I'm looking for help getting an inverter connected to and running in my car. Sounds simple, but my car doesn't have the required voltage to run the inverter.
I have a Smart APC UPS SMT1000 ( pure sine wave ) that requires 24V, this is the inverter I want to use.
My Chevy Volt has a glass matt 12v battery, aka starter battery. As part of the cars charging system for starter battery, a thingamajig is used that pulls juice from the traction battery and reduces the voltage and charges the traction battery. This thingamajig is like a modern alternator. It does the same thing w/out a pulley.
What I need help with is leveraging the "alternator" and traction battery to supply and/or recharge juice the UPS draws while both the car and UPS are running.
Its understood I would need to connect two 12v batteries together to power the UPS/inverter. Further, I understand these connected batteries need to be isolated from the Volt otherwise the circuits connecting to the 12v would get 24v.
If I have two 12v batteries connected to produce 24v, how could I leverage the Chevy volt to charge them?