Re: [EVDL] Rebuilding infrastructure (smartly) EVDL

2017-10-06 Thread Bill Woodcock via EV
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Re: [EVDL] Google mystery Leaf retirement.

2017-10-06 Thread Cor van de Water via EV
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Re: [EVDL] Rebuilding infrastructure (smartly) EVDL

2017-10-06 Thread EVDL Administrator via EV
I agree that it might be better for Puerto Rico to not spend too much trying to restore their poorly maintained, fragile grid, and go straight to investing in distributed generation. For decades PREPA (the state-owned PR electric utility) resisted using anything but fuel oil and a little

[EVDL] Rebuilding infrastructure (smartly) EVDL

2017-10-06 Thread Robert Bruninga via EV
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Re: [EVDL] Solar Emergency Charging

2017-10-06 Thread Lee Hart via EV
Robert Bruninga via EV wrote: I want to develop a way to charge an EV from a Solar array when the grid is down cheaply. My thiking is that typical modified sine 12v/120VAC inverters do their inversion first from 12VDC to high voltage DC first, and then they chop it to make it modified sine.

Re: [EVDL] Solar Emergency Charging

2017-10-06 Thread Robert Bruninga via EV
A GT inverter is not a voltage source able to supply power to a load. It is a CURRENT source that pushes an MPPT derived amount of power in phase with an existing waveform that is connected to a near ZERO IMPEDANCE load (the grid). Withtout the grid, even if you fool it with a waveform, the

Re: [EVDL] Solar Emergency Charging

2017-10-06 Thread Matt Lacey via EV
You could get a 120vac grid tie inverter. Those typically have a mppt front end that boosts or bucks to a nominal 180vdc before inverting to 120vac. Connect the two 180v dc buses and you're good to go. Having a bit of storage capacity on that dc bus would be ideal for starting loads ⁣Sent

Re: [EVDL] Solar Emergency Charging

2017-10-06 Thread Cor van de Water via EV
Bob is right in that it is often in the inverter that the voltage gets boosted first, then chopped into a sine wave. In fact, I have an inverter laying around that I want to do this, not for solar charging (I will explain why in a minute) but for running it off my Nissan Leaf pack, which consists

Re: [EVDL] Solar Emergency Charging

2017-10-06 Thread Jay Summet via EV
The device you are describing is called a "micro-inverter". Typically they are designed with "anti-islanding" proteciton, so they require a system (the grid) already making 240v sine waves before they add 240 VAC back to the grid. You can purchase microinverters without this protection, but it

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Fiat ups the amount lo$t on each 500e sold> (a 2012 compliance EV) r:87mi

2017-10-06 Thread Lee Hart via EV
damon henry via EV wrote: I don't disagree with your assessment of less complexity, more reliability, but the less expensive part is tough to accomplish. This is primarily because of the energy storage systems. An ICE vehicle just needs a stamped piece of metal to store it's energy. An EV

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Fiat ups the amount lo$t on each 500e sold> (a 2012 compliance EV) r:87mi

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Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Fiat ups the amount lo$t on each 500e sold> (a 2012 compliance EV) r:87mi

2017-10-06 Thread robert winfield via EV
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Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Fiat ups the amount lo$t on each 500e sold> (a 2012 compliance EV) r:87mi

2017-10-06 Thread damon henry via EV
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[EVDL] Solar Emergency Charging

2017-10-06 Thread Robert Bruninga via EV
I want to develop a way to charge an EV from a Solar array when the grid is down cheaply. My thiking is that typical modified sine 12v/120VAC inverters do their inversion first from 12VDC to high voltage DC first, and then they chop it to make it modified sine. If that is the case, it should be

Re: [EVDL] Google mystery Leaf retirement.

2017-10-06 Thread Dan Kegel via EV
On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 10:20 PM, Lawrence Rhodes wrote: > I talked with a junkyard employee who said they got numerous Leafs with no > battery packs. All cars had around 3k miles. 11 - 15 years. SF junkyard. Battery packs stolen, maybe? ___

Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Fiat ups the amount lo$t on each 500e sold> (a 2012 compliance EV) r:87mi

2017-10-06 Thread Cor van de Water via EV
I remember when Toyota was ramping up their Prius production and introducing the new 2004 model and GM engineers had looked at the car and concluded that there was no way Toyota was making money and was probably going to stop soon as they should be making a loss on every car produced. Soon