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Post by AntiM » Wed Jun 02, 2010 3:42 pm

Had you scrolled down a bit more in the Q&A forum, you would have found this thread:

http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic.php?t=33777

Go for it!

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Post by Ugly Dougly » Thu Jun 03, 2010 10:08 am

Dope your Bike:
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Post by rodiponer » Fri Jun 04, 2010 12:30 am

I wouldn't buy a generator just to charge a bike.

My electric bike + kiddie bike trailer last year was powered by 20 amp/hours of batteries at 12 volts. This is 4 small batteries that are normally used for emergency exit lights.

They lasted about halfway through the event. I recharged them by asking a neighbor who was already running his generator if I could plug in while he ran his. The battery charger only eats 50 watts, as much as a small laptop, and so didn't take any capacity away from his refrigerator or whatever he was running it for.

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