On my 2019 Bolt there is one 12V outlet (cigarett lighter style) and 2x USB charging ports. THe 12V battery is up under the hood. Lots of people pull 100+ amps from it using inverters. However, unlike the Volt I haven't seen anyone come up with a method off keeping the vehicle on for more than 15 minutes when not moving. When the vehicle shuts off the DC-DC converter also shuts off. DC-DC converter is rated for 1600 watts (115-120 AMPS?)
The Volt is much more suitable for standby power. The "Camping Mode" trick works with it to keep it on and if you put it into "Mountain Mode" It will automatically start up the onboard generator when the battery SOC drops below 20% and charge it back up to around 40%(?) and then shut off the generator. I calculate that with a full battery and a full tank of gas it could run the essential systems in my house for a week or more (depending on the season) Essential systems: HVAC, fridge, deep freeze, minimal lights, 50-100W for computer/network systems. My PGP public key: https://vanderwal.us/evdl_pgp.key April 19, 2021 10:55 AM, "Robert Bruninga via EV" <[email protected]> wrote: > A front cover article in the National Ham radio magazine promoted the > value of the EV for mobile radio operating during > drive-everywhere-contesting. But to my surprise, he recommended NOT > connecting to the Bolt electrical system due to concerns over dealer > warranty issues if anything was connected to the 12v battery. > > Does anyone here have a Bolt? > 1) How many 12V DC outlets are there (2? more?) > 2) I assume they are fused at 10 amps like all other "lighters" > 3) How accessible is the 12v battery? (A photo would be nice) > 4) What kind of fusing does it have? > Anything else relative to drawing MANY more amps from the 12v battery... > > bob > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to [email protected] > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
