Outlander PHEV's 1500W Inverter: Pure Sine Wave!

[Jeff Schneider]

Anyone know if a V2L inverter is available to a 2020 GT? I've seen references to an inverter Mitsubishi put out in for the MiEV. Does it still exist? I would like to use it to power appliances in our home in a power outage. Just had a power outage and I was wishing I could use it.

 

[kernelpanic]

Anyone know if a V2L inverter is available to a 2020 GT? I've seen references to an inverter Mitsubishi put out in for the MiEV. Does it still exist? I would like to use it to power appliances in our home in a power outage. Just had a power outage and I was wishing I could use it.

I recently used mine during a power outage. I was able to run the fridge freezer in the kitchen, ADSL Router and my computers to continue teleworking rather than have to go in to the office. I ran at about a 400W constant load for a day. The only thing to keep in mind is that the car has to be 'started' for the inverter to work, (in started mode the car can cool the 300V Drive battery if required).
Mine came fitted 2018, Model Year 2019 "Instyle" spec level (French market).
I wouldn't think you could get the parts from Mitsubishi to retrofit this to your car, and even if you could the price would be off putting (to say the least). Your best bet would be to source the parts from another car in a breakers yard.
Here's a link to another thread where someone has documented what they did.
(It says 120v inverter but the process is the same if you're in a
240v part of the world)
https://www.myoutlanderphev.com/thr...19-mitsubishi-outlander-phev.6607/#post-65735
and here.
120v Inverter install.pdf

 

[Jedinsky]

I recently used mine during a power outage. I was able to run the fridge freezer in the kitchen, ADSL Router and my computers to continue teleworking rather than have to go in to the office. I ran at about a 400W constant load for a day. The only thing to keep in mind is that the car has to be 'started' for the inverter to work, (in started mode the car can cool the 300V Drive battery if required).
Mine came fitted 2018, Model Year 2019 "Instyle" spec level (French market).
I wouldn't think you could get the parts from Mitsubishi to retrofit this to your car, and even if you could the price would be off putting (to say the least). Your best bet would be to source the parts from another car in a breakers yard.
Here's a link to another thread where someone has documented what they did.
(It says 120v inverter but the process is the same if you're in a
240v part of the world)
https://www.myoutlanderphev.com/thr...19-mitsubishi-outlander-phev.6607/#post-65735
and here.
120v Inverter install.pdf

how did u work out that it was 400w constant load and how long did the battery last between recharge cycles?

 

[SeattleExPat]

I can confirm that my US-spec 2023 SEL (the only trim with the inverter) can run a large upright freezer (16 cubic feet).
We are just recovering from a 5-day power outage in parts of the Seattle area. My freezer is in the garage, I plugged it in overnight and set the temperature to -20°C (-4F), it used approx. 40% of the charge in 10-12 hours. Power is back now and my food is fine

 

[kernelpanic]

how did u work out that it was 400w constant load and how long did the battery last between recharge cycles?

For the Constant load I looked at the Smart meter before they cut off the power I was consuming a base of about 400VA. I probably got that down to a bit less because I shut down a few raspberry Pis before losing Power.
Started with a full battery and I didn't need to charge using the ICE during the day.
I didn't take very precise measurements but I had roughly half a battery left at the end of the day.
I put an external steering lock on the steering wheel and Locked the car using the key having left a fob hidden inside.
The car was in a closed yard. The only thing that I was unhappy about was that the running lights stayed on, a minor worry. I only went out briefly at midday to make sure I still had battery.

 

[mellobob]

For the Constant load I looked at the Smart meter before they cut off the power I was consuming a base of about 400VA. I probably got that down to a bit less because I shut down a few raspberry Pis before losing Power.
Started with a full battery and I didn't need to charge using the ICE during the day.
I didn't take very precise measurements but I had roughly half a battery left at the end of the day.
I put an external steering lock on the steering wheel and Locked the car using the key having left a fob hidden inside.
The car was in a closed yard. The only thing that I was unhappy about was that the running lights stayed on, a minor worry. I only went out briefly at midday to make sure I still had battery.

I think that if you start the car with the lights off (on the stalk off the steering wheel), e-brake on and foot on the brake the running lights will not come on.

 

[kernelpanic]

I think that if you start the car with the lights off (on the stalk off the steering wheel), e-brake on and foot on the brake the running lights will not come on.

It's a late 2018 (2.5 Lit 2019 Model Year) I nearly always start it that way and lights come on anyway. There may be a way to avoid it and once again different country legal requirements may affect how this is coded in firmware. So far I havent found how to, in a couple of years I might even read the manual

 

[cauldnz]

Anyone know if there were changes to the inverter for > MY2022? Or does it still use the same 'high quality' inverter?
My use case is charging eBike/Drone batteries....