Recent content by dmould66

so 5000m a/h would be the equivalent of what ive got now- if the charger is 12v does this mean i would hook this up direct to the panel? i dont know this gets more complicated the more i look at it-what ive got now works and i sort of understand it/ it dosnt present a serious fire risk- the...

yes cheers i would appreciate the link to the solar stuff as to ten miles- ive not measured it accurately yet- but i recon with plenty of pedaling i get a lot more than that - even heavily loaded with trailer kids etc. thats the reason im not to bothered about the weight if i leave them behind...

thanks for the link to hobbyking- only thing that worries me is they are rated in mah- millionamphere hour right? ive got two 20 a/h batts at the moment, this gives me a very good range,so how many would i need to keep the same range? with the charger-its looking a bit pricey?

I also live in NSW and ordering Lipo / LiFe batteries is cheap and easy. It takes a few weeks but that's the price you pay for good value (and chinese labour). so where do you get your batts? easy yes- cheap? my sla's were $60 each delivered

cool i lived mobile for many many years-miss it bad! good to hear someone say it can be done- i admit im not knowledgeable when it comes to solar but alot of people here have panels on there roof and run entire houses of them-i look at my little hub motor and think why not? suns bloody bright...

also just thought if my battery is discharging at 3% a day it would last quite awhile before it became useless right?

the bit about drawing current from the panels sounds brilliant, all the ngative stuff ive red on the web was starting to make that sound impossible and i was consentrating on using them to charge. so it just a possitive and negative wire to the battery terminals, no charge controller and off...

thanks how long would you expect a 200 watt panel to charge a 20 a/h battery from flat to full?

im pretty slow as well, realy not worried about speed if i was i would buy a big car and knock it out in a couple of days, i thought about the shade thing but im worried the wind blast from the road trains might cause me to take off- does make sense though is two 12 volt batteries wired up to...

im in dubbo- western nsw - but thanks for the offer. been whatching the sun alot recently and it gets overhead pretty quickly and is there for the bulk of the day- i can see how normal riding conditions can make pointing the panel at the sun a big problem but im going to be riding in a pretty...

thanks for your help on this dogman yes im working torwards taking my trike across the nullabor plain- about a thousand k's with not a lot in between (about three road houses and very very few dwellings (about 4) so no plugs buts lots of sun) i hear what your saying about the lithium but i havnt...

sorry my link didnt work-anyway what im thinking of getting is a 190 watt, 1650 x 990mm, 15kg panel designed for use on the roof of a house and im thinking of building into/onto a flat bed trailer,iknow its heavy but would it keep my batteries charged on a super long distance drive?

i could afford one of these-just what do you think?

hi havnt been on here for a while but last time you were all very helpfull so im hoping you can help me with my planned upgrade. with all your halp i got my 500 watt hub motored trike up and running. its been very reliable in the last year and ive put lots of miles on it.its got two 20 a/h gel...

ive opened my cohnis hub up (just cant leave stuff alone) what information would you need to settle this?