Just did this in brisbane over the floods ! 3 days no power, ran my reef tank pumps, lights etc, ran my fridge and charged laptops and phones. Also ran a pedestal fan. I could also run leafspy from in the house , so had full visibility of battery status. When low just run out to the next suburb with a quick charger and return with the juice.
Brilliant video we have had a few storms in the uk so I have ordered one just to keep for emergencies this would also be good for camping without power
Great Video. I was interested in this, after talking to you the other day how you made this work. Looking forward to getting my house batteries and solar setup to connect to our electric vehicles when we get them.
When you said turn on the LEAF, is it the start button press with the foot on the pedal? Does it stay on or does it turn itself off after a few hours? Also why did you only have the inverter on 3 times a day? Could the setup not handle being on constantly? Does the 12V get drained faster than it could get topped up by the drive battery?
Yes we put our foot on the pedal to start the leaf normally, then the leaf tops up the 12 volt battery. When we finish generating energy, we turn off the inverter, then the Leaf. We only turned on 3 times a day, because we only needed it on 3 times a day. Also we did not know when the power infrastructure was going to be fixed, so we took a cautious approach.
Thanks for this great video - I never thought about doing this. What do you think would be the maximum power you could get out of this arrangement? At 1kW you are already drawing about 83 A of 12VDC which is quite a lot. Any idea what the onboard DC to AC converter puts out?
@@andreybalanchuk8387 I can remember it from a spec off the ZE1. But as i say in the video, this was for emergency use only ! Also I would not run a load in excess of 600 Watts continuously.
Yes Sophie, we got power back. We lost it 5pm Monday, then it came back on 7pm Friday. So a bit over 4 days was not too bad. It was like camping at home.
Hi. thanks for sharing. I am not sure if you explained it in the video, but are you topping up the 12V battery as you pull from the inverter simultaneously ?
Possibly in the future this scenario will be customised as a normal function of owning an EV. Your car just becomes your home battery pack with the flick of a switch. Surely that’s already possible?
It would be nice to be able to easily buy inverters to come straight from the battery at somewhat odd voltages, that would be able to easily power the whole house then!
There are some inverters, that you can run from the CHAdeMO charge port, but these are very expensive, cumbersome and heavy. Also V2L or V2G technology is being trial in a few places around Australia .
@@ev4me2 I can never find where to get inverters for non industrial use from 350 v to 240 v or 72 v to 240 v. Could you use charger or something but in reverse?
@@joelcarterramadge183 There are some whacky devices on alibaba. Search for "CHAdeMO v2H Nissan Leaf". There are few other products being tested in Australia at the moment.
Solar inverters can convert a wide range of voltages (including 350V DC) to 230 VAC and aren't that expensive. While you can't use a solar inverter for this application, it hopefully shows that once a design is mass produced it should be affordable in the future to allow your electric car battery to be a backup house power system.
Remember we only powered up 3 times a day, because thats all we needed. So it was only running for roughly 3 hours per day. The reason we only ran it for roughly 3 hours a day, is because thats all we needed. So 2% is what we roughly got per day over 3 days. Therefore 2% was the mark, not 20%. You can also do testing yourself, every bodies situation is different. Vlog/Blog off the results, it will give EV owners valuable information.
Ummm Yeah The Leaf power the instantaneous hot water and the freezer (using as a fridge) So we had hot showers and a cold drinks for 4 days. This was our experience, and we were more than happy with our solution, considering our neighbours had nothing for 4 days. So in our situation, what would you do? :)
Anything is possible so the most valuable thing you probably can share with john public is where you sourced your 1000w water heater and letting them know that once the water heater is on the other stuff you were powering has to be off. Valuable info@@ev4me2
They said the hot water heater was natural gas. It probably doesn't have a pilot light so it needs some electricity to run but not as much as a pure electric heater.
Ahhh no, not a deliberate copy. We had a storm and vlogged our solution. Try not to subscribe to other EV channels, thus stop accidently copying other people.
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Just did this in brisbane over the floods ! 3 days no power, ran my reef tank pumps, lights etc, ran my fridge and charged laptops and phones. Also ran a pedestal fan. I could also run leafspy from in the house , so had full visibility of battery status. When low just run out to the next suburb with a quick charger and return with the juice.
Outstanding Jestronix !!
Great to see other peoples experiences.
What inverter did you use?
@@ev4me2 i used a Synergex 1000w pure sine . Solid unit. I attached it with big thick leads for good carry and contact.
Brilliant video we have had a few storms in the uk so I have ordered one just to keep for emergencies this would also be good for camping without power
Yes it would be good to see camping with an EV.
