I built something that I hoped would be able to charge my Tesla while parked at work. I have a solar panel attached to a 12 volt battery attached to a 2000 watt inverter. The result is I produce 120 volts 12 amp juice. I thought that this would be sufficient to recharge the Tesla as if it was plugged into a normal 120 volt US home outlet. If so, I would get 3 miles per hour and after 9-10 hours at work almost replace the juice used to drive to work. But, of course it is not working.
At first my inverter was under powered and the green light on the remote charger was red (not enough power). Upgraded to a 2000 watt inverter. With a 2000 watt inverter I get the green glow on the charger, but the car starts to charge then stops. The car shows 119/120 volts and 12 amps. Am I not pulling enough amps to feed the Tesla? Remember the Star Trek episode where the alien creature was sucking the juice from the enterprise and draining all the power? My situation reminds me of this. Only I apparently do not have enough juice to feed the beast.
So, do I need an even bigger inverter 3000 watt? Or do I need more than 1 battery to generate adequate juice? Or am I chasing a dream and this just won't ever work?
Now for the obvious remarks: Why not just plug in at work? Not near an outlet. Why bother if you have enough juice left to drive home? It's the challenge, my friend! Don't you have anything better to spend your free time and money on? Apparently not!
Constructive feedback welcome.:biggrin:
At first my inverter was under powered and the green light on the remote charger was red (not enough power). Upgraded to a 2000 watt inverter. With a 2000 watt inverter I get the green glow on the charger, but the car starts to charge then stops. The car shows 119/120 volts and 12 amps. Am I not pulling enough amps to feed the Tesla? Remember the Star Trek episode where the alien creature was sucking the juice from the enterprise and draining all the power? My situation reminds me of this. Only I apparently do not have enough juice to feed the beast.
So, do I need an even bigger inverter 3000 watt? Or do I need more than 1 battery to generate adequate juice? Or am I chasing a dream and this just won't ever work?
Now for the obvious remarks: Why not just plug in at work? Not near an outlet. Why bother if you have enough juice left to drive home? It's the challenge, my friend! Don't you have anything better to spend your free time and money on? Apparently not!
Constructive feedback welcome.:biggrin: