Battery Wiring To Produce Multiple Onboard Voltages

Michael · 2006-12-13T23:42:05+00:00

Hi,I'm currently designing the electronics for a robot I'm building that has a 36V main drive motor. I was planning on using 3 12V batteries and was wondering if there is anyway of getting 36V from the batteries in serial AND 12V from them in parallel at the same time?I'd rather stick to just these 3 12V batteries instead of havng two seperate battery packs but I expect the answer's going to be no and so I'm going to need two.Michael

Dec 13, 2006 23 Replies

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Michael 19 years ago

Thanks for all the replies, I think I'll just stick to the 36V pack and run the motors at 33% with a separate battery for the electronics. Seems to be the easiest and should work out just fine.

Thanks again,

Michael

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Pogo 19 years ago

Found them! Here is the link to the product(s) I was trying to describe:

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Unfortunately I couldn't find them again on the web. But they did have = ads in Robot magazine and probably Nuts'n'Volts, too. The devices were = pricey, though, from $50 to $200 or so. Depends on your budget & needs. = Separate batteries would certainly be cheaper!

Not much help I guess but if you flip thru Robot mag you might see who I = am talking about.

JCD

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Michael 19 years ago

Unfortunately I couldn't find them again on the web. But they did have ads in Robot magazine and probably Nuts'n'Volts, too. The devices were pricey, though, from $50 to $200 or so. Depends on your budget & needs. Separate batteries would certainly be cheaper!

Not much help I guess but if you flip thru Robot mag you might see who I am talking about.

JCD

"Michael" wrote in message news:hd0gh.15958$ snipped-for-privacy@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk...

Thanks Pogo but I think this 33% way is the best......

Link saved for later.....no doubt I'll probably need something similar at some point :-)

Michael

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