Electric AC Compressor in Dixie

So why the term "gasser", when the Prius uses gasoline and ONLY gasoline as a source of energy?

And why the differentiation between "gasser" and diesel fueled cars?

Oh--you mean like your "I don't have to provide data that I don't want to; if I declare it to be so, it shall be so" attitude of deceit?

You absolutely HATE it when someone calls you on your bullshit, bob. And it gets your panties in a wad.

I have to admit a certain amount of amusement with sociopaths . . . as long as they are far, far away. Fortunately, the real world of physics, engineering and science is immune to their ramblings. So let's look at how others have reported mileage:

Nature doesn't care one whit about the ramblings of a sociopath but those who buy gas do.

Bob Wilson

So you admit you're a sociopath, rambling on about "braking distance is unaffected because I braked, let the ABS do its thing, and it worked fine"?

Yeah, no need to get the REAL world of physics involved inside your fantasy world.

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I just checked my wife's ZVW30 and the 12 V battery has a 140A fusible link and the DC-to-DC converter, 125A. So we're looking at:

So I'll get a 1.5kW sine-wave inverter for my wife's car. This will let us run more major appliances in the future including our larger, room size, air conditioners. This will work.

Bob Wilson

I believe the discussion was braking performance and your specific lack of data on that issue--a lack of data which did not prevent you from declaring that "braking distance was OK because I let the ABS kick in".

You are SUCH a tool...

"Electric AC Compressor in Dixie" is the thread title. Regardless, I'll start a fresh thread once I get some technical details from the vendor on their 1.5kW inverter.

Bob Wilson

On Mon, 23 May 2011 15:44:14 -0700 (PDT), bwilson4web put together some random words that came up with:

I would sorta doubt that DC-DC inverter would sustain a 125A continuous draw, unless there was some way to dissapate the heat. Some experimentation here might be in order. Cranking up the current load until 125A is reached.

Have you ever looked into the idea of running an inverter off the traction battery? If so, what sort of current could the MG supply?

Steve

The DC-DC converter (not inverter) is part of the main inverter and is liquid cooled.

He doesn't have to, that is what

On Mon, 23 May 2011 19:11:40 -0500, "Daniel who wants to know" put together some random words that came up with:

No! No! I mean Traction Battery (180v/375 Volts) -> 120V/240V 60Hz (an inverter).

It would be a nice Sr. project for a talented EE student. A conventional 3 phase boost switching converter into a 480v 3 Phase-> single phase transformer (kinda like they have on power poles, but smaller).

You can get them here:

With the 3 phase, you need smaller thyristors.

You have to get to 60 Hz anyway, so why not do it in one step instead of 3? Much more efficient.

Did you even read the site at all? He used a commercial UPS that uses a nominal 240V lead acid battery bank and hooked it directly to the car's traction battery. NHW20 Prius nominal pack voltage is 201.6 (@1.2v/cell) but since the traction pack is never below 40% charge the actual voltage is higher, and during the engine on cycles the voltage would be higher due to charging.

AFAIK There is no such thing. They just balance the load instead IE your house or block is on phase A and your two neighbors houses or blocks might be on B and C. It would take one heck of a wye-delta wound zig-zag transformer assembly to phase shift 2 of the legs 120°, one forward one back, to match the third.

More "random words" for you TYVM