12/17/2023 0 Comments 110 volt 115 volt plugHowever, I was thinking that the 30 miles of on board 360 volts used to drag around that 4,500 lb vehicle is one heck of a lot of available wattage, and SHOULD have been offered as an inverted option for (essentially) nearly unlimited camping 110 volt power. My model did not come with a 110 volt outlet. STILL, however, in the back hatchback wall, there is only a 12 volt outlet rated at 180 watts. Having a new 2023 Santa Fe plug-in, the auxilliary 12 volt battery is constantly being charged THRU the 360 DC volt hybrid battery. The AC outlet in the Honda Ridgeline will operate in 150 watt mode without the engine running and 400 watt mode with the engine running and the transmission in park. A fully charged battery should be able to provide this amount of power for at least a few hours. To put this into perspective, that's about the same amount of power used when the headlights are on. 150 watts at 12 volts is 13.2 amps including efficiency losses. These types of inverters tend to be about 95% efficient. Like most similar AC outlets, it produces an "approximated sine wave" output using square waves which are very noisy and can damage sensitive devices and cause some inductive devices to overheat or make excessive noise. It is not suitable for devices that process precise data, such as medical equipment, and that require an extremely stable power supply, such as microcomputer-controlled electric blankets, touch sensor lamps, etc. It does state: Do not use the power outlet for electrical appliances that require high initial peak wattage, such as cathode-ray tube type televisions, refrigerators, electric pumps, etc. It explains where it is and how to access it, but doesn't explain the power rating or when it can be used. The Santa Cruz's owner's manual has surprisingly little to say about the AC power outlet - it's not even referenced in the index.
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