I got my himiway cruiser for a couple years now and didn’t fix my solar panel on it yet but seems like a good idea because if it works maybe I could try it for a little bit, I tinker around with solar for my iPads and go to the supermarket with my trailer attached to my e-bike so thanks for that advice
yeah man, it works really well. i still cant believe that everyone isnt doing this. rode the bike to work this morning. been riding it all winter so far and its been doing fine. i still upload updates on it pretty regularly. there are a lot of videos about people building really unpractical solar ebikes on youtube but i dont see a lot of channels that talk about the long term useage of the bikes and that is what i'm trying to do.
Brilliant,appreciate. At least I got idea. 1: can I travel on my E-bike with this solar penal from UK to EU? 2: this solar penal is helpful for cooking on small stove while camping on the way ?
1. given enough time i suppose you could go most places but figure it will generate enough power for about 20 miles per day. 2. not really. its just enough to power the bike
The angled panel has an advantage that it is narrower than a flat panel. Have you had wind blow your bike over? It looks like you have a good kickstand. That is a nice setup.
This looks so practical for me since I live where it is very sunny. What solar panel are you using since it looks much smaller than the 100w panel I own. The rear camera sounds like a good idea, as I currently use a helmet mirror but it moves around at times. I will watch your other videos as turn signals are something I am looking at. Cheers.
@thisorthat7626 it's a newpowa 9bb. It's on amazon for 78$ at the moment. Sometimes goes on sale for 65. The Parkview rear camera is awesome. Makes riding on the road much more comfortable. I try to update pretty regularly. I hope you enjoy the videos. If you would subscribe I'd really appreciate it.
Flat panel has more advantage: higher output during the day (morning vs evening) and a flatter curve Less wind resistance -> higher aerodynamic But just my thoughts, maybe you got more reasons, feel free to tell me. But in general this is a great idea, trying to build this myself
i'm conflicted on the angled panel. i think the angled panel is more efficient for charging. there is a zip code calculator you can google that will give you the proper solar incidence angle for your area. where i am its 15degrees in summer and 45 degrees in winter. this bikes kickstand holds the bike straight up and down. most kickstands hold the bike at an angle so you can tilt the bike in the direction of the sun. as far as aero goes i think the impact is minimal because it still presents the same frontal area to the wind regardless of tilt angle. thats said i'm sitting in front of it anyway acting as a block in front of it. what bike are you looking to build whats the details? if you need anything just let me know
@@RidingonBooks-iq9ik i understand, while you are riding it depends on your direction, but that averages out the efficiency. If its stationairy it makes sense to angle it properly for your location. I am converting a fischer montis 2.1 (i think its only available jn germany), still thinking about a lot of small details for example if i should Charge the e bike battery direvtly with a mppt charge controller (solar->mppt->bike) or add a powerstation for convenience and storage in between (solar->powerstation->bike) which reduces efficiency tho.
@@RidingonBooks-iq9ik also i am using a 50w flexible solar which is very light and small so im thinking of keeping it efficient / small by using the mppt version
@@TreeSurfer-wh4ui for my use case, i only really care about charging when parked. any charge that happens to occur while riding is just bonus charge. my bike is a commuter though so i mostly ride when the sun wouldnt be charging anyway. at work all it has to do is sit and charge. if you ride mostly during peak sun then flat would make more sense. that said i think i'm going to build a storage box for this like i have for the yellow bike so that i have a place to store lunch and helmet and coats and whatever i need to take with me....... or maybe i'll keep the angle and just seal in the sides of what is already there....... hummmmm
on my yellow bike i was able to just snip the plug off of the factory charger and go into the regular charge port. on the bike in this video it was funky. the factory charger seems to be some kind of pulse width modulated charger and i couldnt get the charge controller to charge through the batteries regular port. what i ended up doing was taking the back off of the batteries shell and wiring the charge controller to the batteries directly. i wasnt able to see if there was some sort of capacitor or something on the factory charge port that was blocking the dc current from being able to charge the battery (i didnt take the battery that far apart) it sounds like a pain and it kinda was but really it only took a couple of hours to do. just be careful not to cross the wires.
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Good video.
Simple PV panel install.
I must do it here, North Curl Curl.
