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Title: Looks like someone is crowd funding a jule theif device
Post by: Magluvin on July 28, 2015, 12:44:23 AM
https://www.yahoo.com/makers/breakthrough-battery-gadget-answers-critics-125063020800.html

Mags
Title: Re: Looks like someone is crowd funding a jule theif device
Post by: Magluvin on July 28, 2015, 12:48:12 AM
Instead of lighting leds, they are producing constant 1.5v out to make devices last longer from the same battery.

Mags
Title: Re: Looks like someone is crowd funding a jule theif device
Post by: MarkE on July 28, 2015, 02:35:57 AM
Quote from: Magluvin on July 28, 2015, 12:48:12 AM
Instead of lighting leds, they are producing constant 1.5v out to make devices last longer from the same battery.

Mags
Except that:
1) It only extends battery life for certain poorly designed devices where
2) The device current is within the capacity of the power converter AND
3) The extended operating percentage of the battery exceeds the losses imposed by the power converter

There will be cases where the device:
Does not work because of the power converter limitations.
Actually decreases operating hours from a given battery.