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First off, standard disclaimer here because I discovered it's possible that there is potentially lethal voltages present when the inverter is disconnected, so don't try this at home without the proper equipment.
I wanted to do this to see if there was a way to flip it to 240V. If there is, it wasn't obvious. It could be a software thing and I made no attempt to look into that yet.
The inverter is under the passenger seat. You will have to remove and disconnect the seat to gain access to it. The bolts at all four corners are under these small soft touch plastic pieces. I don't think you actually need to remove them but I did. Should be a T20. One of mine was crossthreaded so a bit more difficult to remove than the others. The bolt was 15mm (actually felt a little loose, could have been an SAE size but I would be surprised).
It might be necessary to move the seat forward and backwards to gain access to the bolts. Probably less chance of damage at removal to have the seat in the most forward position. I scratched up some of my trim because the seat just barely fits through the door cavity.
Once you unbolt the seat, it gives you a lot more room to unplug the connectors. Two of these are for airbags so the secondary disclaimer here about how they could get activated unexpectedly applies. I didn't get a great pictures but they are pretty easy to remove. Seat can just be set on the ground. I didn't disconnect the seat belt.
Once that's out, we gain access to the protective plastic above the inverter. Just the single bolt in the middle to remove it and some normal automotive trim clips to pull against. The seat connectors are also trim clipped to this piece of plastic so also have to be disconnected. The upper connector in the photo is not connected to anything. I'll speculate that it could be a diagnostics port.
The inverter. Mine had been on for several days prior to my investigation here. I was going to hit it with my thermal camera but couldn't find it. It was hot enough to be painful after about two seconds of contact. I flipped off the inverter in the car and waited 15 minutes.
The bottom left connectors here are the input/output of the inverter. After unplugging everything, I metered 0 volts across the leftmost plug.
But then I told the truck to turn the outlets back on. Don't do this without proper equipment. I went and put my PPE on immediately after this. (For those interested, my HV battery was charged to 85% during this)
Then I pulled the inverter apart and took pictures.
After putting everything back into the truck, it seems fine now, but I still wouldn't recommend doing it. The truck acted wonky while the seat was disconnected and there's likely a chance you could end up breaking something.
I wanted to do this to see if there was a way to flip it to 240V. If there is, it wasn't obvious. It could be a software thing and I made no attempt to look into that yet.
The inverter is under the passenger seat. You will have to remove and disconnect the seat to gain access to it. The bolts at all four corners are under these small soft touch plastic pieces. I don't think you actually need to remove them but I did. Should be a T20. One of mine was crossthreaded so a bit more difficult to remove than the others. The bolt was 15mm (actually felt a little loose, could have been an SAE size but I would be surprised).
It might be necessary to move the seat forward and backwards to gain access to the bolts. Probably less chance of damage at removal to have the seat in the most forward position. I scratched up some of my trim because the seat just barely fits through the door cavity.
Once you unbolt the seat, it gives you a lot more room to unplug the connectors. Two of these are for airbags so the secondary disclaimer here about how they could get activated unexpectedly applies. I didn't get a great pictures but they are pretty easy to remove. Seat can just be set on the ground. I didn't disconnect the seat belt.
Once that's out, we gain access to the protective plastic above the inverter. Just the single bolt in the middle to remove it and some normal automotive trim clips to pull against. The seat connectors are also trim clipped to this piece of plastic so also have to be disconnected. The upper connector in the photo is not connected to anything. I'll speculate that it could be a diagnostics port.
The inverter. Mine had been on for several days prior to my investigation here. I was going to hit it with my thermal camera but couldn't find it. It was hot enough to be painful after about two seconds of contact. I flipped off the inverter in the car and waited 15 minutes.
The bottom left connectors here are the input/output of the inverter. After unplugging everything, I metered 0 volts across the leftmost plug.
But then I told the truck to turn the outlets back on. Don't do this without proper equipment. I went and put my PPE on immediately after this. (For those interested, my HV battery was charged to 85% during this)
Then I pulled the inverter apart and took pictures.
After putting everything back into the truck, it seems fine now, but I still wouldn't recommend doing it. The truck acted wonky while the seat was disconnected and there's likely a chance you could end up breaking something.
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