Great Video. I was interested in this, after talking to you the other day how you made this work. Looking forward to getting my house batteries and solar setup to connect to our electric vehicles when we get them.
Yes House batteries with solar + EV's will be great!
When you said turn on the LEAF, is it the start button press with the foot on the pedal? Does it stay on or does it turn itself off after a few hours?
Also why did you only have the inverter on 3 times a day? Could the setup not handle being on constantly? Does the 12V get drained faster than it could get topped up by the drive battery?
Yes we put our foot on the pedal to start the leaf normally, then the leaf tops up the 12 volt battery. When we finish generating energy, we turn off the inverter, then the Leaf.
We only turned on 3 times a day, because we only needed it on 3 times a day. Also we did not know when the power infrastructure was going to be fixed, so we took a cautious approach.
Thanks for this great video - I never thought about doing this. What do you think would be the maximum power you could get out of this arrangement? At 1kW you are already drawing about 83 A of 12VDC which is quite a lot. Any idea what the onboard DC to AC converter puts out?
Good question! On board puts out 1Kw roughly.
But I would not run the inverter over 500 Watts continuous
@@ev4me2 Where did you get the number of max output power from inverter to battery? Is it same for gen1 and gen2?
@@andreybalanchuk8387 I can remember it from a spec off the ZE1.
But as i say in the video, this was for emergency use only !
Also I would not run a load in excess of 600 Watts continuously.
Hopefully your power will return and hope there no damage to your home
Yes Sophie, we got power back. We lost it 5pm Monday, then it came back on 7pm Friday. So a bit over 4 days was not too bad. It was like camping at home.
Hi. thanks for sharing. I am not sure if you explained it in the video, but are you topping up the 12V battery as you pull from the inverter simultaneously ?
Yes we are topping up the 12 volt battery, it acts as a bit of a buffer for the power. We have another video in the works, which will go a bit deeper.
Possibly in the future this scenario will be customised as a normal function of owning an EV. Your car just becomes your home battery pack with the flick of a switch. Surely that’s already possible?
They are test V2H (vehicle to home) technology as we speak in Australia. Probably something that will become common in the next decade.
It would be nice to be able to easily buy inverters to come straight from the battery at somewhat odd voltages, that would be able to easily power the whole house then!
There are some inverters, that you can run from the CHAdeMO charge port, but these are very expensive, cumbersome and heavy.
Also V2L or V2G technology is being trial in a few places around Australia .
@@ev4me2 I can never find where to get inverters for non industrial use from 350 v to 240 v or 72 v to 240 v. Could you use charger or something but in reverse?
@@joelcarterramadge183 There are some whacky devices on alibaba. Search for "CHAdeMO v2H Nissan Leaf". There are few other products being tested in Australia at the moment.
Solar inverters can convert a wide range of voltages (including 350V DC) to 230 VAC and aren't that expensive. While you can't use a solar inverter for this application, it hopefully shows that once a design is mass produced it should be affordable in the future to allow your electric car battery to be a backup house power system.
@@michaeladdis5965 I have investigated the solar inverters, why can’t they be used on EV’s?
2% unreal. 20% is closer
Remember we only powered up 3 times a day, because thats all we needed. So it was only running for roughly 3 hours per day. The reason we only ran it for roughly 3 hours a day, is because thats all we needed. So 2% is what we roughly got per day over 3 days. Therefore 2% was the mark, not 20%.
You can also do testing yourself, every bodies situation is different. Vlog/Blog off the results, it will give EV owners valuable information.
@@ev4me2 In the same condition my Fiat 500e 24kWH lost about 7%, because it was run(ignition on)
Hot Water Circuit???? Please keep it 100% real
Ummm Yeah
The Leaf power the instantaneous hot water and the freezer (using as a fridge)
So we had hot showers and a cold drinks for 4 days.
This was our experience, and we were more than happy with our solution, considering our neighbours had nothing for 4 days.
So in our situation, what would you do?
:)
Anything is possible so the most valuable thing you probably can share with john public is where you sourced your 1000w water heater and letting them know that once the water heater is on the other stuff you were powering has to be off. Valuable info@@ev4me2
They said the hot water heater was natural gas. It probably doesn't have a pilot light so it needs some electricity to run but not as much as a pure electric heater.
This is copy from one 6 year old video - ruclips.net/video/Tu04e9SePNA/видео.html
Ahhh no, not a deliberate copy.
We had a storm and vlogged our solution.
Try not to subscribe to other EV channels, thus stop accidently copying other people.