For example: If you plan to spend 20k and you currently spend 40k you'd say 50%. If you're already retired it would be N/A, or 100% if you wanted to feel included with an answer. ;)
Go off queens 👸 I have POTS which makes wiping hard!
I picked up the SYMIK 100W "PSC" Charger from Amazon for under $30 USD shipped. I figured I'd document a charging test I ran for the internet to see if they're curious.
Methodology:
Charging a fully depleted 4Ah battery PBP005. The battery was depleted with a leaf blower on the highest non-boost level until the blower shutoff. 30 minute cool down afterwards. Power level was checked every 15 minutes for the first 30 then every 5 minutes until charged. I did this twice and took the average.
The SYMIK was paired with a 100 watt USB adapter and a 6' USBC cable allegedly rated at 240w. Watts are measured directly off of SYMIK the unit. This power reading is what the battery is actually receiving.
Results:
The SYMIK charged the battery in ~50 minutes. It started off at ~88 watts and then around 30 minutes (20v aka ~80%) in the SYMIK dropped to ~53 watts until the battery was full charged.
With a 3Ah HP battery this took ~27 minutes and the wattage never dropped from ~88. One quirk is the final 90 seconds the charger looked to be going from max watts down to 1-2w and back up. I'm not sure what was going on there.
Follow up and final thoughts:
UPDATE1:
This will be a 4th car used primarily for grocery runs, dog walks, and lunch dates. All trips will be on good weather days and it will be garage kept so a leak-proof top is not a requirement.
Cars I'm considering:
Cars I'm NOT considering:
Is there anything I'm forgetting? I'll probably pull the back seats out of whatever I get and make a plywood platform for the dogs to stand.
Personally, I'd like to see some more entire family adventures. I'm hopeful for some good holiday episode as well.
tldr: I'm wanting to borrow a small/cheap solar setup. I will happily pay you a deposit equal to fair market value of the setup if you don't trust me that I'll give it back.
Why? I have a less than optimal positioning for solar. I've been using Claude, ChatGPT, forums, Reddit, and some basic math to estimated about how bad it actually is and I just want to confirm this to make sure it's viable for me. So the idea being I borrow a $500 setup or something and keep it for a period of time to measure predicted output vs actual output.
And also if anyone just wants to talk solar as it pertains to Huntsville I'm down to listen. Yes, I know grid-tie isn't really an option here I'm not trying to do that. The purpose for this setup is 1) to charge a battery in the event of any extended power outage, 2) something to tinker with, and 3) some tiny cost savings just cause why not.