A learning day-today. Dull start, charging at 16W, with brighter skies forecast for later.
After two days of taking not much out of the Shimano battery, although my solar battery is full I only have about 200Wh of it available before I deplete the Shimano. So limited range, and so reason to delay start and reduce time riding before the promised brightness arrives.
A generic system would not have this issue. If I had all the combined capacity of 800+Wh available, I'd be on my way all ready.
Today's tactic is to ride gently on the flat early part of the route, using only 50 to 70W, with 20 to 50 coming from the panels. That way I can eje out 50 miles without eating into Shimano, and hopefully sneak into the sunshine.
I will try out the Lancaster canal towpath cycle route from Lancaster to Kendal, which will slow me down, save energy and add to my knowledge.
After two days of taking not much out of the Shimano battery, although my solar battery is full I only have about 200Wh of it available before I deplete the Shimano. So limited range, and so reason to delay start and reduce time riding before the promised brightness arrives.
A generic system would not have this issue. If I had all the combined capacity of 800+Wh available, I'd be on my way all ready.
Today's tactic is to ride gently on the flat early part of the route, using only 50 to 70W, with 20 to 50 coming from the panels. That way I can eje out 50 miles without eating into Shimano, and hopefully sneak into the sunshine.
I will try out the Lancaster canal towpath cycle route from Lancaster to Kendal, which will slow me down, save energy and add to my knowledge.