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It’s all a little bit of Greek to me. But, i gather that the cigarette lighter is not a good option and that i should look for something else. Joe

I have a large Greenland 2 double folding kayak, so weight is not too important to me. I just bought a 12v battery and so i am giving up on the ebike battery for the moment. I may come back to it later. Right now i am thinking of getting the all in one system that Will mentioned on his site. I...

Let me know when you release that video! As i said i am mostly just interested in hands free running of the motor. But to get that i need to know how to connect it up Joe

Thanks. That's nice to know. If you connected it to a solar panel it could run for a long time, as well.

Thanks for the excellent advice and explanations. For the moment I can charge from the grid and will probably just do that. I just thought that this might be an option. It is also nice to understand what is happening there and to be able to try one of those other options mentioned should the...

I don’t have one, yet. But, it will probably be the minn kota Endura C2 Electric Motor https://minnkota.johnsonoutdoors.com/us/shop/freshwater-trolling-motors/endura About 30 lbs thrust

Hello I am very new to this and have many blank spots, so I seek your patience if what I am saying doesn’t seem to make sense. I am trying to figure things out as i go along. I am going to run a 30 lb thrust trolling motor with a 12v 100ah battery on a canoe. Someone mentioned that the motor...

Hello, I was thinking of building a solar energy system as a backup for my house and also for camping. In reading Will's site a little more carefully, I noticed that he recomends an all in one system. And I am wondering whether it would work for me? As you see, I am on the beginners corner...

Thanks yes, that is my plan

Hey, this is a great discussion. But I didn’t realize that we had gone down a rabbit hole. The original question was would a buck converter , and if so, what kind, would work with a 48 volt ebike battery? Now, remember that we are dealing with a solar panel, then the battery and then. 30 thrust...

The guy in the article uses flexible ones and it seems to work

hi bud, thanks for the response. Like I said, much of the terminology here goes over my head. For camping I will certainly be using the 12 volt system. And the refrigerator would be one of the regular ones that they sell, Iceco, or somethng like that. I hear that these refrigerator freezers...

i checked into 1220VAC and see that it is regular house current. So, yes, as I mentionned, i would hope to use it for that in emergency situations of loss of poser. Not an ongoing thing. But, just to have a few things working, as I said earlier, like lights, cell chargers etc. nothing...

12 volt lithium 100ah battery charging from cigarette lighter. Can i do it?

Hello I am interested in buying a litime battery. But i noticed that they are made in Hong Kong. I believe that I read somewhere that when you think you are buying a cheaper battery it could end up costing more because of new tariffs slapped on foreign products. To add to the possible custms...

Remember, i am writing in the Beginners Forum! I dont want to reduce the car to ashes. Anyway, i am not using the battery to run a fridge or anything like that. I just want to take advantage of charging it while I am driving. It is for a trolling motor. I will look at what the charger and...

I will post a picture of my equipment. Maybe that will help

Hello everyone I am new to electrical things and to this forum. Learning a bit from Will’s presentation. Thank you for having me. Introduction finished let me say that I hope i have the right forum for this. And that there is not already a thread on the subject. I have a rad electric bike...

Thought I should throw my battery into the mix, as well. Also, as a beginner, can you tell me what i should be looking for to see if all of these elements are compatible. ( A real beginner!) ThAnks

Thanks Murphyguy. It is not q #55 thrust,though, but rather #30 thrust. As i say, i am someone who has two days looking at Will’s instructions and someone who saw electricity as a total mystery. But the buy says that he did actually use it to power his canoe, which was also 30 thrust. I would...

Thanks once again for the advice. I would have known that if I had thought a bit more carefully. All the terminology can be confusing when you are just starting. From what you are saying, i will probably steer away from the ebike battery altogether. Even before getting a solar panel i will...

Thanks to everyone for jumping in. I can see now that this much simpler system will do pretty much what I want. That’s great! Just out of curiosity, what kinds of things would Will be referring to when he says that you will not be able to use this system 24/7? Also, it looks like this system...

What easy options might I have?

I looked at my parts and it is not the charger that is 5A, i think, but the inverter that fits into the cigerette lighter. So, i need a larger inverter, i guess

I had a look at your solar dolly. An impressive rig. As a beginner i am wondering why you would have a fuse box between the ( i think) usb outlets and the AIO? And why not one on the regular wall outlet? Also, you say that you tested the jackery on it. I would be planning on using a smaller...

Thanks. That’s getting out of the rabbit hole a bit. So you would use a charge controller between the solar panels rather than a buck converter. And then a buck converter between the battery and the motor. I am not saying i am going to do this. One of the reasons I posted on this forum was to...

Thanks for all the replies and the resources offered. I am not too concerned about getting more time out of the battery. What mainly interests me in this is the possibility to control the motor from the pwm controller, rather than having to hold my hand on the handle all the time. I read the...

Thanks for the information. You are right the border is another can of worms. Anyway i bought the newer 19 pound battery that they have just put out. The border is only an hour’s drive for me. It would be better for me to do the customs than Amazon. Thanks joe

Sorry bob, not sure what you are referring to. Do you mean that i can remotely control this engine with the proposed charge controller? Thanks joe

Just a small bifurcation on the main question, if you have the time. I have wondered whether you need to keep the 12 volt fridge connected to the battery all the time? I ask this because I would like to take the battery out and use it in my canoe for a few hours. Would I be better to get...