Reduce battery voltage.

The name of the pictureThe name of the pictureThe name of the pictureClash Royale CLAN TAG#URR8PPP











up vote
2
down vote

favorite












I have grip warmers on a bike. basically just heat tape. I would like to reduce the supply voltage from lithium battery from 18 vdc to 12 vdc. My goal is to reduce warmer element temperature and increase battery life. What is the simplest way to do this? thanks!










share|improve this question







New contributor




Sean Craig is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.















  • 1




    Buck converter comes to mind. What have you found so far?
    – winny
    3 hours ago











  • Search for waterproof buck converters. You can also find adjustable ones to fine tune the temp. Just make sure to calculate or measure your max current draw before buying anything.
    – Phil C
    1 hour ago














up vote
2
down vote

favorite












I have grip warmers on a bike. basically just heat tape. I would like to reduce the supply voltage from lithium battery from 18 vdc to 12 vdc. My goal is to reduce warmer element temperature and increase battery life. What is the simplest way to do this? thanks!










share|improve this question







New contributor




Sean Craig is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.















  • 1




    Buck converter comes to mind. What have you found so far?
    – winny
    3 hours ago











  • Search for waterproof buck converters. You can also find adjustable ones to fine tune the temp. Just make sure to calculate or measure your max current draw before buying anything.
    – Phil C
    1 hour ago












up vote
2
down vote

favorite









up vote
2
down vote

favorite











I have grip warmers on a bike. basically just heat tape. I would like to reduce the supply voltage from lithium battery from 18 vdc to 12 vdc. My goal is to reduce warmer element temperature and increase battery life. What is the simplest way to do this? thanks!










share|improve this question







New contributor




Sean Craig is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.











I have grip warmers on a bike. basically just heat tape. I would like to reduce the supply voltage from lithium battery from 18 vdc to 12 vdc. My goal is to reduce warmer element temperature and increase battery life. What is the simplest way to do this? thanks!







batteries






share|improve this question







New contributor




Sean Craig is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.











share|improve this question







New contributor




Sean Craig is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.









share|improve this question




share|improve this question






New contributor




Sean Craig is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.









asked 3 hours ago









Sean Craig

111




111




New contributor




Sean Craig is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.





New contributor





Sean Craig is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.






Sean Craig is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.







  • 1




    Buck converter comes to mind. What have you found so far?
    – winny
    3 hours ago











  • Search for waterproof buck converters. You can also find adjustable ones to fine tune the temp. Just make sure to calculate or measure your max current draw before buying anything.
    – Phil C
    1 hour ago












  • 1




    Buck converter comes to mind. What have you found so far?
    – winny
    3 hours ago











  • Search for waterproof buck converters. You can also find adjustable ones to fine tune the temp. Just make sure to calculate or measure your max current draw before buying anything.
    – Phil C
    1 hour ago







1




1




Buck converter comes to mind. What have you found so far?
– winny
3 hours ago





Buck converter comes to mind. What have you found so far?
– winny
3 hours ago













Search for waterproof buck converters. You can also find adjustable ones to fine tune the temp. Just make sure to calculate or measure your max current draw before buying anything.
– Phil C
1 hour ago




Search for waterproof buck converters. You can also find adjustable ones to fine tune the temp. Just make sure to calculate or measure your max current draw before buying anything.
– Phil C
1 hour ago










3 Answers
3






active

oldest

votes

















up vote
4
down vote













Adding a resistor half the resistance of the elements will get you down to 12V, and increase battery life by 50%, but you end up wasting a third of the energy in the battery (unless you use that resistor to keep something else warm). There are cheap DC-DC buck converter modules available, that will regulate down to 12V, that then gets your battery life to more than double - power at the element falls by 56%, power consumed at the battery falls by that less the efficiency penalty of the converter.






share|improve this answer





























    up vote
    2
    down vote













    A resistor dropping 18 down to 12V wastes $1over3$ of the energy.



    A DC-DC buck converter can be about 90 percent efficient, but the cheap ones typically get about 85% - wasting about $ 1over 6$, but PWM can improve on that by removing the inductor and capacitor losses inherent in DC-DC converters.



    Look for a PWM dimmer module that meets your requirements or build one from one of the many designs available on-line.



    for heating applications a lower modulation speed can be used than is used for lighting, but lighting modules are more common.



    If you don't need that last fraction of the available energy you can just go with a cheap DC-DC converter, the cheap XL4015 modules run well at up-to 2A and the good ones will go higher.






    share|improve this answer






















    • Is there really such a thing as "wasting" energy when the whole objective is to produce heat? Just make sure the heat gets dissipated where you want it.
      – R..
      13 mins ago

















    up vote
    1
    down vote













    Adding a resistor at the input will lower the current and the wattage this should help make the battery last longer but the heaters will not get as hot






    share|improve this answer








    New contributor




    David Martell is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
    Check out our Code of Conduct.

















