
2 Function description of the E-Bike Charger Control
With the help of the measuring shunt in
the main minus cable on the board battery
system, the control system constantly de-
tects whether the board battery is being
charged or discharged and uses this to de-
termine the remaining capacity which is
actually available. This is the basic require-
ment for automated charging of the E-bike
batteries, which is only possible in defined
capacity ranges of the board batter, both
in driving and stationary mode.
When driving, in addition to checking the
capacity range of the board battery, the
inverter is only switched on after the dy-
namo + signal of the alternator has been
detected, so that the connected chargers
can charge the E-bike batteries.
A charging booster is required for efficient
charging, especially for E6 vehicles!
For a E-Bike charger with 180 W power
consumption, the inverter consumes about
18 A DC current. With a 30 A charging
booster, the bike battery and the board
battery can be charged at the same time.
A charging booster with at least 50 A should
be available for 2 connected E-bike batteries.
At the camp site with a power connection,
the mains transfer switch unit ensures that
the sockets for the e-bike power packs are
also automatically supplied.
Without mains supply, recharging can also
be started manually, as long as there is
sufficient board-battery capacity available
until the system switches off automatically.
For efficient charging while stationary, the
board-battery capacity must be available
and a solar system is recommended!
Up to 500 Wh from the board battery
system can be required to recharge just
one e-bike battery. This already corres-
ponds to the maximum amount of energy
that can be drawn from a 100 Ah lead type
battery! This means that the board battery
system should have at least twice the capa-
city, and it should be possible to compen-
sate the consumption for charging with a
solar system.
With a 125 Wp module, 500 Wh can be
harvested on a sunny day.
BÜTTNER ELEKTRONIK –HYMER E-Bike Charger