12v Watts?
05-08-2021, 03:09 PM
Just got my pinecil and it looks good. Did a quick test with lead free solder and it worked fine.
The only barrel 5.5 mm power supply I had in the house was 12 volts. (no USB C in the house either) With my temperature set up to 360 C it barely maintained it that hot. I put a watt meter on the AC electric side if the cord and it showed a maximum of 19 watts, even though the 12 vDC converter can deliver 3 amps. . . 36 watts.
I see in the wiki in the QC discussion, it says 12v will only deliver 18 watts. I assumed that was a QC limitation. Is the 18 watts at 12 volts always a limitation? (I’ll go read some datasheets)
The only barrel 5.5 mm power supply I had in the house was 12 volts. (no USB C in the house either) With my temperature set up to 360 C it barely maintained it that hot. I put a watt meter on the AC electric side if the cord and it showed a maximum of 19 watts, even though the 12 vDC converter can deliver 3 amps. . . 36 watts.
I see in the wiki in the QC discussion, it says 12v will only deliver 18 watts. I assumed that was a QC limitation. Is the 18 watts at 12 volts always a limitation? (I’ll go read some datasheets)