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MPaulHolmes · 07-03-2011, 09:53 PM

It's 160v peak, so as soon as you put a load on it, the voltage drops a lot. You can charge a 108v system by rectifying 120v AC, but 144v DC would see almost no current.

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MPaulHolmes PaulH Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Maricopa, AZ (sort of. Actually outside of town) Posts: 3,832 Michael's Electric Beetle - '71 Volkswagen Superbeetle 500000 Thanks: 1,362 Thanked 1,202 Times in 765 Posts	It's 160v peak, so as soon as you put a load on it, the voltage drops a lot. You can charge a 108v system by rectifying 120v AC, but 144v DC would see almost no current. __________________ kits and boards