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1500w inverter on TV - use/application ideas?
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This is good info thank you
Just watching a video on a power station that has about 150 AH and charges at 1100 watts, meaning in an hour it can get to 80%.
Would that not mean I could turn my car on for an hour and plug this into the 1500w Inverter and charge it up pretty quickly? Would be good in bad solar days etc
Would that not mean I could turn my car on for an hour and plug this into the 1500w Inverter and charge it up pretty quickly? Would be good in bad solar days etc
Is it a hybrid? Some, like plug-in hybrids, have the Inverter connected to the hybrid battery, not the small 12v starter battery. That could be a very useful 120v outlet.
Yeah it’s a Highlander Hybrid. Could I use it to charge a power station quickly?
I am editing this because I had a brain fart.
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After looking into it a bit it appears people are using the 1500w inverters in the hybrids to power things with the vehicle running quite a bit.
I see no reason why I couldn’t do this to re charge a power station? It wouldn’t be any different than what other people are doing with them that I can see. May be a nice backup when solar panels aren’t getting any sun.
Wouldn’t that be a lot slower as you’d only be getting the 12v power
This I believe is true as it's not only connected to the hybrid battery, the alternator is not the small one like regular cars. It's part of the transmission bell housing capable of significantly more power generation(and regeneration!)
Oh, sorry.. I lost track of the fact you have the hybrid with the built in 1500w Inverter. Seems ok, but you'd have to check to make sure the Inverter likes the sustained draw for an hour or two. Realistically since your engine starts/stops as needed you can always set the charge limit lower to not overheat the highlanders Inverter.
We tried our Honda’s 100w while driving plug to power our 12v cooler. We plug our Jackery 500 into the truck and then the cooler into the Jackery. This setup gave us continuous power to the cooler whether the engine was running or not.
Worked well until it got hot outside. The Jackery shutdown in the truck bed because it couldn’t handle the summer heat.
Now all I use it for is to charge batteries for my drill and lantern we use while camping.
Worked well until it got hot outside. The Jackery shutdown in the truck bed because it couldn’t handle the summer heat.
Now all I use it for is to charge batteries for my drill and lantern we use while camping.
I haven't measured it but I estimate I use about 30AH/40W per day average when camping without conservation efforts. This does not include furnace use or my 12 volt fridge, which lives in the truck, but does include running a cpap 8 hours per night. When using LI or LFP batteries you don't need to recharge to full every day, you just need to make up for the power that you draw from the battery. LFP batteries do need to recharge to full at least monthly when in use so that the BMS can properly balance the cellls
Brian Clancy
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- Aug 23, 2021
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We have a 300W Inverter that I keep in the tow vehicle. In the last six years I've used it twice--once to charge a Nikon camera battery with a 110v charger and once to run a vacuum. The vacuum featured a hard start and shut down the Inverter attached to a 12v auxiliary battery in the trailer. Using an Inverter to convert energy from 12v to 110v to charge a 12v device is an energy application with no future. We heat everything with propane, cool everything with 12v fans and ice and only use 12v appliances like 18" tablet television screen, CPAP, and table lamps. If you're boondocking, or even just off of Shore Power, you're better off being prepared to go 12v for everything IMHO.
BlackJackAlley
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- Dec 3, 2017
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I haven't seen it mentioned very clearly. When using your built in Inverter, it receives it's power either from your TV alternator when the engine is running or from the battery with engine off. When parked, and using the Inverter, you are draining your TV battery and risk being stranded. You could install a second, isolated battery and not risk losing TV battery power. Or, you could leave your TV running while using the Inverter. IMHO, I don't think that results in a desirable outcome. Realize that anything that produces heat will require lots of power. A small ceramic heater will use 1,500 watts or more, a microwave about 1,000 watts. An electric coffee maker sucks up power too. If you want all the comforts of home life while boondocking, there will a cost to it. We've had a primitive hunting camp in the Colorado Rockies since the early 1980's and until recently, the only use we had for an Inverter was for a boot dryer. Our camp is set up for 10 days using 2 popups and have 3-6 hunters. We now have more demand and have added a 2200 watt Inverter generator to recharge the trailer battery and refresh all the small electronics. Most of our creature comforts are fueled by propane, kerosene, and Coleman fuel. All of these produce heat which we value when the temps get into the teens at night. The generator is a nice touch for us older folks but, not really necessary if you decide how you want to keep life simple.
