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What's New at Ample Power

Reorganization of the Web Site

It's long overdue, and not complete, but major changes have been made to simplify the presentation and arrange it more logically. At the same time we didn't want to lose information or break links others have made to our site.

Part of the change is to put some separation between traditional marine products and products for remote sites. While the underlying battery management technology is the same, the market segments are distinct.

Power for Ocean Buoys

Nine diesel battery chargers with the new watertight EnerMatic Controller have been built for a customer. The last two are still on the test stands accumulating 200 hours of operation before being dropped into the can. To support the engine run-in program we constructed three tests stands. The EnerMatic Controller on each stand communicates with the EnerMatic Communicator which takes raw data, plots it, and logs it to generate a historical record.

The Communicator is Internet connected, which lets us or the customer access the data and if desired, to start or stop the engine. The engines operate at about 2600 RPM, and deliver 100 Amps at 28 Volts to a resistor load bank and four 6-Volt golf cart batteries.

48 Volt Power for Cell Sites

Delivering 200 Amps at 58 Volts, the DBC48-200 is our highest power standard product. The first unit is slated for installation this summer in Nigeria, with a second one already under construction.

The unit has an attached 17 gallon oil tank. Each time the engine is turned off the EnerMatic Controller operates an oil pump to provide a mini-oil change. Oil in the system will only be changed once a year.

Next Step 2 Regulators, NS2

The NS2 continues the Ample Power tradition of improving alternator regulation. The NS2 offers the fastest reponse to load changes of any alternator regulator. An optional serial port allows battery equalization and monitoring. The NS2 uses a microcomputer with flash memory, which means that the firmware can be updated without changing a chip.