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Anthony Horton

Grid power was restored at 1.22 am (17 hours 43 minutes after it went out) but I was in bed by then so our car continued to supply power to our fridge-freezer, WiFi, etc. overnight. By the time I disconnected everything from the V2L adaptor it had been providing power for us for 24 hours and used a total of 7.2 kWh in that time, leaving the car battery at 91%.

The V2L adaptor goes back into its storage spot in the sub-basement of the boot, and I've decided to keep one of the 30 metre extension cords and the power board box in the frunk just in case I need them when on the road.

Photo of the driver's instruments display of a BYD Seal electric car showing the "Discharge in process" screen, indicating that a total of 7.2 kWh of energy has been used for V2L, and that the battery is at 91%.
Photo of two very long mains extensions cables, a green box, and a V2L adaptor.
Photo of the open frunk of a BYD Seal electric car. Inside are a very long mains extension cable, and a green box.
#EV#ElectricCar#V2L
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Anthony Horton

So far so good. The scheduled power outage started about 7:40 am, but I was able to quickly restore power to the fridge-freezer, the NBN box & WiFi router, the lizard's heat lamp and lighting, and my working from home monitor, laptop, etc.

I have the Vehicle-to-Load adaptor plugged into the car, two extra heavy duty 30 metre long extension cables plugged onto that inside a weatherproof power board box, and a mess of additional power boards and extension cords inside the house. Fortunately, apart from the fridge which is directly connected to the V2L adaptor, it's all very low power so having lots of long cables will be OK.

Being able to work from home pretty much as I normally do on Wednesdays is nice, but not having to worry about everything in the freezer defrosting is really, really nice.

Side on photo of a BYD Seal electric car parked in a driveway. There is a cable running from the charging port at the back of the car to a green box on the ground by the front of the car, and two cables running from that box out of shot.
Photo of a parked BYD Seal electric car from the front. There is a green box on the ground by the front of the car and two cables running out of that box towards and past the photographer.
Photo of the driver's instrument display inside a BYD Seal electric car. It is showing the "Discharge in progress" screen, indicating that the car is being used to provide external mains power via the Vehicle to Load adapter. 0.2 kW of power is being used, and the battery is still at 100%.
#EV#ElectricCar#V2L
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Anthony Horton

Making sure I'm prepared for the scheduled power outage in two weeks.

Our BYD Seal came with a vehicle-to-load adapter, which is a ~5 m long cable with a Type 2 plug on one end and a 2 outlet mains power board on the other. By itself that's only good for supplying mains power to my driveway so I also have a 30 m extra-heavy duty extension cord, plus a weatherproof power board box to protect the connection from rain.

The main reason I laid this out today was to confirm that 30 m is the right length for the extension cord, and I was pleased to find that it does reach inside our house far enough to comfortably reach our fridge, or our living room. If I now get a second 30 m extension cord I can use the other outlet on the V2L adaptor and preserve both our food and our internet connection while the power is out.

Photo of a BYD Seal electric sedan car parked in a driveway. There is a black cable running from the charging port at the rear of the car to a green box on the ground by the front of the car, and an orange cable emerging from that box and continuing out of shot.
Photo of a green plastic box, open, with a small black BYD branded 2 outlet mains power board inside it. An orange extension cord is plugged into one of the two outlets.
#ElectricCar#EV#V2L
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Joseph A di Paolantonio

@Mattcraig we have a 2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5 Limited AWD; it reflects everything you said about your Kia EV6, except no USB-C ports 🥲 only USB-A and a built-in Qi charger, and #V2L capability within the cabin and via an adapter for the charging port. We routinely go the opposite way, from Western Washington on the Pacific Coast to Portland, OR area (183 miles/295km). We let the #BEV drop to 5-10% charge then use a fast DC charger, generally 20-25 minutes to get to 80-90%

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“The pair have a nine-month-old daughter and a three-year-old son – having a reliable way to #sterilise bottles and #BoilWater for formula was critical.

They knew the battery from their white #BYD Atto 3 could power their home using the vehicle-to-load system (#V2L) – a backup power system that allows the car #battery to power #appliances – but neither had actually hooked it up. They wondered how much it could handle.”

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Anthony Horton

OK, well, I guess we'll be finding out how well our car works as a backup mains power supply.

Our BYD Seal came with a Vehicle To Load (V2L) adaptor, which takes the form of a short-ish mains cable with a Type 2 plug on one end and a power board with two 10A Australian mains outlets on the other. To go with that I already have a 30 metre long extra heavy duty extension lead, and a weatherproof power board enclosure. With our car parked in our driveway at the front of our house I can plug the V2L adaptor into the car, plug the extension lead into the adaptor, protect the junction from rain with the enclosure, and run the extension lead through to the back of our house where our fridge freezer is.

The fridge freezer is the thing I most want to keep powered, but Wednesdays are usually a working from home day for me so I might also try to keep the internet and our working-from-home monitor, etc. running too.

I'm currently wondering whether I want to get a second long extension lead so I can use both outlets on the V2L adaptor and make it a bit easier for me to get power to where I want it without resorting to daisy-chaining multiple power boards and extension leads.

Screenshot of an SMS message containing a notification of a scheduled power outage to the poster's home in 3 weeks from now, which is due to take place between 7 am and 6 pm.
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Rob Farago

Almost 32% of the EVs sold in Australia is 2024 had #V2L (Vehicle to Load) capability, i.e. provided a 230V AC outlet. These were mainly #BYD, #MG, #Kia, #Hyundai and #Genesis models.

They do this by having a small inverter in the car to convert the DC from the battery pack into usable AC power ranging from 2.2kW to 3.3kW, either inside the car and/or via an external adaptor plugged into the AC charge port. Here are the top 25 models from 2024 and whether they currently support V2L and some photos of various model V2L adaptors.

V2L is a useful capability to use your EV battery to run small appliances when away camping or during a power blackout like your fridge, freezer, phone chargers, internet routers and even dialysis machines.

theguardian.com/environment/20

abc.net.au/news/2024-01-06/is-

abc.net.au/news/2024-09-11/pow

Unfortunately many of the biggest selling EV brands don’t support V2L yet, e.g. #Tesla, #BMW, #Volvo, #Mercedes and #Polestar

Fortunately third parties are working on V2L devices as a retrofit option for Teslas, which don’t currently have V2L, using an external inverter.

kickstarter.com/projects/vorti

Using an external inverter to provide V2L, connects directly to the EV battery DC via the CCS2 plug, and is a more expensive solution than a V2L adaptor provided by the EV manufacturer, which uses an inverter inside the EV.

This technology is similar to how future #V2H and #V2G could work on existing EVs.

list of top 25 EVs sold in Australia in 2024 and whether they support V2L
Hyundai Ioniq 5 V2L adaptor
BYD V2L adaptor
Hyundai Kona Electric 5 V2L adaptor
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