I'm having trouble finding a DC-DC voltage booster that will go from 12v to 60v. I've searched for days.
In our off grid fishing cabin we have a water pump that is 50 feet from the house, which is where the battery is. The pump runs 12v and tops out at 19amps. The line we are installing is 8 gauge copper.
Going from 12v to 60v drops my loss from ~10% to .5%. So it's definitely worth doing since we already have a weak/sluggish pump running 12v over 12 gauge.
Since this is a remote fishing cabin, the booster needs to be reliable. I keep finding some products that seem OK but then I see the reviews which mention a lot of failures.
For example
This would be ideal if it were reliable, had an enclosure and could run continuously for 30 minutes in summer heat. If you know of a great product for this, please let me know.
In our off grid fishing cabin we have a water pump that is 50 feet from the house, which is where the battery is. The pump runs 12v and tops out at 19amps. The line we are installing is 8 gauge copper.
Going from 12v to 60v drops my loss from ~10% to .5%. So it's definitely worth doing since we already have a weak/sluggish pump running 12v over 12 gauge.
Since this is a remote fishing cabin, the booster needs to be reliable. I keep finding some products that seem OK but then I see the reviews which mention a lot of failures.
For example
This would be ideal if it were reliable, had an enclosure and could run continuously for 30 minutes in summer heat. If you know of a great product for this, please let me know.
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