Charging electric bike from leisure battery

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edited March 19 in Motorhomes #1

Our van has no hook up, two PV panels charging twin leisure batteries. I know there will be several variables but in principle am I likely to be able to charge an electric bike battery from 12v socket without trashing the battery? I guess the alternative is to pay for a hook up and charge the bike directly from it? Thanks for any replies.. 

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  • peedee
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    edited March 19 #2

    Presumably you have a 230v charger for your bike battery, if so and you have an inverter of sufficient power you should have no problem. I do similar using a 750w inverter.

    peedee

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited March 19 #3

    It’s best to check with CAMC about charging your bike battery direct from the EHU bollard. Cars have to be charged via the caravan/MH but it might be different for other things.

  • Amesford
    Amesford Forum Participant Posts: 685
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    edited March 20 #4

    If you have no electric hook up to to your caravan you would need to buy one of those camping hook up leads which have a safety trip and comply with the club rules 

  • hitchglitch
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    edited March 26 #5

    Bike batteries are quite small so won’t drain your leisure battery. Usually they have a 230 volt mains charger so presumably you have an inverter?

  • NickMac
    NickMac Forum Participant Posts: 5
    edited March 28 #6

    Lithium batteries require specific charging profiles so, in principle you could use your leisure battery as a source of energy to charge the bike but you would still need a charge controller to avoid damaging the battery.

    For example if you just connected a solar panel directly to a lithium battery (as you might have done for a lead acid battery) you would be likely to overcharge the battery which causes plating of the anode. 

    Nick

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