The APA-1 is a car power adapter with overvoltage protection and other safety features to protect your LtAP and other devices from aggressive vehicle environments.
A faulty car battery, connecting a wiring harness, jump-starting or even just switching on the air conditioning – unpleasant voltage peaks can occur anywhere and at any time! The built-in gas discharge tube is an elegant and clever solution. This gas, which is enclosed in a tiny glass tube, does not normally conduct electricity. However, when a high voltage is applied, the gas is ionized, creating a new path of low resistance for the excess voltage. Excess voltage that could otherwise have destroyed your appliances!
Another protective layer in the APA-1 is the TVS: Transient Voltage Suppressor Semiconductor. This combination of layers protects your devices from extreme voltage peaks.
MikroTik has also built in active polarity protection so that your devices are safe even if you accidentally switch the power on the wrong way round. In addition, there is a built-in low-pass filter that blocks all unwanted pulses and a standard fuse for added protection.
The output voltage can be easily changed via a jumper position, but there is also a pass-through mode – in case you don’t need input voltage regulation. Remember: preventing a crisis is always cheaper than fixing it!
APA-1 , car power adapter
Car power adapter with overvoltage protection and other safety features to protect your LtAP and other devices from aggressive vehicle environments.
