Hi there,
My name is Paul and I am new to tinkering with electronics.
That said, I have successfully installed a 280 watt Solar array in a small single room habitation in France. It works quite well and currently feeds 3 fluorescent bulbs, a 24' flat screen, a small Eeepc netbook and charges numerous USB devices. Great stuff, I am enjoying myself and even learning a little as I go!
However, now I wish to add further items to the system which do not run from the native 12vDC supplied by my batteries.
My manifesto is simple: High efficiency, low power/low watts without having to entirely compromise luxury.
I would like to install a small PIR sensor to turn on both a light in the shower room, and an extractor fan. All low power extractor fan's I can find that are designed to extract humidity from a shower room are all 12vAC.
I guess the question in short is: What is the most efficient way for me to transform the 12vDC from my battery into a supply suitable to turn on a 12vDC bulb and a 12vAC fan from a single PIR switch?
Many thanks and hi to all!
My name is Paul and I am new to tinkering with electronics.
That said, I have successfully installed a 280 watt Solar array in a small single room habitation in France. It works quite well and currently feeds 3 fluorescent bulbs, a 24' flat screen, a small Eeepc netbook and charges numerous USB devices. Great stuff, I am enjoying myself and even learning a little as I go!
However, now I wish to add further items to the system which do not run from the native 12vDC supplied by my batteries.
My manifesto is simple: High efficiency, low power/low watts without having to entirely compromise luxury.
I would like to install a small PIR sensor to turn on both a light in the shower room, and an extractor fan. All low power extractor fan's I can find that are designed to extract humidity from a shower room are all 12vAC.
I guess the question in short is: What is the most efficient way for me to transform the 12vDC from my battery into a supply suitable to turn on a 12vDC bulb and a 12vAC fan from a single PIR switch?
Many thanks and hi to all!