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SolarpunkWorkshop@lemmy.worldOPtomicromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.world•Made an easy method for converting cargo bikes over to solar!English
1·2 days agoCool, at the moment I’m just posting and crossposting stuff where ever it seems fitting. Didn’t even know we could feature stuff. Still pretty new to the site.
SolarpunkWorkshop@lemmy.worldOPtomicromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.world•Made an easy method for converting cargo bikes over to solar!English
8·3 days agoTo charge a 600whr ebike battery to full would take my 50w panel 12hrs. Or around 3-5 miles of range added per hour of sunlight.
The 110w trailer adds around 10 miles of range per hour. Plus it has 800whr of extra storage in the solar generator.
If it rains I just don’t use the solar hookup. Not much sun anyway. This thing has been through a midwest tornado and done pretty well. Just in case there’s any issue I put a 5amp fuse on the line going to the ebike battery. Figured I’d rather loose a 10c fuse than a 400$ battery.
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Cargo Bikes@lemmy.world•Made an easy method for converting cargo bikes over to solar!
2·3 days agoYea was bored one day and did the math for if I needed to make build a really off grid vehical for crossing the country. Oddly went researching the old conastoga wagons of all things. Getting an electic pickup and building a canopy of solar panels would work well. Could even pull a lightweight trailer coated with solar panels. Toss a gutter and rain barrel system up there. A few sealed buckets of dry food and you’d be pretty set.
Oddly today was working at building a light trailer with a good solar mini grid on it that could trickle charge an electric car. Maybe one day I’ll build that setup.
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Cargo Bikes@lemmy.world•Made an easy method for converting cargo bikes over to solar!
11·4 days agoA 50w solar panel on the back will charge one of my 600whr batteries in about 12 hours of sun. Or another way of seeing it is I get 3-5 miles of range per hour. Pretty good for my commute.
The 110w solar trailer easily doubles that to 10 miles of range an hour extra. With it’s 800whr battery on the solar generator giving an extra 50-80 miles of range.
Not the most useful thing for everyone. But I was planning on taking this down a 300 mile trail with we’ll say infrequent places to recharge.


Fyi AI was used for upscaling. I didnt do it, I don’t have a version without AI upscaling. read the rules and I’m not sure if the tag is for AI generated videos / slop or if it applies to mildly altered things. Can allways edit it in the title if need be.