trumpetnelson
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I have installed and operated a stand alone system since 2006, designed to provide lights, tools, fans and air conditioning. It works well and located at my airport hangar. I am off the grid.
My 2015 Leaf has only the 120v cord that came with the car.
I calculate that my fully charged (from PV panels) battery bank has the kwh to provide more than 1/2 of the Leaf's capacity. The system can and will operate at over 20 amps at 120v, and I have it protected by a 20 amp breaker downstream of the inverter. The 120v plug on my Leaf should pull about 12 amps. I have run 15 amp loads (air conditioner) with no issues, including the current starting surge requirements.
All looks well when plugging in the cord and then connecting the Leaf, but after about 4 seconds I got surging sounds from both the inverter and the car, and then the 120v charging brick shut down on fault (probably a good thing with my 2 week old car). I don't plan to try this again (!) until I understand what is happening ...
Any ideas from the brain trust here ??
Thanks,
Nelson in San Antonio
My 2015 Leaf has only the 120v cord that came with the car.
I calculate that my fully charged (from PV panels) battery bank has the kwh to provide more than 1/2 of the Leaf's capacity. The system can and will operate at over 20 amps at 120v, and I have it protected by a 20 amp breaker downstream of the inverter. The 120v plug on my Leaf should pull about 12 amps. I have run 15 amp loads (air conditioner) with no issues, including the current starting surge requirements.
All looks well when plugging in the cord and then connecting the Leaf, but after about 4 seconds I got surging sounds from both the inverter and the car, and then the 120v charging brick shut down on fault (probably a good thing with my 2 week old car). I don't plan to try this again (!) until I understand what is happening ...
Any ideas from the brain trust here ??
Thanks,
Nelson in San Antonio