DIY ELECTRONICS A Prius G2 can be a 80 K Watt generator !

well, you're doing yeoman's work, but i doubt the interest today will be much different.

most people here just want to be able to keep their cars running.
and the modders are only interested in bodywork

 

understood. but we still don't have much interest. if you come out with a cheap kit, and a way to connect without opening the battery or tapping into the high voltage lines, there might be a few takers

 

I think the main "condition" is owner motivation.
The conversion is going to have to be pretty quick and easy, which I don't think it will be.......so I think they will be few and far between.
That is assuming that the result will be anywhere near to the capacity that you think it will be........and I'm skeptical of that too.

 

I guess I see a middle case.

Plenty of people won’t even consider an aftermarket stereo, let alone a major power system change.

But in a few specific localities, there’s going to be enough offgrid power demand to stimulate opportunity for say, existing mechanics/auto service independents to offer an extra service.

 

we hardly see anyone tap into the 12v for the simple 1000w inverter mod

 

I don't know, what's comfortable but after starting my Prius is heating up at 1300 rpm with an unknown load.
I think this speed is okay for hours.

For best efficiency (see attached diagram) the load should be 90 to 95 Nm at a speed of 2500 rpm. But you'll have to take care about the heat.

SM-G950F ?

 

Plenty of problems there- it can be expensive to keep a car registered & insured, and in many places it isn’t legal to park an unregistered car. Never mind that it takes up a lot more room than a generator.

I could see somebody making a business out of stripping old Priuseses and turning them into stationary gensets, then selling & supporting them. I have a much harder time picturing anyone doing it for themselves though. Most people aren’t that interested/talented/desperate/available.

 

When I installed the harness on my hybrid battery for my Prolong Battery charger I also brought out some #4 cables that were hooked to the car side of the battery relay for hopefully a future 200 volt dc input inverter but found that little beast impossible to find.

There's a market for that Inverter given the fact so many beater G2's out there. And with global warming so many bad storms everywhere.

 

Some cheap Chinese hybrid inverters work straight from the 200/250 volts from the Prius high voltage battery. You just connect it at the solar panel input spot instead of connecting a solar panel. You can also connect a 48 volt battery to the inverter and the Prius will keep it full but it's not required. The inverter can run in batteryless mode.

 

Seems like there should be a way to program the factory inverter in the Prius to run your house instead of drive the electric motor. If the inverter wasn't capable of doing both at the same time you could take a used inverter from a Prius and customize it and then hook it to the high voltage battery in the running Prius. The Prius would of course run to keep the battery full and the extra inverter would make some massive AC power for the house, factory or whatever it is you were trying to power.

 

All these 2019 posts trying to get 30kw to 80kw electrical power from a PRIUS proved to be pipe dreams. Even the idea you could get gasoline during and after a major natural disaster is also flawed. Natural gas might be available and propane can be locally stored for decades.

But if 5 kw will keep you happy from a Prius




For my money I would get this

 

So what's the status on an invertor with a 200 vdc input being readily available to use on Prius's as of 2024?

I got a 2011 Prius that is not currently running.
I was looking into at least gettin 10 kw of power out of it?
I see Plugout is no longer in business. Where did they get their invertors from?

 

If they had revealed that, they might have been out of business even sooner