Very impresive way who you do a video mounting :). Nice.

that was a really smooth camera transition from inside the car to the outside in the intro. very impressive haha

Excellent video! I dont have an EV but could understand everything you talked about!!

@ReelClearMediaLLC

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks...

Thanks very informative I learned a lot 👏👏👏

Most videos about charging use AC hooked up to the grid and the people are complaining about charging at 100amps as being slow. I wonder about their electric bill. 16 amps at 240 overnight seems reasonable. or with enough panels during the day to make it free.

@ReelClearMediaLLC

2 жыл бұрын

People want everything to be instant. For my use, 16 amps are fine. I can add 10-15 kwh to my EV on a sunny day, which gives me 45+ miles. A 100amp charge rate possibly shortens the life of the battery!

Very good video Thank you, have you done a tutorial on paralleling inverters I don’t quite understand how that works .TIA new subscriber.

@ReelClearMediaLLC

3 жыл бұрын

I only have one inverter. I've considered getting a second one, if I do, I'll video the hookup.

Greatest video my father owns a Chevy volt it’s 1gen it takes quite time to charge at 120 8amps but our electrical system doesn’t allow more as breaker trips anyways this charger you mention is nice for the display but we also are ima future planing to go solar and I’ll be awesome to not depend on the breaker limits and maybe go full 240v but that of course as you mention might take a while to save up , how much did the Chevy volt batteries cost you and shipping is it hard to modify those batteries to work for this types of setups ? I mostly have only tried 12v inverters

@SteveReel

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Chuck. I picked up the Volt batteries on ebay a few years ago for around $300/each plus shipping. They cost more now. Also Volt batteries don't have a BMS system. I would look at LiFePo (Lithium Iron Phosate) instead. Safer, built-in BMS, they weigh a little more, but that doesn't matter in a household solar storage system. Also, use thicker wire for the EVSE charger outlet. I used 8awg.

So say a person buys the Ford F150 Electric. And wants an off grid charging station to power it, completely off the grid to fully charge the pickup every day with the larger battery option. What size system and how much battery would one need. Thanks for the help.

@ReelClearMediaLLC

2 жыл бұрын

To charge totally off-grid would take a large battery. The f150 lightning battery is 125kWh, so you would need enough battery to charge it on cloudy days, or overnight. A more realistic scenario would be to charge off solar when you have excess solar production. You would have to find out how many kWhrs you actually use on a typical day. I'm estimating 3-4 miles per kWhr plus whatever power you might use at a jobsite, etc from the Ford's built in inverter.

@mattjaeger8462

2 жыл бұрын

Let's say I used 250 miles worth of the battery every day. I am in rural Southern Oregon. How much panels and batteries do I need. Is that 10,000 dollars, 20,000 dollars.

@ReelClearMediaLLC

2 жыл бұрын

There are many variables, check out this video as a simplified primer. kzread.info/dash/bejne/hn52qcSulsjedbA.html

Dear, the point is Not to use an inverter. To charge directly from the panels, without inverter. Electric cars doesnt accept Dc charging?

@ReelClearMediaLLC

2 жыл бұрын

some electric vehicles, such as my Chevy Volt, do not offer DC charging. Many newer EVs do have fast DC charging, but would most likely require a charge controller to regulate solar power.

Level 1; That's a Granny Cord..

Nice video, but look for a way to DC charge and skip all the inverter mess. It is very lossy.

@ReelClearMediaLLC

2 жыл бұрын

That would rely on the vehicle supporting direct charging.

I've been searching for why I can't get my LEAF level one charger to work with my inverter. I have found that it is needing a ground. I grounded my inverter and it still didn't work. I installed a GFCI and it also didn't work. WHAT does work without spending hundreds more.

@ReelClearMediaLLC

Жыл бұрын

Does the charger work when using the grid? What kind of inverter? How is the inverter grounded?

@Javaman92

Жыл бұрын

@@ReelClearMediaLLC I just now checked it and it worked! I have 4- 6v golf cart batteries, 600 watts of solar a GoWise 2000 watt pure sine inverter and the Renogy Rover charge controller. A simple system, but it'll charge my car. 😁

@Javaman92

Жыл бұрын

@@ReelClearMediaLLC OH I just realized you are not who I was thinking of. Yes the charger works on the grid. It was looking for ground and my inverter is a floating ground. I made a neutral ground bonding plug, plugged it in a that fixed the problem 😁

What’s the name of the evse?

@ReelClearMediaLLC

3 жыл бұрын

It was called Zencar, now called Megear. See 6:47

Sound a bit too basey.