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  • strawhistle
    Junior Member
    • Jun 2010
    • 1

    #1

    plans to charge my electric byke with solar

    Hi I am crossing over from visforvoltage.org a forum for Ev'er's . I am planing to charge no 1. 48v 40ah lifepo4 battery a day and ride no2and then swap them at night ! in general are there controllers that can charge and balance lifepo4 cells to about 60V ? and will a solar cell-panel be OK if it is not loaded or used at a diminished load ?? Thank You for your time LaTeR
  • Mike90250
    Moderator
    • May 2009
    • 16020

    #2
    The charge controllers are able to be "tweaked" to different voltage points, but they don't understand the control signals the individual cell balancers report back with.

    lifepo4 without balancers on each cell, is a bomb waiting to go off.
    Powerfab top of pole PV mount (2) | Listeroid 6/1 w/st5 gen head | XW6048 inverter/chgr | Iota 48V/15A charger | Morningstar 60A MPPT | 48V, 800A NiFe Battery (in series)| 15, Evergreen 205w "12V" PV array on pole | Midnight ePanel | Grundfos 10 SO5-9 with 3 wire Franklin Electric motor (1/2hp 240V 1ph ) on a timer for 3 hr noontime run - Runs off PV ||
    || Midnight Classic 200 | 10, Evergreen 200w in a 160VOC array ||
    || VEC1093 12V Charger | Maha C401 aa/aaa Charger | SureSine | Sunsaver MPPT 15A

    solar: http://tinyurl.com/LMR-Solar
    gen: http://tinyurl.com/LMR-Lister

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    • Sunking
      Solar Fanatic
      • Feb 2010
      • 23301

      #3
      Well unless you can design and build your own charge controller, you are pretty much SOL. I have heard of some Li custom made solar chargers around but they are extremely expensive.
      MSEE, PE

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