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elliemike


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How do you charge your Ebike from the car.

I was talking to my friends yesterday about their Ebike  (Tandem) that they take with them when camping.   I always assumed they charged it from the car when traveling,

It's a 48v Battery.  They told me they have to wait till they get 240v power available.  I was asking why they were not charging it from an inverter ? .   They had not even thought they could do that.

I suggested I would ask the experts on here for them.   

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Mike  n Ellie

 



-- Edited by elliemike on Sunday 20th of March 2022 10:47:53 AM

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Peter_n_Margaret


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Check the power requirement of the charger, but it won't actually be very high, so the inverter won't neet to be too big.
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Peter

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Bicyclecamper


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When I had my bike camper, I had 2 X 100 watt flexible renogy solar panels on it, and was charging a borrowed ebike battery and bike every day. Had no problems with the small true MPPT controller, that i fitted to charge 2 x 10 ah lith's.



-- Edited by Bicyclecamper on Sunday 20th of March 2022 04:51:56 PM

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Tony Bev


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Do not know about a 48 volt battery

I have an electric bicycle with a 36 volt battery

I carried it for one trip, never used it on that trip, so never took it with me again

As an experiment (err playing around)

I made sure that I could charge it with my 300/600 inverter, from my 2 X 120 AH AGM batteries, being charged by a 300 watt solar panel

I had no problem charging the electric bicycle 36 volt battery

The specs of the electrical bicycle 240 volt charger are

Input AC110V - 240V - 1.8A Max
47-63Hz
Output 42V - 2A




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Rob Driver


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It might be wise to consider this before charging any E mode of transport.

It is reported that the charger caught fire and set fire to the caravan that the couple lived in.
As a result the young fellow lost his life.

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/e-scooter-battery-believed-to-have-started-fatal-caravan-fire-20220322-p5a6xh.html



-- Edited by Rob Driver on Tuesday 22nd of March 2022 07:54:33 PM

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Slotscott


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Hi There, I am looking at charging 2 x e160 8000 ebikes. They both have high capacity 630 watt batteries and draw around 35 amps each off a 2000 inverter until they are fully charged after 2-3 hours. I have 2 x 100ah lithium batterys, a DC to DC charger in the van, 1 old fixed solar panel and 1 portable 200 watt solar panel. We have set this up so we can free camp around Tassie in April 22 and plan to try this out in the coming weeks.

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jegog


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Tongue firmly in cheek, if the bike has regenerative braking just mount it on the back of the car or caravan so that the back wheel is on the road.
But there are DC to DC power converters

www.ebay.com.au/itm/254603349865

The above is a 200W DC-DC module for $13.99


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