Powering a soundbar straight from boat DC: silly or what

[JerryC]

Two capacitors and a choke would kill the spikes and noise for a couple of euros, (old skool, lol) but would not regulate the voltage. The previous link is okay, or you could just Google "dc/dc buck converters". Any of those would ensure your sound bar gets 24 volts even when your batteries are dying.

 

[MapisM]

24V equipment is almost certainly aimed at vehicles, a sound bar is most likely intended for an RV (that motorhome++ for us Limeys). As such then they will be designed to be tolerant of vehicle electrics.

Nope, it's a plain vanilla Samsung soundbar, supplied with an AC/DC converter, as per first line of my op.
Being actually 24DC powered is just a coincidence, which has nothing to see with vehicles... I think!

 

[Assassin]

No it doesn't as nothing works at mains voltages in the consumer electronics mass market world today as they make specific items to specific standards as platforms and standardise components for cost efficiencies, it is much cheaper to make a plug in transformer for each specific market and tailor them to their standard appliance platform.

You can get laptops with a 19 volt DC platform, or one with a 21 volt DC platform and they aren't specific to the vehicle or any other market, similarly, our sound bar is using a 23 volt platform while one of my colleagues in out tech dept has one running on a 16 volt platform.

 

[Assassin]

Strong chance that something you can buy for a fiver in the trade could easily become 25 quid or so, once it's passed through a few hands and had a bit of packaging added.

This is true Richard but consider the competitive nature of the market and Mapis would be better shopping around and finding what is right for him at a price which he would be willing to pay and give him the protection he requires, everyone in the electronics world is offering a deal somewhere and in the run up to Christmas many manufacturers and suppliers will be clearing out there stock in readiness for the seasonal changes which are occurring now.

 

[petem]

Regardless, swmbo since several years discovered just about the opposite of BBQs, i.e. the so called "slow cooking", in low temperature pans where food is cooked at 70°C or so.
It takes a lot of time of course, but don't be mistaken: some low temp recipes are absolutely delicious, and leave nothing to be desired vs. BBQs, grills, etc. - it's no coincidence that also starred restaurants are increasingly using this method in recent years. :encouragement:

P, you may be onto something with this slow cooking lark. BBC news has this on it's home page...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-en...akfast-creator-shocked-by-recipe-s-popularity

Yum!