RustyShackleford
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I'll be selling a similar rig when we sell our Leaf soon, if anyone else wants one.evtifosi said:I have my leftover connection wiring, Fuse, and connectors for the LEAF that we sold in October.
I'll be selling a similar rig when we sell our Leaf soon, if anyone else wants one.evtifosi said:I have my leftover connection wiring, Fuse, and connectors for the LEAF that we sold in October.
l8nighter said:Does anyone have any recommendations for a 1,000W pure sinewave inverter that they are using for their Leaf? I have a 2015 S and I just need a 1,00W inverter to connect to the 12V battery so that I can recharge my EGO 56V batteries using the 700W quick charger so that I can hot swap them on my 2,000/3,000W surge EGO Nexus Power Station which would power my fridges and other appliances during a power outage. Unfortunately the EGO Nexus cannot be charged at the same time its being used but I can just hot swap the batteries one at a time and charge them from the Leaf. If you could post a link to an inverter you have and also a picture of exactly where I connect the red and black terminals onto the 12V battery on the Leaf I would sure appreciate it! I don't need a permanent setup, just something to use in a power outage while the Leave is in my garage with its hood up. Thank You
Would something like this work at 1,200W? https://www.amazon.com/Ampeak-Pure-Sine-Wave-Inverter/dp/B09SZCWM8R/ref=sr_1_6?keywords=1000%2Bpure%2Bsine%2Bwave%2Binverter&qid=1671470493&sprefix=1000%2Bpure%2Bsi%2Caps%2C118&sr=8-6&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.f5122f16-c3e8-4386-bf32-63e904010ad0&th=1
LeftieBiker said:You do realize while that Arnis told you, essentially, to use the battery terminal, he also told knightmb that the frame is a sound place to connect the ground? Knightmb said that he also uses the Negative terminal on the battery. His concern was that a contact point for Ground on the frame might not be electrically and mechanically sound enough, and Arnis disagreed. So while I'm not going to tell you that you can't use the Negative terminal on the battery, you should be aware that you are basically - along with knightmb - testing the theory that the battery Negative terminal is better. Knightmb does like to test things but I think I'd go the more traditional route for a power outage setup. My own suggestion, as you have likely read, is to use a large battery in the garage as a "buffer" between the car's 12 volt system and the inverter.
We can all disagree in the spirit of discussion, but just imagine this. Take the area (the sheet metal) where that ground screw is connected to the Leaf body. Now imagine that you cut out a circle around that screw and rolled it up into a cylinder. That's basically the connection you have to carry these immense amount of amps.
LeftieBiker said:We can all disagree in the spirit of discussion, but just imagine this. Take the area (the sheet metal) where that ground screw is connected to the Leaf body. Now imagine that you cut out a circle around that screw and rolled it up into a cylinder. That's basically the connection you have to carry these immense amount of amps.
We don't disagree here. I would only use the PDM stack as a grounding point, not the body sheet metal. A lot more thick metal there.
Just be aware that some Teslas have 16V auxiliary batteries. That's good for reducing current draw, but the inverter has to be designed to work with the higher voltage. I don't know if many or even any inverters can cope with it.RustyShackleford said:We're getting a Tesla, and I'd like to be able to do the same thing with it that me and others here have done with our Leaves.
Exactly what I was looking for, thnaks.BrockWI said:There is a huge thread about it here.
https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/master-thread-powering-house-or-other-things-with-model-3.140567/
RustyShackleford said:I'll be selling a similar rig when we sell our Leaf soon, if anyone else wants one.evtifosi said:I have my leftover connection wiring, Fuse, and connectors for the LEAF that we sold in October.
I do, but I haven't worked out to do it with the Tesla yet, so I'm going to hang onto it for now. Sorry.koovoodoo said:RustyShackleford said:I'll be selling a similar rig when we sell our Leaf soon, if anyone else wants one.evtifosi said:I have my leftover connection wiring, Fuse, and connectors for the LEAF that we sold in October.
Do you still have your rig? Is it still for sale?
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