I am currently building a TWIZY solar car. Is it okay to power it from 16V to 60

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29 Mai 2025 22:22 #268870 von TWIZY_Hiko_Taka
I am currently building a TWIZY solar car. Is it okay to power it from 16V to 60
I am currently building a TWIZY solar car. I am planning to install a 200W solar panel and charge a 1Kwh 16V battery. Next, I am thinking of using a boost converter to charge the TWIZY traction battery from 16V to 60V.
Will an error occur if I try to charge a Renault TWIZY using a boost converter with the key on?

13kwh Genuine 6kwh + Nissan Leaf Lithium Battery 7kwh Total 13kwh
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29 Mai 2025 22:54 - 29 Mai 2025 22:55 #268872 von FlipFlop
I am currently building a TWIZY solar car. Is it okay to power it from 16V to 60
  • You definitely have to communicate with the Twizy and cut off charging once the BMS tells you to stop (using Battery Charge % and Authorized Regen Power). Maybe Delvecchio can help with his CAN-BUS charger adapter
  • The low charging current could be problematic due to Standby losses of the Electronics and Contactors, which I think is 50-100W, and bad resolution of the Current sensor for the Coulomb-Conting, which can result in vast errors in the calculated Battery Charge percentage
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29 Mai 2025 23:16 - 29 Mai 2025 23:21 #268873 von Pfälzer68
I am currently building a TWIZY solar car. Is it okay to power it from 16V to 60
Some people here using the "Backdoor" charging way from the SEVCON contacts for aditional chargers, mainly high-curent, quite like the recuperation of the original System, but you have to trigger the main relais in the Battery. No clue if this also works with low-curent charging via 16to-whatever-Voltage.. the User delvecchio is imho _the_ Guy to ask.. :)

Btw., the Pic is great! Like "there is always a place for one more Panel!" And the fixing of the Twizy-panel looks awesome! You would cause the death-by-heart attack of every TüV-Engineer in Germany.. :mrgreen:
TüV= Technical Inspection Association/ Technical Supervisory Association
Letzte Änderung: 29 Mai 2025 23:21 von Pfälzer68.
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