{"id":963,"count":6,"description":"<p>The DC-DC converters from <strong>48 V to 12 V<\/strong> They enable 12 V equipment to be powered from a 48 V battery bank. This is the usual situation in modern off-grid solar installations, where the storage system operates at 48 V for efficiency, but there are still some legacy 12 V loads.<\/p>\n<h2>Is it worth running 12 V loads from a 48 V battery bank?<\/h2>\n<p>It depends on how many there are. For two or three specific pieces of equipment, the converter is the neatest solution. If the 12 V power consumption is significant, as each conversion involves losses, it might be worth replacing those devices with 48 V versions or powering them from the inverter using AC.<\/p>\n<p>The rule of thumb when sizing: the current on the 12 V side is about four times that on the 48 V side, so the thick cable runs from the converter to the loads, not to the battery. See the full range of <a href=\"\/en\/product-category\/converters\/\">DC-DC converters<\/a>.<\/p>","link":"https:\/\/fvcomponentes.com\/en\/categoria-producto\/cargadores-de-baterias\/convertidores\/48v-12v\/","name":"48V-12V : DC-DC converters \/ Boosters","slug":"48v-12v","taxonomy":"product_cat","parent":865,"meta":[],"menu_order":80,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fvcomponentes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat\/963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fvcomponentes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fvcomponentes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/product_cat"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fvcomponentes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat\/865"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/fvcomponentes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?product_cat=963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}