Prius Solar Roof Charge Battery

Inverter power 1202 watts.

Prius solar roof charge battery.

You might get 500 watts from a roof mounted solar array on a prius. Probably because there isn t enough area to generate a useful charge in a reasonable amount of time. Uses 54 square feet of solar panels on the roof and hood that add. On top of that the roof panels charge the car s battery while parked.

Fish the wire under the seat and into the rear compartment. Inverter current 10 78 amps. The solar cells are just 0 03mm thick but deliver around 860. Under a good amount of sun the roof panel is said to be able to add up to 3 7 miles to the car s daily electric range.

Toyota will start testing a new solar roof for the prius that it says can add as much as 44 5 km of range to the plug in hybrid a day. One solar inverter disconnected from the grid and the secure power supply switched on. According to toyota the solar roof option atop the prius prime will boost each vehicle s efficiency by as much as ten percent. I used a sunguard solar controller just like the one sombra used.

Load power factor 99. Using a wire connector connect this to about ten feet of 16 or 18 wire. At 860 w the rated power generation output is 4 8 times bigger and. Here is some rough math for you.

Inverter voltage 112 2 volts. Each battery pack uses 10 15 kg 22 33 lb of lanthanum. Locate the green one that is the solar wire. Readouts below show power being delivered to the plug in prius charging cable.

Fish the wire along the lithium battery compartment over to the 12v battery. They are normally charged to 40 60 of maximum capacity to prolong battery life as well as provide a reserve for regenerative braking. Compared to the prius phv that s already available with a solar charging roof system the demo car is superior in every respect. But they charge the battery only when parked.

A toyota prius prototype covered with 1 100 solar cells travels about 31.