TissyD
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I have a 150 watt solar panel on the van and I was wondering if it will charge my mobility scooter batteries.
Think there is a up charger which will take volts up to 24v which will do the job.
When you get a generator will you get a bigger charger to cut down on running time our supplied charger is only 2amps it can take about 10 hours to fully charge . have you seen the screw fix pure sine wave 700 w about £180 . and very light .BazzI have a GoGo Elite Traveller with 2 x 17ah batteries and I got a 12v charger for it. I left it on the cigar lighter plug but fitted 30amp sockets direct to leisure batteries for it, got a kit of wildebus on here.
It is a slow charge though so you are really best putting it on whenever you have solar and not using. Beware though I forgot to unplug mine one day and took batteries lower than I wanted. I always make sure I charge fully whenever I get any 240v. I will be getting a generator for next winter though
Not looked yet Baz but I think I can run mains charger direct from generator when I run it to charge batteries but it will depend on outlets. I know ours is a very low power charger and it takes an overnight charge to fill batteries. I normally wait til it’s flat though so I can improve by regular charging.When you get a generator will you get a bigger charger to cut down on running time our supplied charger is only 2amps it can take about 10 hours to fully charge . have you seen the screw fix pure sine wave 700 w about £180 . and very light .Bazz
Not looked yet Baz but I think I can run mains charger direct from generator when I run it to charge batteries but it will depend on outlets. I know ours is a very low power charger and it takes an overnight charge to fill batteries. I normally wait til it’s flat . Quote !! have to agree Neil charging from a standard charger would take ages ,mine is only 2 amps .I have a 6 amp charger at home .would that charge 3 x faster . or do more harm than good ? Baz.
I would only have it charging direct while topping up battery bank Dave, dont suppose it makes any difference really, I wouldn’t run generator to just top up scooter unless it was a real emergency.Is the limit to charging more down the the battery rather than the charger? A small battery can usually only take a certain amount of current and getting a bigger charger could end up making virtually no difference.
I would think running a generator to charge a scooter battery would be very inefficient? Best charging them by sucking the power from the main bank and boosting that from the generator at the much faster rate I would have thought.