E Bike Solar Panel
Options for solar chargers for electric bikes.
E bike solar panel. Bundle of solar panels mppt charge controller and solar ca3 device for solar bike builds. Solar mppt boost converter. 170 watt flexible sunpower solar panel spr e flex 170. However if you were like me found an awesome deal of low voltage solar panel on the web maybe second hand and want to charge your e bike battery directly us.
Not ideal but it works. Freeloader super cheap small 1 5w solar charger batteries with 800 1600mah built in batteries. The biggest advantage is the foldability which means that you can fold this solar panel up to the size of a. Not another solar charger by arduino i hear you say skin depth that is true.
So we plug the panel into an inverter that then goes to the bike s charger inverter and finally to the bike s battery. Products rated between 7 27 watts. Good for smaller usb powered devices for those on a budget. We will discuss each of these below.
A guide to understanding the ratings. Bakcou solar panel is based on a blanket type design which features a big panel of 9 smaller solar panels. This probably results in a 20 percent plus efficiency loss. You bought a 100 watt solar panel to charge your 500 watt hour ebike battery with the expectation that it would charge your battery from empty to full in 5 hours.
Also the battery and inverter and bike charger add another six pounds and a lot of cables to the system. This design gives users a couple of advantages. 16a hall effect current sensor for solar ca firmware. The power is going from dc to ac to dc.
Theoretically a good quality 12 volt 20 watt mono crystalline solar panel will produce approximately 14 volts at 1 3 amps under load so if you series wire up four 20 watt panels you ll have approximately 55 volts at 1 3 amps roughly about the same as a standard 48 volt e bike charger produces. This is a 150 watt solar panel and according to the electric bike company it can charge one of their standard batteries 48v 11 6ah in just four hours. Let s start with the worst case scenario. I didn t want to drain my battery all the way to zero as that is pretty hard on the cells so i started charging while my battery was at 50.
Goal zero nomad probably the most popular solar units around for bicycle travellers because of their low cost and availability although customer service and longevity seems less than perfect. Hooking your e bike up to solar panels. The range of options for solar powered e bikes includes transportable and stationary solar panels bikes that are already designed to charge using solar energy and solar power trailers. Best solar charger for electric bike bakcou solar panel blanket panel design.