Hi,
Apologies if in the wrong thread. I am moving house and have a dedicated bike garage that I will dismantle and take with me. Currently I have power supplied to it via an exterior 13a wall outlet in order to power two trickle battery chargers/tenders (Optimate type thing which states max 900ma p/hr, usually 200ma for float charging) This will not be an option at the new place, so I was thinking about solar power, like motorhomes may use. Or a long extension cable from the kitchen window... haha.
My research leads me to believe that I need a solar panel, leisure battery and inverter (12v to 240v). Is this correct? As these are trickle chargers to 12v motorcycle batteries I think a small panel would be OK? Do I just connect the panel’s output to the battery and the battery to the inverter and plug in my devices? I see there are panels to 12v batteries available but I have two bikes and Optimate fly leads so I don’t have to remove seats and fairings. I see some panels ending in USB sockets but there is no battery tenders that have USB power into them, only standard 3 pin plugs.
Really trying to not spend a huge amount as moving isn’t cheap!
The products I have been looking at are:
Panel
Battery
Inverter
It would be great if anyone has experience (who am I kidding, the people on here are superb ) and guidance on how these things fit together and advice on what would work.
Thanks
Lee
Apologies if in the wrong thread. I am moving house and have a dedicated bike garage that I will dismantle and take with me. Currently I have power supplied to it via an exterior 13a wall outlet in order to power two trickle battery chargers/tenders (Optimate type thing which states max 900ma p/hr, usually 200ma for float charging) This will not be an option at the new place, so I was thinking about solar power, like motorhomes may use. Or a long extension cable from the kitchen window... haha.
My research leads me to believe that I need a solar panel, leisure battery and inverter (12v to 240v). Is this correct? As these are trickle chargers to 12v motorcycle batteries I think a small panel would be OK? Do I just connect the panel’s output to the battery and the battery to the inverter and plug in my devices? I see there are panels to 12v batteries available but I have two bikes and Optimate fly leads so I don’t have to remove seats and fairings. I see some panels ending in USB sockets but there is no battery tenders that have USB power into them, only standard 3 pin plugs.
Really trying to not spend a huge amount as moving isn’t cheap!
The products I have been looking at are:
Panel
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12 volt 7.0 Ah Alarm Battery
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Soft Start Compact Inverter 12v dc to 230v ac - 150w | Skytronic (652.000UK)
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It would be great if anyone has experience (who am I kidding, the people on here are superb ) and guidance on how these things fit together and advice on what would work.
Thanks
Lee
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