kalpatarutree
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So, after putting the kilowatt on my battery charger and getting a reading of 380 watts....i decided that i would buy a 400 watt inverter to hook to my car battery, so that when im transporting my bike from place to place, i would be charging it in the process.
My question is this : it has been said that "modified sine wave" inverters have the potential to damage delicate electronics, and ive even read a warning before not to hook up chargers to inverters (i read this in my power drill manual once...but ignored the advice and did it anyways....seemed to work just fine).
I know its kind off ridiculous to take the power that is generated through the alternator, run it through a 12 volt battery, convert ot to ac, then have my 48 v charger charge the batteries on my bike...but i just cant think of any other way to use my car as a charging station...and i feel having the "emergency power" when i cant find a safe ac outlet to "borrow" while im in town might come in handy...
See, my ebike situation is, i live 30 miles from town, so i can either ebike it all the way and maybe run out of juice (60 miles rt)...or do a combination of car and ebike (10 mile drive to bike trail, then 20 miles of bike trail to destination), or, if i start up a bicycle "delivery business" like i plan to do....drive all the way to town, then spend the day on an ebike..... and charge it while im eating lunch, shopping, driving to the next town, and what have you.....with all of this car/ebike shuffling around, i figure " why not use my car as a charging station?
Back to my original question....do you think it would be safe to run my 48v battery charger off of a 400 watt modified sine wave inverter?
This question also comes into play when getting into my next project..."solar charging". Ive got 400 watts of solar power and a huge bank of batteries with a 2000 watt (modified sine) inverter that i was going to put in a cargo trailer to make a portable " solar generator" of sorts....do you think it would be safe to charge my bike off of that? I realize with all these multiple conversions, that the efficiency is lost in the process, but aside from that....would it work? Or would i damage the charger, or my lithium battery?
Sorry went off on some tangents there to elaborate on my specific question....
My question is this : it has been said that "modified sine wave" inverters have the potential to damage delicate electronics, and ive even read a warning before not to hook up chargers to inverters (i read this in my power drill manual once...but ignored the advice and did it anyways....seemed to work just fine).
I know its kind off ridiculous to take the power that is generated through the alternator, run it through a 12 volt battery, convert ot to ac, then have my 48 v charger charge the batteries on my bike...but i just cant think of any other way to use my car as a charging station...and i feel having the "emergency power" when i cant find a safe ac outlet to "borrow" while im in town might come in handy...
See, my ebike situation is, i live 30 miles from town, so i can either ebike it all the way and maybe run out of juice (60 miles rt)...or do a combination of car and ebike (10 mile drive to bike trail, then 20 miles of bike trail to destination), or, if i start up a bicycle "delivery business" like i plan to do....drive all the way to town, then spend the day on an ebike..... and charge it while im eating lunch, shopping, driving to the next town, and what have you.....with all of this car/ebike shuffling around, i figure " why not use my car as a charging station?
Back to my original question....do you think it would be safe to run my 48v battery charger off of a 400 watt modified sine wave inverter?
This question also comes into play when getting into my next project..."solar charging". Ive got 400 watts of solar power and a huge bank of batteries with a 2000 watt (modified sine) inverter that i was going to put in a cargo trailer to make a portable " solar generator" of sorts....do you think it would be safe to charge my bike off of that? I realize with all these multiple conversions, that the efficiency is lost in the process, but aside from that....would it work? Or would i damage the charger, or my lithium battery?
Sorry went off on some tangents there to elaborate on my specific question....
