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Rad Power Bikes Chat => General Chat => Topic started by: flhtci2006 on June 04, 2020, 09:48:04 PM

Title: battery charger power requirements.
Post by: flhtci2006 on June 04, 2020, 09:48:04 PM
Can someone look at their charger and tell me the power requirements, in watts or amps.  I will be using solar to charge it and need to make sure my inverter is big enough.
Title: Re: battery charger power requirements.
Post by: fin_rad on June 05, 2020, 12:07:16 AM
From my RadRhino 750W EU (2019) charger the input is 120W (100-240 VAC 50/60 Hz). Output 48V / 2 A.
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Title: Re: battery charger power requirements.
Post by: flhtci2006 on June 05, 2020, 08:52:15 PM
Perfect, that tells me my standard 400 watt inverter has enough power to operate the charger.  I do appreciate your response...thank you.
Title: Re: battery charger power requirements.
Post by: RadJohn on June 06, 2020, 03:02:14 PM
Some people who have attempted to use cheap "switcher" type Li-ion chargers like these with non-pure sine wave inverters have experienced a number of problems, up to and including fires.
You should be fine though with a high quality true pure sine inverter of sufficient capacity but even a modified sine type might be a crap shoot.