I have a 9.6V rechargeable battery pack. I need to use it to power a thingymabob I'm making that runs on 3V. I was hoping to be able to do something like this:
Somehow halve the voltage down to about 4.8V and double the current the battery is kicking out. Then use a regulator to bring it down to 3V. This way only 1.8V must be wasted and the device can get almost double current to use.
Is this possible or am I barking up totally the wrong tree here?
Cut up the 9.6 volt pack and make three 3.2 volt packs all in parallel. no wasted power then. Just make it with connectors so you can put the three sections back as a series for charging.