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Brammo Enertia Discussion => Brammo Enertia => Topic started by: Phantom on May 29, 2010, 03:10:50 PM
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Would it be possible to charge the Enertia from the following product?
XPower Powerpack 1500 is a portable power system that can supply up to 1500 watts of household electricity - enough to run almost any electronic product or appliance you might connect to your wall outlet at home.
http://www.alphasolar.com/alpha_solar_133.htm (http://www.alphasolar.com/alpha_solar_133.htm)
I was thinking of something like this to solve ebiker's problem of living in a condo with no access to an outlet where he would park his powercycle. This topic came up in the charging FAQ thread.
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Phantom,
Interesting find. While it would be possible to charge from this product, it would only get you about a 25% charge at best. It's a 12V / 60Ah Sealed Lead Acid battery => 12V x 60Ah = 720 Wh (Watt-hours). The Enertia's battery is 3,100 Wh (Watt-hours) or 3.1 kWh.
So... you'd need five of them to get a full charge! You'd basically be shuffling energy from one battery pack to another, so probably not so efficient. Good thought though... and maybe still enough to go on a AAA "rescue" truck to get you enough charge to get to an outlet if you're stranded.
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Thanks for quick answer, Brian. I'll keep looking.