This bike and simple serial hybrid setup works. Unfortunately I’m afraid of what will happen if I hook the generator up to lithium ion batteries. I am now working on an improved circuit for use with lithium batteries.

Lots of bike work in the past couple of weeks. The new sprocket arrived AND… it’s not a plain sprocket, meaning it has a collar with a set screw. Worse yet, it doesn’t easily line up with the generator shaft. Doh! Ben kindly offered to use his CNC to cut the center out of the read more »