Latitude 33.😊
hey i appreciate it
I got my himiway cruiser for a couple years now and didn’t fix my solar panel on it yet but seems like a good idea because if it works maybe I could try it for a little bit, I tinker around with solar for my iPads and go to the supermarket with my trailer attached to my e-bike so thanks for that advice
yeah man, it works really well. i still cant believe that everyone isnt doing this. rode the bike to work this morning. been riding it all winter so far and its been doing fine. i still upload updates on it pretty regularly. there are a lot of videos about people building really unpractical solar ebikes on youtube but i dont see a lot of channels that talk about the long term useage of the bikes and that is what i'm trying to do.
Brilliant,appreciate. At least I got idea.
1: can I travel on my E-bike with this solar penal from UK to EU?
2: this solar penal is helpful for cooking on small stove while camping on the way ?
1. given enough time i suppose you could go most places but figure it will generate enough power for about 20 miles per day.
2. not really. its just enough to power the bike
The angled panel has an advantage that it is narrower than a flat panel.
Have you had wind blow your bike over? It looks like you have a good kickstand.
That is a nice setup.
@@skyl4rk hasn't been blown over yet. Soft dirt is my bigger concern
Ive heard that doing what your doing is fine charging the batteries but once a month charge to 100 percent.😊😊😊😊😊
its good to do a balance charge every now and then.
This looks so practical for me since I live where it is very sunny. What solar panel are you using since it looks much smaller than the 100w panel I own. The rear camera sounds like a good idea, as I currently use a helmet mirror but it moves around at times. I will watch your other videos as turn signals are something I am looking at. Cheers.
@thisorthat7626 it's a newpowa 9bb. It's on amazon for 78$ at the moment. Sometimes goes on sale for 65. The Parkview rear camera is awesome. Makes riding on the road much more comfortable.
I try to update pretty regularly. I hope you enjoy the videos. If you would subscribe I'd really appreciate it.
@@RidingonBooks-iq9ik Thank you for the info. I will subscribe. :)
@@thisorthat7626 hey, i appreciate it
Flat panel has more advantage: higher output during the day (morning vs evening) and a flatter curve
Less wind resistance -> higher aerodynamic
But just my thoughts, maybe you got more reasons, feel free to tell me.
But in general this is a great idea, trying to build this myself
i'm conflicted on the angled panel. i think the angled panel is more efficient for charging. there is a zip code calculator you can google that will give you the proper solar incidence angle for your area. where i am its 15degrees in summer and 45 degrees in winter. this bikes kickstand holds the bike straight up and down. most kickstands hold the bike at an angle so you can tilt the bike in the direction of the sun. as far as aero goes i think the impact is minimal because it still presents the same frontal area to the wind regardless of tilt angle. thats said i'm sitting in front of it anyway acting as a block in front of it.
what bike are you looking to build whats the details? if you need anything just let me know
@@RidingonBooks-iq9ik i understand, while you are riding it depends on your direction, but that averages out the efficiency. If its stationairy it makes sense to angle it properly for your location. I am converting a fischer montis 2.1 (i think its only available jn germany), still thinking about a lot of small details for example if i should Charge the e bike battery direvtly with a mppt charge controller (solar->mppt->bike) or add a powerstation for convenience and storage in between (solar->powerstation->bike) which reduces efficiency tho.
@@RidingonBooks-iq9ik also i am using a 50w flexible solar which is very light and small so im thinking of keeping it efficient / small by using the mppt version
@@TreeSurfer-wh4ui for my use case, i only really care about charging when parked. any charge that happens to occur while riding is just bonus charge. my bike is a commuter though so i mostly ride when the sun wouldnt be charging anyway. at work all it has to do is sit and charge. if you ride mostly during peak sun then flat would make more sense. that said i think i'm going to build a storage box for this like i have for the yellow bike so that i have a place to store lunch and helmet and coats and whatever i need to take with me....... or maybe i'll keep the angle and just seal in the sides of what is already there....... hummmmm
How did you wire the plug from controller into battery? Cause doesnt battery use a specific plug to that bike? You just cut into it?
on my yellow bike i was able to just snip the plug off of the factory charger and go into the regular charge port. on the bike in this video it was funky. the factory charger seems to be some kind of pulse width modulated charger and i couldnt get the charge controller to charge through the batteries regular port.
what i ended up doing was taking the back off of the batteries shell and wiring the charge controller to the batteries directly.
i wasnt able to see if there was some sort of capacitor or something on the factory charge port that was blocking the dc current from being able to charge the battery (i didnt take the battery that far apart) it sounds like a pain and it kinda was but really it only took a couple of hours to do. just be careful not to cross the wires.
What power you were getting during video
generally the panel produces about 1.5 - 1.7amps while charging in the sun.