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Offgrid/Mobile EV Charger

Hi,

I have a Plug In Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) and am looking to utilise the solar panels I have on the roof (1100W) to provide some charge to the 300V 11kWh batteries. I have two Victron 100/50 charge controllers that provide charge to the 12V battery in the car.

I have an inverter rated to 1500W that I will use to charge the main drive batteries of the car (with the supplied EV charger) but can’t find a way to limit the EV charger to draw only excess power from the panels that isn’t going to charging the 12v battery. Is there a way to complete this set-up? The 40 Amp hour 12V battery is only used to charge auxiliary equipment in the car such as a small 12v fridge.


Thanks for your help!

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Lucian Popescu (Victron Energy Staff) answered ·

Usually, all the electric vehicles can charge with a minimum of 6A so that's ~1300W. Having a 1500W inverter, will make your plan impossible

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