This Solarpunk E-bike Trailer Charges ITSELF
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- "Solarpunk" means a lot more than slapping a solar panel on something. It means focusing on actionable, and sustainable practices for defying, and rewriting the modern vision of the future. Building a better world.
This project used 2x 50w flexible solar panels, a 600w inverter, and old "Golabs" power bank. I did not do a price breakdown in the video, so here it is:
Solar panels - $100
Original Trailer - $50
Battery - $200 (It was originally broken, though)
Inverter - $10
Recycled Steel - $20 (Love my local shop)
This thing costs less than some trailers WITHOUT the electronics. Pretty content with that.
Hey man im not sure why your videos have so little in terms of views but keep it up man
I'm impressed with how many views we are getting as is!
Holy cow 1,000 people watched this, I'm so grateful! Thank you to anyone who took a chance and checked out any of my videos. I try and post about once every two weeks talking about Science, Technology, or Education with the goal of just saying things I wish I heard more about before. Take care, and thank you again.
Okay 3000 now how is that possible
Update: The sun came out for about 4 hours and got the battery to 50%! Pretty close to what I was expecting.
wait, how long of charging? and you mean the battery bank was at 50% correct? so in a real world use case you could get another 25% charge had you rode for however long it took it to charge to that 50% but that is why it is important to know about the length of time it takes to charge?
The cold will affect the charging times on lithium batteries.
What brand/ model of solar panels are these?
Do you ever use the Western Union/Linemens Splice for solderless butt connections? Thx for the great video
cool
Alright. However, you avoid losses by charging the bike battery directly using a step up (voltage) charger. Genasun produces good ones.
Awesome!
Glad you liked it!
sorry I ruined you 69 subscriber count
please don't charge lithium batteries in freezing temperatures
bout to copy you ty
Let's gooooo!!
dc to ac to dc has a 20%-30% loss. I have a setup that's dc to dc.
Not sure why an Inverter is in the mix, a simple small MPPT would do the trick, adding some ability to angle the panels would be great also, when riding E/W you could get more charge or adding a panel on the left and right side of the trailer. Would be nice to know how much power the panels are collecting, I was also looking into some flexible panels to make something like this, but I had planned to sort out a system of carbon fiber or fiberglass rods with different holes to allow for different positions to maximize solar production and reduce weight while making a larger storage area (they would be default in a low arch running lengthwise
I use an inverter so I can use the original charger that came with the bike. The last thing we want is another news article titled "Local Idiot Hooks Unregulated 48v To a Battery and Explodes", haha! I just don't know how to build my own DC-DC charger with enough safety features or overvolt or overcurrent and stuff like that. The original charger is the safest bet in my mind. Unfortunately it's AC.
Let me know how your build goes, I bet it'll be awesome!
@@TheQuietPartisLoudyes exactly. need to have a charge specifically for litium ion batteries. Should've read your comment before replying to the original!!
i'm no professional on this subject, but i would stamp this as solarpunk approved.
also, home depot and ace hardware should have basic respirators that come with wide-general-purpose filters that should be good for the various fumes in this video for only 50-60 bucks. good for wood sawdust too if you ever work on that.
Yippee! I know Solarpunk is still ambiguous in a lot of ways, but I want to contribute, and try to represent as many ideas as I can!