Battery charger how work

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mrel

Joined Jan 20, 2009
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Hello
Woodward Schumacher sure 1000 Fire automatic circuit breaker 10 amp battery charger model WS 1010 input 60 cyclce 117 vac 2 amp Output 6-12 VDC 10 Amp.
Question is input voltage 117 vac and 2.amp,And output 6-12 Vdc10Amp.
How did the battery charger give more ampere output (10 amp) when the input was only (2 amp) ?
mrel
 

PackratKing

Joined Jul 13, 2008
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That is one of the fascinating aspects of electronics.
The windings of the transformer are designed to drop the line input voltage to the level you need -- 12 v. and the amperage needed for the intended load, is a "fringe benefit" of reducing the voltage.
 

ErnieM

Joined Apr 24, 2011
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Question is input voltage 117 vac and 2.amp,And output 6-12 Vdc10Amp.
How did the battery charger give more ampere output (10 amp) when the input was only (2 amp) ?
mrel
The power in is Vin * Iin = 117 * 2 = 234 watts

The power out is Vout * Iout = 12 * 10 = 120 watts

So it's only about 50% efficient given your numbers. If that's true, it must run a bit warm.
 
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