The AC coming out of the wall plug has to be rectified to charge the battery, where is it, physical size and how is it rated? Does it also have a output of 3 to 4 KW's ?
. The conversion of AC to DC to charge the battery is done by the on-board charger in the car. I believe that the on-board charger is located under the trunk area, next to the battery. The on-board charger is rated at a maximum of 2.2 KW. You can have it plugged into an EVSE that is capable of supplying 7.2 KW (like the GE Wattstation, the Aerovironment EV-RS, etc), but the car will never draw more than 2.2 KW. The 120V EVSE that is supplied with the car will only pull around 1.1 KW.
Thankyou, that should mean that the other parameters can be figured out from the 1.1 KW. But I was thinking that there should be a separate but inclusive black box that functions exclusively as the rectifier. ( for repair and testing purposes ) .
The rectifier is part of the on-board charger. Dare I ask what you are planning to do with this info?
Yes, you certainly dare. Being a previous Prius 2005 owner, I was most interested in how things worked. Although I did not always get into the whole HSD system, certain maintenance was necessary, ie: inverter pump, sparkplugs,water pump belt etc. so this question was simply out of curiosity, to store away as future required knowledge. Hopefully this PIP site will also have the great sites and threads that Gen II and III had.
