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No. I haven't found any information about the data connection between the H6 inverter and original Powerwall battery. I did run the inverter from my electric motorcycle. That seemed to work well. I have a short video about that on vimeo https://vimeo.com/661523307/fe9c910296

I'm using Enphase M15 micro-inverters with 250 watt PV panels. 26 of them total. Adding additional cells in series to an iMiEV pack probably wouldn't be very useful. Even if it was high enough voltage for the battery input on the H6 inverter, the H6 still requires communications to the battery...

I bought the inverter on eBay. None of those will have a warranty. They are orphaned. It's true sine wave with 120/240 split-phase 60 hz output. At this point, I'm not trying to CHARGE the car through the CHAdeMO, just draw power out. I plan to use the standard AC charger for recharging. The...

Experimenting so far is at a lower voltage and a source OTHER than the car. Yes, I'm making sure to take care around high-voltage. The fuses that I'm using are the exact same ones as are on the BATTERY INPUT of the inverter. I also installed a "semi-conductor fuse" in the handle of the CHAdeMO...

Remember though, CURRENT is about how much is DRAWN through a circuit. There is a maximum that solar can provide. There is a much HIGHER current that a battery can supply. However, it depends on how much the inverter draws. For an off-grid inverter, only as much current is drawn as is needed...

I guess the main thing is that just going straight analog lets me get going in the project and then test the solar inverter part of it. How and which solar inverters can handle the 360VDC on the PV input is the big question that I really haven't seen others tackle yet. There's no reason why I...

Here's what I did for hacking the High Voltage relay. Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBV9CIVN0fs

Runtime would be dependent on the car's battery pack capacity and the AC load put on it by the house. My car has never had a great battery. I only get about 40 miles on it nowadays. I imagine using this as an emergency backup. As such, I would try to minimize how much power was drawn out of...

Hey Folks! I've been working on a CHAdeMO project to draw power out through the CHAdeMO port, take it through an inverter, and convert it to 120/240VAC 60 Hz for emergency home backup power. I had a friend 3D print for me the physical components you can find at...

I still think it would be best to NOT need a secondary inverter to "trick" the primary one on. I'm sure that if we look around, we could find an appropriate inverter which can run off 360VDC WITHOUT needing a grid-tie connection.

I also think it would be VERY interesting to be able to PULL power from the car for a DIY Vehicle to Home setup. I found a 3D printed CHAdeMO connection on Thingiverse. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:121581 There was a thread here where one of the members showed how to trick on the CHAdeMO...

Hi Joe! In my case, my PV solar array uses grid-tie micro-inverters. There are many advantages to the system, including the fact that it's one of the simplest/safest types for a DIY'er to install (and thus save lots of money!) The biggest DISADVANTAGE from a hobbyist's point of view is that...

Thank you!

Hi Folks, I did a write-up on my entire garage solar system. If you want to learn how to build your own PV system from scratch, here's one way to do it. https://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Solar-Garage/ As far as EVSEs that are designed to work WITH solar, there's not much out there. I...

Hi Folks! A while back, I was talking with JoeS about iMiEV and solar and other things, and he mentioned that he knew of somebody on the forum who did some manual control to the CHAdeMO connection. I believe he was referring to what siai47 has mentioned in this thread. I have a 6.24K solar...

If you want to see how much power my garage is making, it's publicly available at the following link: https://enlighten.enphaseenergy.com/public/systems/PqBp1213167

My car is now completely solar powered. The garage is all built, although I still have a few small things to do on it. I have three NEMA 14-50 connectors in the garage. One is used for a heater, one has a more or less permanent (but unpluggable) 30A EVSE, the other is for a portable style 16A...

Yep, sold the raspberry iMiEV. Too many other projects in my life. That was a great car for body parts. I sold it to a guy who has two iMiEVs and his brother has a third. I met him again in person since selling the car to him and got to see his other iMiEV. It's in desperate need of body parts...

Blog post on that too, at: http://300mpg.org/2017/02/27/solar-proposal/

Hi Jim, I'd be interested in doing exactly what you did. Do you have a link to a detailed description of what you did and where to get the parts? Thanks! -Ben