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Solar Charging Port

by Higgins :: Rate this Message:

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I will be conducting an EV design/build training seminar for some high school instructors and one of the objectives of their program is to build a solar charging carport.  I know that this is not always the most practical thing to construct, but this is for educational purposes.  I would like to get some advice from anyone who might be able to point me in the direction of some ideas.  I am trying to propose the simplest solution possible; it doesn't need to be as practical as educational (if it takes a few days to charge the car, that is OK).  I am most interested in charging techniques, namely how to deal with the fact that the charger will probably not make a complete charge in a single pass, and how to best deal with this scenario.  I am assuming that the way to go is for the carport to charge some flooded cells, which then run thru an inverter, to a 110v charger... but if the charger only runs a few hours a day, how will that effect a "smart charging" cycle.  I am also considering wind power, so a combined solar/wind scenario might be interesting.

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