Portland Oregon area just experienced a wind/cold event that took away power from 150,000+. I have a new in the box 7500 watt tri-fuel generator but had not set it up yet (of course). My model 3 was charged, but not setup with an inverter yet due to lack of motivation, but our Rav4 Prime had a full tank of gas and the 1500 watt built-in inverter that runs off the high voltage pack. I wired a short cord on the furnace (NG furnace) so we had heat as it was 12F out and ran a cord into the house under the garage door so we could run a light or two and the 2 burner countertop induction stove and refrigerator. Pretty sweet. In on mode (with doors locked with key), the rav4 would turn on when the battery got low and recharge the battery. After 24 hours, it used 1/8 tank of gas but we were warm and had light/food. I went out and got 10 gal of gas to fire up the generator and the power came on before I got back. Still fun.
Phil Hochstetler On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 5:58 PM Mark E. Hanson via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I was reading Otmar's inverter connection to a Tesla-3 and looks like Tesla > makes it really difficult to run a 1500W 12V inverter from their EVs. My > Bolt shows 130A available from its DC-DC converter, just clamp the Harbor > Fright inverter (have 1500W with 200A inline breaker, short aligator > clamps) > on the battery & the Leaf appears to be rated about 90A, so probably not > enough to run my mini-split at 12A, 120V. Presently if the power goes out > - I just put another log in my wood stove, but thinking it would be nice to > run one of my EV's as the 64KWH power source incase the power goes out for > awhile. I have a Bergey wind turbine on LiFePO4 7KWH batteries, but that > would only last a few hours running the Pioneer mini-split. Has anyone > done > this successfully? The Bolt has to be *on* in neutral or park with the key > in to keep the DC-DC converter alive. Would rather not have a Kerosun for > backup... > > Subject: Model 3 Inverter Power Connection - Otmar's Variety Blog > > > https://www.cafeelectric.com/blog/2020/06/08/inverter-power-connection-1/ > > > > Have a renewable energy day, > > Mark > > Mark E. Hanson > 184 Vista Lane > Fincastle, VA 24090 > 540-473-1248 phone & FAX, 540-816-0812 cell > REEVA: community service RE & EV project club > Website: www.REEVAdiy.org (See Project Gallery) > UL Certified PV Installer > My RE&EV Circuits: www.EVDL.org/lib/mh > REEVA Demo: http://youtu.be/4kqWn2H-rA0 > Fincastle Solar Weather Station > > > > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20240116/6e56ff04/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
