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I hooked the red positive to the batteries black negative terminal accidentally for the second time. Blew not only the fuses again but the inverter wont work with new fuses. Nobody I know can fix them. Thats the second inverter my stupidity has ruined.

Gosun is in the process of coming out with an EV Solar Charger with flexible panels that goes straight to the car battery that folds up on the car roof when you are not using it. They are asking $3000 pre-order pricing. Something more flexible where you could choose what kind of panels you want to set up would be welcome on the market too. Jame's Real Solar invention would really be useful.

I believe the grounding issue is because the US sockets is wrongly wired internally, someone else open it op and found out the Neutral and line is switched, so if you had wired it to the external screw terminal it might had worked. hope it Will help someone else.

Beautiful explanation I understood every am actually working on a 40kwh leaf battery right now

I have been following you for years, and now it's time for me to wrap up my Toyota Prius Gen 2 conversion into a plug-in with 18 kWh. I'm still searching for the best way to cover the entire hood and side doors of the car, including all the spare space with solar panels . This setup would definitely work during both summer and winter, even when the sun is low. Thanks for the inspiration; you have been ahead of many others. It's a shame you don't keep posting ideas like that!

The red yellow and black won't ground the unit. You have to pop the cover off and mess with the wiring system to get ground back because it's looped now

My inverter outputs 112 volts it used to be 122 like your is it going bad?

There’s a company called Entelligent that is now selling a DC to DC slow charger designed to go from solar to EVs without any connection to inverters batteries ect… IDK if you could make it portable but that’s a pretty exciting development. Though it wouldn’t get you that consistent 720w minimum…

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Very good video. I live in Sri Lanka with average temperature of 37°C and 80% humidity. Degradation is there but LEAF is a hit here. Lack of active thermal management is a disaster indeed.

Nice setup man. Is it possible to put a mppt solar regulator between your EV main battery, the solar panels and backup battery.? That would be a great solution.

what cooling unit did you use? I have a 4000 watt inverter and 6 lithium batteries connected to my 60 amp charge controller and it is hooked to 3-250 watt solar panels in my RV.

Pre-charge resistor is to stop massive rush in currents due to a a bunch of inductive loads. Energize these components through a risistor saves the contractors from sparks ruining them.

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Add a tilt to the extended panels to make direct contact with the setting of the sun to increase efficiency.

Hi, I have a 2014 Nissan Leaf with 240.000km and a SOH of 70%. Still able to do my 80km comute every day without having to charge mid day.

Put 14.5 volts to it can reset it!

You could have a front slide out panel that also shades most of the windscreen as an added bonus

It's because its a high frequency, transformerless inverter. You should have purchased a low frequency, transformer based inverter instead. All high frequency inverters on the market are junk.

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Just bought a flex solar panel which will give a total of 32000 watts (4 panels). I will be going to put on my Nissan Leaf directly to the battery I will be glad to see a detailed video on how to do it. your video did not provide it .can you do another video with details thank you

If you intend to charge an EV with an inverter, it's important to consider the technology that's used in the inverter. High frequency, transformerless inverters provide a much lower surge capacity and a shorter life expectancy than heavy duty, low frequency, transformer-based inverters. Additionally. high frequency, transformerless inverters do not provide any galvanic isolation between its DC boost stage circuitry and its AC output which can allow high amperage DC current to pass through to your EV's onboard charger and damage it. You may be able to use a high frequency inverter to charge an EV short term, but it would just a matter of time before the MOSFETs or IGBTs in this inverter fail and you can kiss your EV's onboard charger goodbye. A much better and safer choice if you want to charge your EV with solar is to use an inverter or power station that uses low frequency, transformer-based technology in its design. Low frequency inverters can handle high surge loads for at least 3x their continuous rated capacity and they can do this repeatedly, without sustaining damages to their MOSFET transistors, for minutes, rather than the milliseconds that a high frequency inverter offers. And because low frequency inverters use a transformer, they provide galvanic isolation which protects your EV's charger. That's why the big-name brand inverter manufacturers like Schneider Electric, Outback Power, Sigineer Power, Magnum Energy and Victron Energy and others, all use a low frequency topology in their design.

