[MLB-WIRELESS] more new edens

[Steven Haigh]

Mikey A wrote:

> Tony Langdon wrote:
>
>>> It's not rocket science, as any major load such as headlights or 
>>> aircon running in a car causes a voltage drop to some extent... 
>>> minimising this will solve most problems - and will probably make 
>>> your car run better too :)
>>>   
>>
>>
>> The question is whether the issue is low frequency "dips" or high 
>> frequency
>> rubbish that's causing the problem.  The high frequency stuff can 
>> usually be
>> handled by good filtering and grounding.  the voltage irregularities may
>> need the DC-DC converter to fully tame - or simply, a SLA battery 
>> charged
>> from the car's electrical system via a diode and current limiting...
>>
> wouldn't a nice big capacitor like they use in car audio stop the dips 
> when things like lights and the such are started?
>
Quite possibly. I've never needed to test this theory as I haven't had 
any issues... I'd say this is because I had a decent sized battery 
(560CCA - about 100Ah), and another decent sized battery (550CCA - again 
about 100Ah) in the boot hooked up in parallel.

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