Hey there, I took an ebike around with me while RVing through the states and charged everything with a DIY solar setup.

Panels - charge controller - deep-cycle battery - inverter - power strip(additional outlets), and I had all the free electricity I needed, although I always wanted to add a little wind turbine to the mix.

Size how much power your panels produce, make sure the capacity of the charge controller is higher than that. Then size how much peak power you will be converting into AC through the inverter and make sure the capacity of your inverter is higher than that.

Connect the panels to the charge controller, connect the charge controller to the battery, connect the inverter to the battery and then connect the power strip to the inverter if you need additional outlets.

I suggest used panels from a surplus store, they’re much cheaper, often high-quality since they’re industrial-use removed/replaced by newer panels and still have 90+% efficiency after years.

I went to SanTan solar coincidentally, in Arizona, and their panels are even cheaper today then when I got mine, 250w for $40.

Great video, thanks! crazy, I used to do that with grass blades as a kid!

That guy has the talent, though.

wow, that is totally wild. thanks, those leaves look very similar to these guys here, I’m excited to get back up the mountain and hang out with them again. huffin’ that gum!

That app nailed it then, but I’m way too unfamiliar with plant species. I didn’t realize the giant trees around were adults until after I met that local who showed me the big trees were the same tree.

Thanks, I’m going to go back out on the mountain and see if I can ID them again. And get a good lungful of spearmint. It’s crazy strong.

Thanks, I’m going to reexamine everything, you could easily be right.

Interesting, thank you. I think a plant ID app said it was some kind of Australian Blue gum or eucalyptus, but none of the pictures looked like what i saw, so maybe I discounted that ID inaccurately.

A plant ID app said it was eucalyptus, but it didn’t look like any of the pictures the app gave me for eucalyptus.

But if that’s the first thing you came up with, I’m tempted to reassess.

Thanks!