      Your Answer




      StackExchange.ifUsing("editor", function ()
      return StackExchange.using("mathjaxEditing", function ()
      StackExchange.MarkdownEditor.creationCallbacks.add(function (editor, postfix)
      StackExchange.mathjaxEditing.prepareWmdForMathJax(editor, postfix, [["\$", "\$"]]);
      );
      );
      , "mathjax-editing");

      StackExchange.ifUsing("editor", function ()
      return StackExchange.using("schematics", function ()
      StackExchange.schematics.init();
      );
      , "cicuitlab");

      StackExchange.ready(function()
      var channelOptions =
      tags: "".split(" "),
      id: "135"
      ;
      initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);

      StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function()
      // Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
      if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled)
      StackExchange.using("snippets", function()
      createEditor();
      );

      else
      createEditor();

      );

      function createEditor()
      StackExchange.prepareEditor(
      heartbeatType: 'answer',
      convertImagesToLinks: false,
      noModals: false,
      showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
      reputationToPostImages: null,
      bindNavPrevention: true,
      postfix: "",
      onDemand: true,
      discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
      ,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
      );



      );






      Sean Craig is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.









       

      draft saved


      draft discarded


















      StackExchange.ready(
      function ()
      StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2felectronics.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f403439%2freduce-battery-voltage%23new-answer', 'question_page');

      );

      Post as a guest






























      3 Answers
      3






      active

      oldest

      votes








      3 Answers
      3






      active

      oldest

      votes









      active

      oldest

      votes






      active

      oldest

      votes








      up vote
      4
      down vote













      Adding a resistor half the resistance of the elements will get you down to 12V, and increase battery life by 50%, but you end up wasting a third of the energy in the battery (unless you use that resistor to keep something else warm). There are cheap DC-DC buck converter modules available, that will regulate down to 12V, that then gets your battery life to more than double - power at the element falls by 56%, power consumed at the battery falls by that less the efficiency penalty of the converter.






      share|improve this answer


























        up vote
        4
        down vote













        Adding a resistor half the resistance of the elements will get you down to 12V, and increase battery life by 50%, but you end up wasting a third of the energy in the battery (unless you use that resistor to keep something else warm). There are cheap DC-DC buck converter modules available, that will regulate down to 12V, that then gets your battery life to more than double - power at the element falls by 56%, power consumed at the battery falls by that less the efficiency penalty of the converter.






        share|improve this answer
























          up vote
          4
          down vote










          up vote
          4
          down vote









          Adding a resistor half the resistance of the elements will get you down to 12V, and increase battery life by 50%, but you end up wasting a third of the energy in the battery (unless you use that resistor to keep something else warm). There are cheap DC-DC buck converter modules available, that will regulate down to 12V, that then gets your battery life to more than double - power at the element falls by 56%, power consumed at the battery falls by that less the efficiency penalty of the converter.






          share|improve this answer














          Adding a resistor half the resistance of the elements will get you down to 12V, and increase battery life by 50%, but you end up wasting a third of the energy in the battery (unless you use that resistor to keep something else warm). There are cheap DC-DC buck converter modules available, that will regulate down to 12V, that then gets your battery life to more than double - power at the element falls by 56%, power consumed at the battery falls by that less the efficiency penalty of the converter.







          share|improve this answer














          share|improve this answer



          share|improve this answer








          edited 2 hours ago

























          answered 3 hours ago









          Phil G

          1,33438




          1,33438






















              up vote
              2
              down vote













              A resistor dropping 18 down to 12V wastes $1over3$ of the energy.



              A DC-DC buck converter can be about 90 percent efficient, but the cheap ones typically get about 85% - wasting about $ 1over 6$, but PWM can improve on that by removing the inductor and capacitor losses inherent in DC-DC converters.



              Look for a PWM dimmer module that meets your requirements or build one from one of the many designs available on-line.



              for heating applications a lower modulation speed can be used than is used for lighting, but lighting modules are more common.



              If you don't need that last fraction of the available energy you can just go with a cheap DC-DC converter, the cheap XL4015 modules run well at up-to 2A and the good ones will go higher.






              share|improve this answer






















              • Is there really such a thing as "wasting" energy when the whole objective is to produce heat? Just make sure the heat gets dissipated where you want it.
                – R..
                13 mins ago














              up vote
              2
              down vote













              A resistor dropping 18 down to 12V wastes $1over3$ of the energy.



              A DC-DC buck converter can be about 90 percent efficient, but the cheap ones typically get about 85% - wasting about $ 1over 6$, but PWM can improve on that by removing the inductor and capacitor losses inherent in DC-DC converters.



