Please forgive me as I am not using solar in my project (as the moment). I have a fun recreational off-road only project where I do not want to use a standard gas generator because of how stinky the exhaust fumes are but instead want to use the Toyota hybrid as the generator. It has a much cleaner exhaust!
I am contemplating installing an AIMS 10k watt 12v inverter onto the Prius, but from my understanding, the DC to DC converter found inside the inverter box of the Prius cannot charge a fully depleted 12 volt battery. So just swapping the 12v starter battery with a 12v 300Ah LFP battery and connecting the AIMS 10k watt inverter will not work. Instead I need to find a way to add a proper lithium charger to the LFP battery, like the Renogy 40A DC-DC charger, but connect directly to the high voltage 201.6v/200A hybrid battery leaving alone the 12v starter battery circuit. How would I do that?
I found these High Voltage DC-DC Chargers , but I do not think they are set up the properly manage the charge of an LFP battery. Does anyone have advice from experience on these or a better way to go about running the high watt AIMS inverter from a Prius? Also, the AIMS inverter is not a pure sin wave but a modified sin wave. Does that mean my efficiency will be dropping significantly? Should I choose a different pure sin wave inverter?
Thank you!
I am contemplating installing an AIMS 10k watt 12v inverter onto the Prius, but from my understanding, the DC to DC converter found inside the inverter box of the Prius cannot charge a fully depleted 12 volt battery. So just swapping the 12v starter battery with a 12v 300Ah LFP battery and connecting the AIMS 10k watt inverter will not work. Instead I need to find a way to add a proper lithium charger to the LFP battery, like the Renogy 40A DC-DC charger, but connect directly to the high voltage 201.6v/200A hybrid battery leaving alone the 12v starter battery circuit. How would I do that?
I found these High Voltage DC-DC Chargers , but I do not think they are set up the properly manage the charge of an LFP battery. Does anyone have advice from experience on these or a better way to go about running the high watt AIMS inverter from a Prius? Also, the AIMS inverter is not a pure sin wave but a modified sin wave. Does that mean my efficiency will be dropping significantly? Should I choose a different pure sin wave inverter?
Thank you!
Last edited: