New e-bike

We're headed for the Outer Banks soon so I pulled the trigger on a new e-bike from Rad Power Bikes -- a fat tire Rad Rover.  Just arrived yesterday.  I got it put together and checked it out a little bit.  Today I took an 18 mile road tour.  Wow!  This is going to be great on the beach!  Around here the terrain is pretty hilly but I had plenty of power to do over 18 miles with some pretty significant changes in elevation.  Nothing like the Smokies or Rockies, of course, but not the kind of terrain this old man would care to do on a purely human powered bike.  The e-bike can cruise with no pedal power but it's range is greatly extend the more you pedal.  Hills are especially stressful on the battery unless you do your part, but, depending on the settings, it the amount of human effort can be greatly lessened. 

It seems like cheating, but it depends on why you want to be on the bike.  You can, and almost have to get some exercise on an e-bike, but you can also get out in nature and go places you might not otherwise.  It essentially silent too.

Where we camp at OBX is one of the National Park campgrounds that has no hookups.  We've been there many times before and have no had no issues previously.  We have 100 amps of solar and a small, quiet generator that we use prudently.  (The campground is not really dispersed but people aren't right on top of each other.  It's even less crowded after Labor Day.)  I'm wondering how much trouble it's going to be to keep the bike battery topped up.  It has 48v, 14 Ah (672Wh) lithium-Ion battery.  It has charger that draws 120 amps at 120 v.  I'm wondering how much trouble I'm going to have keeping the battery charged.

I know it's not the most efficient way to go, but I run the solar to the battery and hook up a 200 watt inverter and I already keep a couple of 20v DeWalt batteries topped off (in addition to keeping the Pod battery charged.  How much is it going to draw down the Pod battery if I plug in the bike charger while using solar?  It takes 3 to 5 hours to charge a depleted bike battery.

Per the rules, I can run the generator at least 14 hours a day, so I have that to fall back on, but I'd like to keep the generator use as low as I can.

TT

I bought my first electric scooter in june last year. Now I have no idea how many miles I have on that scooter. But for most days over 50 degrees in the last year my dog and I have gone for runs/rides of 5-6 blocks 1-5 times a day. Dog LOVES it,  Frankly so do I.

I paid 600$ for the first one, charge it maybe once every 3 weeks. Normally when I charge it, it has half a charge remaining. But power/zip is starting to drop.

I ride mine on quiet back streets, sidewalks of busy streets. I pull over/stop to give pedistrians the right of way. Some common sense is required.

This spring I bought a second one for my wife, we will be bringing them with us camping.

If you haven't already, just check to make sure your inverter will actually run the bike charger, lots of those little inverters are optimistically rated. Leave it on for awhile to be sure nothing overheats. 

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