charger, or whatever else requires a low voltage DC input to work. If you already have an AC/DC charger you will not need a power supply as these chargers have there own built in power supply to feed the 12volt requirement of the charger, but these chargers are usually not intended for fast high amperage charging applications.
Why are some chargers only DC?
This feature allows the manufacturer to dedicate all the room inside the charger to do the job at hand, and still keep the charger compact. Typically, most DC only units will charge at a much higher rate than AC/DC chargers.
Why would you need a 24 volt power supply?
Nearly all high-end battery chargers do not plug into a standard household 110 volt AC power outlet, they are designed from the ground up to run off of 12volt DC power source such as a 12v car battery, as with the most high-end chargers they are very capable of operating from 12 to over 32 volts DC and with good reason. Lithium based batteries have come a long way in the last 5 years. In the past, 1 hour charge rates were the norm for these batteries, but as technology has advanced, so has the ability of these batteries to be fast charged. It’s not uncommon to see Lipo batteries designed for a 5C charge rate (roughly 12 minutes), with others rated up to 15C (roughly 4 minutes to charge!).
It plugs into the AC power in your home and converts the higher voltage down to 12volt DC high amperage output power for your RC battery charger, or whatever else requires a low voltage DC input to work. If you already have an AC/DC charger you will not need a power supply as these chargers have there own built in power supply to feed the 12volt requirement of the charger, but these chargers are usually not intended for fast high amperage charging applications.
Why are some chargers only DC?
This feature allows the manufacturer to dedicate all the room inside the charger to do the job at hand, and still keep the charger compact. Typically, most DC only units will charge at a much higher rate than AC/DC chargers.
Why would you need a 24 volt power supply?
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Nearly all high-end battery chargers do not plug into a standard household 110 volt AC power outlet, they are designed from the ground up to run off of 12volt DC power source such as a 12v car battery, as with the most high-end chargers they are very capable of operating from 12 to over 32 volts DC and with good reason. Lithium based batteries have come a long way in the last 5 years. In the past, 1 hour charge rates were the norm for these batteries, but as technology has advanced, so has the ability of these batteries to be fast charged. It’s not uncommon to see Lipo batteries designed for a 5C charge rate (roughly 12 minutes), with others rated up to 15C (roughly 4 minutes to charge!).
