Charging electric bike from leisure battery
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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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.
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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?
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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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