Neat idea. Can you carry the panels with you on a ride? I have a Jackery with a couple panels, and am going to semi-permanently mount them, so I can ride up with the Jackery in the rear basket (of my etrike) plug in the panels to charge the Jackery, while simultaneously charging the trike and all the accessories!
I haven't gotten that far yet. I'm just barely crossing 100 miles (without the Jackery) and still need to think about some shock absorption before I drag it all the way out with me. I did take it and ride it around the block a few times and there was no real noticable difference in power, and even handling was pretty ok. The Jackery weighs about 60lbs, so even with me and some other stuff I'm still well under the 500lb capacity. I'm working to get the panels up this week, so I can try and get the whole system going. A fully charged Jackery, should be able to fully recharge the trike's battery 3x and still be able to run other things. I need to figure out the most efficient way to charge from the Jackery, because it could also recharge it pretty quickly.
There's normally a Gregory 50l Alpaca box that lives in the basket. I can just barely wedge the Jackery inside, and could potentially stack another 50l or 40l box on top.
I'm not really looking to ride all the way out into the middle of nowhere. I live about a mile from all kinds of parks and trails, and ultimately wanted the option of running high amperage power tools without any electricity nearby.
Yeah, this setup runs 4 100w panels, using more smaller panels lets me get to a higher voltage so the mmpt has to work less hard to reach the bikes charge voltage(67v)
You're definitely more advanced with your setup. I'm sure I'm inevitably losing a decent amount of power going panel to Jackery, to bike via an AC adapter. The upside is the Jackery is a beast, and I could basically bring my full sized washer & dryer camping, and have enough power left to run a Portable AC!
BadgersAndJam77@reddit
Neat idea. Can you carry the panels with you on a ride? I have a Jackery with a couple panels, and am going to semi-permanently mount them, so I can ride up with the Jackery in the rear basket (of my etrike) plug in the panels to charge the Jackery, while simultaneously charging the trike and all the accessories!
Hylax1@reddit
Looks neat, what kind of range does that thing get with that huge battery?
BadgersAndJam77@reddit
I haven't gotten that far yet. I'm just barely crossing 100 miles (without the Jackery) and still need to think about some shock absorption before I drag it all the way out with me. I did take it and ride it around the block a few times and there was no real noticable difference in power, and even handling was pretty ok. The Jackery weighs about 60lbs, so even with me and some other stuff I'm still well under the 500lb capacity. I'm working to get the panels up this week, so I can try and get the whole system going. A fully charged Jackery, should be able to fully recharge the trike's battery 3x and still be able to run other things. I need to figure out the most efficient way to charge from the Jackery, because it could also recharge it pretty quickly.
Hylax1@reddit
Damn, sounds like you could ride all day and still have tonnes of charge left over 😂
BadgersAndJam77@reddit
It's wild how much it can power, in a fairly portable unit.
BadgersAndJam77@reddit
There's normally a Gregory 50l Alpaca box that lives in the basket. I can just barely wedge the Jackery inside, and could potentially stack another 50l or 40l box on top.
I'm not really looking to ride all the way out into the middle of nowhere. I live about a mile from all kinds of parks and trails, and ultimately wanted the option of running high amperage power tools without any electricity nearby.
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Complete-Feedback-13@reddit (OP)
The panels can found up and then can be mounted onto a bracket on the back of the bike! That part is still in the making but it should work out
BadgersAndJam77@reddit
Awesome! The 250w Jackery panels don't fold down very small, so I'm not sure about traveling with them, but this size looks interesting.
Complete-Feedback-13@reddit (OP)
Yeah, this setup runs 4 100w panels, using more smaller panels lets me get to a higher voltage so the mmpt has to work less hard to reach the bikes charge voltage(67v)
BadgersAndJam77@reddit
You're definitely more advanced with your setup. I'm sure I'm inevitably losing a decent amount of power going panel to Jackery, to bike via an AC adapter. The upside is the Jackery is a beast, and I could basically bring my full sized washer & dryer camping, and have enough power left to run a Portable AC!