              Look for a PWM dimmer module that meets your requirements or build one from one of the many designs available on-line.



              for heating applications a lower modulation speed can be used than is used for lighting, but lighting modules are more common.



              If you don't need that last fraction of the available energy you can just go with a cheap DC-DC converter, the cheap XL4015 modules run well at up-to 2A and the good ones will go higher.






              share|improve this answer






















              • Is there really such a thing as "wasting" energy when the whole objective is to produce heat? Just make sure the heat gets dissipated where you want it.
                – R..
                13 mins ago












              up vote
              2
              down vote










              up vote
              2
              down vote









              A resistor dropping 18 down to 12V wastes $1over3$ of the energy.



              A DC-DC buck converter can be about 90 percent efficient, but the cheap ones typically get about 85% - wasting about $ 1over 6$, but PWM can improve on that by removing the inductor and capacitor losses inherent in DC-DC converters.



              Look for a PWM dimmer module that meets your requirements or build one from one of the many designs available on-line.



              for heating applications a lower modulation speed can be used than is used for lighting, but lighting modules are more common.



              If you don't need that last fraction of the available energy you can just go with a cheap DC-DC converter, the cheap XL4015 modules run well at up-to 2A and the good ones will go higher.






              share|improve this answer














              A resistor dropping 18 down to 12V wastes $1over3$ of the energy.



              A DC-DC buck converter can be about 90 percent efficient, but the cheap ones typically get about 85% - wasting about $ 1over 6$, but PWM can improve on that by removing the inductor and capacitor losses inherent in DC-DC converters.



              Look for a PWM dimmer module that meets your requirements or build one from one of the many designs available on-line.



              for heating applications a lower modulation speed can be used than is used for lighting, but lighting modules are more common.



              If you don't need that last fraction of the available energy you can just go with a cheap DC-DC converter, the cheap XL4015 modules run well at up-to 2A and the good ones will go higher.







              share|improve this answer














              share|improve this answer



              share|improve this answer








              edited 2 hours ago

























              answered 2 hours ago









              Jasen

              8,6621327




              8,6621327











              • Is there really such a thing as "wasting" energy when the whole objective is to produce heat? Just make sure the heat gets dissipated where you want it.
                – R..
                13 mins ago
















              • Is there really such a thing as "wasting" energy when the whole objective is to produce heat? Just make sure the heat gets dissipated where you want it.
                – R..
                13 mins ago















              Is there really such a thing as "wasting" energy when the whole objective is to produce heat? Just make sure the heat gets dissipated where you want it.
              – R..
              13 mins ago




              Is there really such a thing as "wasting" energy when the whole objective is to produce heat? Just make sure the heat gets dissipated where you want it.
              – R..
              13 mins ago










              up vote
              1
              down vote













              Adding a resistor at the input will lower the current and the wattage this should help make the battery last longer but the heaters will not get as hot






              share|improve this answer








              New contributor




              David Martell is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
              Check out our Code of Conduct.





















                up vote
                1
                down vote













                Adding a resistor at the input will lower the current and the wattage this should help make the battery last longer but the heaters will not get as hot






                share|improve this answer








                New contributor




                David Martell is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
                Check out our Code of Conduct.



















                  up vote
                  1
                  down vote










                  up vote
                  1
                  down vote









                  Adding a resistor at the input will lower the current and the wattage this should help make the battery last longer but the heaters will not get as hot






                  share|improve this answer








                  New contributor




                  David Martell is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
                  Check out our Code of Conduct.









                  Adding a resistor at the input will lower the current and the wattage this should help make the battery last longer but the heaters will not get as hot







                  share|improve this answer








                  New contributor




                  David Martell is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
                  Check out our Code of Conduct.









                  share|improve this answer



                  share|improve this answer






                  New contributor




                  David Martell is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
                  Check out our Code of Conduct.









                  answered 3 hours ago









                  David Martell

                  111




                  111




                  New contributor




                  David Martell is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
                  Check out our Code of Conduct.





                  New contributor





                  David Martell is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
                  Check out our Code of Conduct.






                  David Martell is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
                  Check out our Code of Conduct.




















                      Sean Craig is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.









                       

                      draft saved


                      draft discarded


















                      Sean Craig is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.












                      Sean Craig is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.











                      Sean Craig is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.













                       


                      draft saved


                      draft discarded














                      StackExchange.ready(
                      function ()
                      StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2felectronics.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f403439%2freduce-battery-voltage%23new-answer', 'question_page');

                      );

                      Post as a guest













































































                      Popular posts from this blog

                      How to check contact read email or not when send email to Individual?

                      Displaying single band from multi-band raster using QGIS

                      How many registers does an x86_64 CPU actually have?