Hi Folks,
I just ran an experiment, hooked a Harbor Fright Centech 2000W cont (really 1000W) with a 100A CB (WestMarine) in series with the 1 foot #2 cables clamped onto the 12V battery. I turned on the car with it in Park and left the keys on the seat. Initially I tested with a 8.3A parabolic heater for 30 minutes (drawing about 83-90A). The 12V battery (Dc DC converter output) rose to 13.1V, up to 15V after 30 minutes. Not sure why it *rose* under load. The dash started at 1KW right indicator (load) assume vehicle pumps etc - went to 2KW when heater was turned on. The Klimaire 2020 120VAC 1 ton (12000BTU) heat pump drew 6.5A (a bit less than the space heater). The Pioneer (also installed same time) is 6.5A at 120VAC (downstairs unit). So - now I can run a minisplit 1 ton heat pump for about 50 hours from a 80% charged (64KWH) Bolt battery. I'd like to test on the Tesla-Y but due to the picky 12V load monitoring, I'm told this is a no-no. Strange, you would think for a pricey car you could direct run a 12V:120V converter off the battery/DC-DC converter. The Leaf works like the Bolt does - but I'm told is only rated 90A not 130A like the Bolt. 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> http://youtu.be/4kqWn2H-rA0 <https://www.weatherlink.com/embeddablePage/show/a88920376f864ecabaed843dd89 75b8d/signature> Fincastle Solar Weather Station -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20240118/a491bf4c/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/