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Almot
Jan 08, 2016Explorer III
ewarnerusa wrote:
Remember, I'm a bike junkie. I would probably enjoy it.
But I get it, 15 amps for an hour of riding is 15 Ah back into the battery. And that's practically nothing.
15 AH is not too bad, and can make a difference, if you can do this without much suffering. I would imagine a week long bad weather spell, with snow and rain all day, when few hundred Watt solar collects only 7 or 8 AH and you don't want your battery sliding progressively lower and lower for that long. In energy conservation mode - not really "survival" - you can live on 20-25 AH a day. 8+15=23 AH, here you go. 23 AH a day is plenty, if you replace furnace with propane heater, turn microwave into another cupboard and use a propane range for all kitchen duties.
But... if you add a few more hundred Watts of solar, it will do the job for you. Meanwhile you can go skiing, or sleeping, and then ride a real bike outside when sun shines again, rather than pedaling for an hour facing your coach.
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