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There are now a few 12v cigarette lighter chargers on the market. I bought one 4 years ago when they were much harder to find and it has worked fine, but it does draw a current of 6 amps for 6 hours. I have found a couple of options in the UK, compatible with most 36v batteries (no idea about...

I'm not sure why anyone would want to use an inverter to charge their ebike battery. The bike batteries tend to be 36v DC - converting your 12v DC current to 120v AC and then back to 36v DC is a really inefficient way of doing things. Just buy a 12v (cigarette lighter socket) charger for your...

We have been running a fleet of electric bikes off-grid for the last 4 years. For the first couple of weeks I used an inverter, but soon bought a 12v charger for our bikes, as using an inverter is inefficient (why convert from 12v DC to 240v AC and then back to 36v DC?). At the time these...