12V Power Systems
Overview
Overview
12V Power Systems Overview
About 12V Power Systems
About 12V Power Systems
Twelve volts is the standard the whole touring world agreed on, and a 12V power system is built around that agreement.
Nearly every fridge, light, fan and charger sold for a 4WD, a camper or a caravan assumes a 12V bank. A system built for it can take the alternator's output, the solar's output and a mains feed, put all of them into that bank at the right profile, and hand the loads a clean supply through fused outputs, with a monitor telling you where the bank stands. All on one board.
The range here runs from compact distribution boxes and control hubs, which put fusing and outputs around a charger for a smaller setup, through to full systems with an inverter charger built in for a vehicle that lives on the road.
What decides it is the daily draw. Add up what runs and for how long. Match that to a system whose charging can put it back in a day of driving or a day of sun. Then check the outputs cover what you actually plug in, because a system with six fused circuits and a build that needs eight is a system with a fuse block bolted on beside it.
Handed versions suit the side of the vehicle the board is going in, and the mounting depth is worth checking against the locker before ordering.
