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200W solar panel, 48V 20 aH battery. Range is 25 miles on battery with no pedaling, estimated additional 20 miles per day of full sunlight with solar panel, pedaling will increase range. In full sun, the panel charges at about the same rate as the plug in charger, 3 amps.
That seems rather large for only 200 Watts maybe the picture is giving me a poor sense of scale but that looks like it’s a similar size to my 480 watt panels what are the dimensions here?
It is an Allpowers 200W flexible panel, about 33" x 54"
Ah flex panel that makes sense. Full panels are much heavier so probably less attractive to mount like that in general
What happens when you get a sudden gust of wind from the side?
Not much. I generally ride with the panel in flat top position.
Make sure to always have that hedge on the windward side! ;-)
Forever E-Triking
Looks like it could haul a lot. Have you thought about a trailer, etc? Looks like you could go carless completely or at least for days at a time.
Love it. Been wanting to build something like this eventually.
Ever hear of this project/have any thoughts on it? https://vhelio.org/
Looks like a good project.
Very cool! Can you give us a rundown of your setup?
I wrote the parts used in another post in this thread, but if you have any specific questions, let me know.
