How many FET’s are on board? 300A at 16V is a fine effort!
Posted on 2008-12-07 09:23:16 -0500 by Anonymous
Amazingly, four TO-220 MOSFETs, at about $4 a piece, is all it takes to switch 300A at up to 48V. You need at least two sets to do a half bridge, a good heat sink, and a fast gate drive circuit, but it’s totally feasible for about $100. For reference, the FETs are IRFB3207.
300A is a peak value and only lasts for a few seconds, but the FETs stay cool even with no fan. We had a few catastrophic FET failures from switching problems, but no slow thermal load failure. So I think it can probably handle at least 200A continuous, maybe even the full 300A with a fan. I was impressed, given the cost of similarly-sized commercial controllers.
Posted on 2008-12-10 02:03:21 -0500 by scolton