hybrid cars
By thirteen, Section Homebrewed Electricity Posted on Sat Jun 14, 2008 at 04:33:36 PM MST
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I looked and haven't seen an easy solar system that is portable for the newer hybrid cars. Because of all of the electronics under the hood I asked the dealer about sinewaves if they need to be true or can the be square and got a funny look. I explained the difference and at least he and his shop mechanic answered with a simple; I do not know. So I'll ask the board. All tho many are different depending on their system does anyone know what might be added for protection from a back feed from the cars system own charging system. I assume that they have a system to stop back feeds but I would fell better if there was one for your system. Any suggestions? Just a question. I do not have a hybrid just started looking.

hybrid cars | 2 comments (2 topical)

Re: hybrid cars (3.00 / 0) (#1) by wooferhound on Sat Jun 14, 2008 at 12:47:27 PM MST

It would take more than a trunk full of panels to charge those electric car batteries. plus as I understand it, a hybrid car keeps itself charged, you don't need external charging. W o o f -={(

Re: hybrid cars (3.00 / 0) (#2) by joestue on Sat Jun 14, 2008 at 01:29:33 PM MST

A plug in hybrid has an active rectifier, as per 5% harmonics requirement. A normal hybrid has an active rectifier on the generator side, and an inverter on the motor side. You can't tie into these, without reprogramming the controller, something that would take a few experienced engineers a few weeks to do, but could be done. The dc link is 120, 220, 240, 260, 320.. volts, depending on the car. A few cars had a voltage doubler, and used a ~250 volt battery on a 500 volt motor, this allowed for a 100KW motor, on a "safe" battery voltage. For simplicity, you are going to need a 200+ volt system and a converter for charging the battery directly. Running a plug in hybrid off a modified sine wave inverter is not an efficient solution.

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