Yep same

Do you know if they have any aftermarket BMS’s that would handle 400v? Currently trying to educate myself on these

The video was published three years ago... but anyway. Have you considered using several serial-connected BMS: 3x 32-cell or 4x 24 cell? It will be much cheaper since they are not such unique products as 96s

I'm going to build the same system with four lithium batteries new from Amazon. And i tested my hand truck power cart i made that has two 100 ah lithium batteries and a 2000 watt inverter and i got 2 hours of charging my leaf and added 7 miles. So with 4 batteries and going to do flexible solar panels on the roof I'm hoping to get up to 20 miles on a charge from the system.

Also just like generators the have a floating neutral

I believe you need to run a jumper at the inverter plug between the ground and the neutral use a old plug and make your connection their.

Love these videos, gives me hope that when my 2018 leaf starts having limited range, I can do something like this. Currently battery is at 87% SOH according to leafspy. When I got it a few years ago it was at 92%.

I'm building this system for my leaf and will be using lithium batteries.

Going to build a similar system.

It's amazing the criticism I get asking the Nissan leaf groups about doing something like this for my 2012 leaf. For I'm looking on doing what you did. Thanks for thinking and tinkering and sharing your thoughts and ideas to help others who don't want or can't afford what they want for a new battery pack .

hello Is it possible to charge the battery while driving? (removing connector security system)

After using my invater for 4 month it just stopped working no lights at all

Have you tried an EcoFlow as a buffer to charge your car

I don't know if you do but don't fast charge older Leafs

Great channel! Will you be making more videos? Please let me know. Your style is perfect for me. Buying a leaf this coming week and plan to do a similar setup to you. Thanks for sharing! Lots to learn. Fun times ahead!

When they actually make an EV that I can just plug into an array of panels with none of that AC/DC conversion loss....I will consider buying one.

Ground AC? One side? This is an idiotic requirement some electronics manufacturers want and demand. You have a floating ground. No connection to the third prong. Some old circuits assumed center tap. A voltage half way between the two prongs. ( good ) . AC usually is delivered as 1/2 of a 220 volt AC circuit. It's center tap and one side. Electricians aren't the brightest bulbs.

This is confusing. It raises more questions than it answers. I was hoping your system would charge my answers. It went down.

Remove and replace parts with carbon fiber or fiberglass 😂 I want to buy a leaf and remove the motor and swap it into my car. Since i like modified cars it'll be as light as possible for maximum efficiency 😅 For now it's an idea since I've found out i can run my manual transmission no problem. No clutch but still its a manual

It has a floating a ground.

It is normal for tor the red light to blink.

Yes I need this

Quick Question…. We have Giandel 2200w 12 vdc pure sine wave inverters ready for installation i our ambulances and 2-way radio communications and repeater vehicle. There are many more devices requiring clean power nowadays and this seems like a good solution for the extremely limited budged we have for this project. We love the inverters and the manufacturer is rock solid according to several other fire departments in our area who’ve purchased the Giandel. The BIG QUESTION… Do we need to “pre-charge” (with low impedance / high power resistor) the capacitor bank prior to applying 12vdc power from the 100ah x 2 (parallel) 12vdc LifePO4 batteries? I’m our communications trailer, we have a pair of batteries with charging provided by a 60 amp AC to DC LifePO4 charger from a small portable Honda 2200w inverter based gasoline genset. The generator only has to be run for a few hours every 12-20 hours of radio equipment use. The batteries and inverter permit us to only run portable generators occasionally. The batteries are normally left disconnected with a Cole-Hersey type mechanical DPDT 200a 12vdc switch. In our other vehicles, the inverters are wired directly to the batteries (using both fuses and circuit breakers to catch an overload or dead short as soon as possible. Any ideas? Sorry.. forgot.. we have used the standalone inverter in our comms trailer a few times for short intervals. During this time, we haven’t run into any issues.. Thanks !

You have already stuff from Victron Buy than also an Inverter from Victron Dutch quality. i think that this inverters are made in Chinena. stop with those rubbish .

Oh cool, finally! A fitting car for the name Nissan Sunny 😂

Roof folding solar panels, are they the future of cars? After unfolding, it can achieve 1500-2000 watts of solar charging power, with an average daily replenishment range of 30-50 miles.

Your idea will certainly work for new EV also. As a range extender and a free way to trickle charge. Chargers aren't free and going up with the price of gas. I love our idea and I have an idea.