Power bank powered mini Itx PC.

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Keefman85

Joined Feb 28, 2018
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Hey everyone,

This is my first post and I'm working on a little hobby project to see how portable I can make this little Itx PC I have. Around 120W
The external Power supply converts AC to 12V 10A.
I have a power bank that has 50000mAh and It Has 6 Output Ports. One 20V/3A for Laptops, one 12V/2.5A for Digital Cameras, Two 5V/2.1A and Two 5V/1A For Most of Smart Phones

So in my limited understanding of electricity I was thinking that the problem would be the pc draws more amps than the power bank can handle. Can I use the 20 V output and use a DC/DC converter to raise the amps closer to 10 thus dropping the Volts? Is a step up converter a possibility 'not sure how they work just seen them on amazon'

If it helps the power bank is a ''MAXOAK 50000'' and the power supply is ''picoPSU-150-XT + 102W Adapter Power Kit''
It wouldn't let me post the Amazon links
 

Dodgydave

Joined Jun 22, 2012
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Converters are ok as long as you understand that you can't use more wattage than the battery or psu providing it, so in your requirement 20V@3A is 60W, so you can convert it to 10V @6A or 40V @1.5A, that's assuming it's a 100% efficient converter, at best it's probably 95%.
 
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