12-05-2023, 05:55 PM
FYI my charger/supply died recently, probably since it was running for days at a time in the garage for development ;-)
I went "pro" and picked up the Schumacher INC100 "flashing power supply". Up to 100amps! I use it in "flashing mode" when doing development, in this mode you set the desired voltage and the unit supplies whatever is needed to maintain it. I use 13.8V as the target.
Since there is a display of the amps draw I can get an idea of how much power is needed. When I first start flashing mode, draw does start up to 40amps at the highest I have seen it. Then settles down below 20 amps. There can be times when more is needed, try steering the wheel, electric PS draws a lot of power! But typical of the car just sitting in Active mode, doing the type of stuff that OrBit does, power requirement is rarely more than 20amps on my 2019 S60 T6.
Just thought that was an interesting data point.
I went "pro" and picked up the Schumacher INC100 "flashing power supply". Up to 100amps! I use it in "flashing mode" when doing development, in this mode you set the desired voltage and the unit supplies whatever is needed to maintain it. I use 13.8V as the target.
Since there is a display of the amps draw I can get an idea of how much power is needed. When I first start flashing mode, draw does start up to 40amps at the highest I have seen it. Then settles down below 20 amps. There can be times when more is needed, try steering the wheel, electric PS draws a lot of power! But typical of the car just sitting in Active mode, doing the type of stuff that OrBit does, power requirement is rarely more than 20amps on my 2019 S60 T6.
Just thought that was an interesting data point.