Hi Richard, Just joking with Russell, no banning actually involved :-) indeed I thought there would be problems with a system like this. I will be fitting the mains connector but will still have a look at this as an alternative. Thanks Luis On 7 Sep 2014 00:36, "Richard R. Pope" wrote: > Luis, > It should work. The big question is how efficient will it be. The > induction chargers for cell phones and other such items are transferring > a few watts which works out to be no more than probably 1 amp at most. > You are going to have to transfer 100s of watts, tens of amps. Any loss > due to poor coupling will be converted directly in to heat. > I myself would install a charger on board and put a weather proof > connector for plugging the mains into the charger. Everything is > contained on board your van except for the AC. This will be a lot more > efficient then using induction charging. Yes, induction charging is cool > but I don't think it is practical in your application. This is my > opinion on the matter. > Thanks, > rich! > BTW, what is this talk about having the moderators ban someone? > Thanks, > rich! > > On 9/6/2014 6:14 PM, Luis Moreira wrote: > > Now seriously, > > As soon as you got this in my head, what I imagined was a plastic tube > with > > the RX winding wrapped around it and then some large heat shrink sleeve > > over it to seal it. I would have this mounted under the van at rear. Th= e > TX > > winding would be built similarly to RX but of a smaller diameter pipe. > This > > will allow me when parked to insert the TX into the RX winding and > transfer > > power to the van. > > I am thinking that because I will not have a core to aid magnetic > coupling > > the power transfer will be much reduced but not sure to what extent. > > Would this kind of setup work at all? > > Thank you. > > Luis > > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .