1 #+TITLE: 12V Lead-Acid battery changer and terminal
2 #+AUTHOR: Svjatoslav Agejenko
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16 + DISCLAIMER: I DO ELECTRONICS AND 3D DESIGN SOLELY AS A HOBBY. THERE
17 COULD BE ERRORS THAT CAN RESULT IN ALL KINDS OF DAMAGE. USE THESE
18 DESIGNS AT YOUR OWN RISK.
20 + This design is released under Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license.
24 - Homepage: https://svjatoslav.eu
25 - Email: [[mailto://svjatoslav@svjatoslav.eu][svjatoslav@svjatoslav.eu]]
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34 [[file:make,%202.png]]
36 Simple charger and terminal (front-end) for 12V lead-acid battery.
38 Idea is to distribute power from rechargeable 12V battery to various
39 appliances (soldering iron, radio transmitters, etc..) while also
40 providing use-charging in the background.
42 Single on/off button disconnects battery and up-step voltage source
43 from front panel terminal connectors.
45 [[https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B07G4KWV6S/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o08_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1][Tecnoiot MT3608]] voltage up-step is used. 3V DC external power supply
46 is used to feed voltage up-step. Up-step is tuned to ~14.4 V.
48 [[file:schematic.png]]
50 Current design is rather of blog (experience sharing) value. It has
53 - Warning: Circuit has dangerous instability. Requires low voltage
54 ~3V but relatively high current external power supply. Using
55 higher voltage but low current power supply could easily lead to
56 situation where step-up generated load pushes power supply output
57 voltage down too much. This leads to too much power being lost
58 within power supply and easily leads to power supply overheating!
60 - There is no dedicated current limiter. 3V external power supply
61 and up-step are acting as current limiters.
63 - While RCA connectors do work as DC power connectors, but are not
64 intended to be used this way and are not very reliable.
66 - Voltage up-step provided output is not very clean. Extra capacitors
67 and induction coils could be added to remove high frequency noise in
70 - Metallic and shielded body would be helpful to reduce
71 electromagnetic/radio noise generated by step-up.
81 + [[file:body%20and%20cover.FCStd][body and cover FreeCAD file]]
82 + [[file:body.stl][body in STL format]]
83 + [[file:cover.stl][cover in STL format]]