Range anxiety - mobility scooters

[Highway Man]

How could you tell?

It has you written all over it

 

[pete01]

It has you written all over it

Oh

 

[motorbiking]

The same scenario would be the panel powering your TV or alarm clock.

No one has said or implied that the battery "powers" the charger.

It may be easier for you to do your own research if you are just going to argue.

Is that a battery as in a single cell?

So could a battery made up of multiple cells be able to both charge and discharge at the same time?

A battery cannot charge and discharge at the same time. A battery made up of multiple cells can have an uneven discharge based on the state of the cell.

That is why you typically install a balance cable or circuit to manage the state, where you have multiple cells. One cell can be charging and another discharging.

 

[Brigadier]

It may be easier for you to do your own research if you are just going to argue.

A battery cannot charge and discharge at the same time. A battery made up of multiple cells can have an uneven discharge based on the state of the cell.

That is why you typically install a balance cable or circuit to manage the state, where you have multiple cells. One cell can be charging and another discharging.

I'm not arguing: I am testing what you said, to try and clarify it in my own mind.

That I come back to you is not arguing, but that I have not fully grasped what you are trying to say, that you are not being clear, that you and I are discussing at differing angles, etc etc.

One cell can be charging and another discharging.

Which is what I postulated before.

 

[motorbiking]

I'm not arguing: I am testing what you said, to try and clarify it in my own mind.

That I come back to you is not arguing, but that I have not fully grasped what you are trying to say, that you are not being clear, that you and I are discussing at differing angles, etc etc.



Which is what I postulated before.

You are missing the part that there is a charge/discharge controller to manage this.

Harry has several options:
1 - Use a voltage meter to monitor his range and alert when he hits "reserve" - e.g. each 12v gets to 10v.
2 - connect additional batteries in parallel to increase the watts of his power source - without a controller this will become unbalanced. But he may be able to use a balance cable.
3 - have multiple serial batteries to get to 60v via a switch similar to a reserve on a motorbike or isolator on a boat.
3b - as above but use a step up circuit to convert a single 12v to 60v on a single battery and use an isolator to switch between "tanks".

Unless I was looking to double the range, option 1 or 3b are the easiest.