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No need for Hybrid
Posted by dimonic
14th Nov
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Prius (or Leaf) to power parts of house
Posted by winfield100
16th Nov
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Nothing unique about the Prius
Nothing unique about the Prius. You could have done the same thing with a New Beetle.
Posted by lmarks@...
14th Nov
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No need for Hybrid
I have done the same thing with my TDI.
Posted by dimonic
14th Nov
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For a great how to do it
check out www.priups.com
And a hybrid is actually better for this since it can turn the engine on and off as needed. A regular car with an inverter can generate AC but it has to be on all the time. A regular car battery is not big enough to provide power for long.
And a hybrid is actually better for this since it can turn the engine on and off as needed. A regular car with an inverter can generate AC but it has to be on all the time. A regular car battery is not big enough to provide power for long.
Posted by jtdavies
14th Nov
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No built-in inverter?
I'm surprised it doesn't have an inverter built in. It would be much more efficient than going from 200+ DC volts down to 12 volts DC then brought back up to 120 volts AC. Although not a hybrid, the Toyota Matrix came with one standard but it wasn't very powerful (~100 watts). In any case, what this guy did wasn't special because you could do it with anything that charged a 12 volt battery, even a motorcycle.
Posted by trx_1
14th Nov
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Hybrid Car / Generator
I believe that hybrid makers are missing a major market opportunity by not integrating a reasonable, say ~1/2Kwh 120vac, output function into their vehicles- at least as an option. With what is proving to be less reliable electrical infrastructure making daily headlines anything which can provide decentralized power fits in my plans and many others. When optimized by wide adoption efficiency can be improved to the point of replacing small gasoline or diesel generators.
Posted by latinw@...
14th Nov
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Posted by usdoc1
14th Nov
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Solar Energy Storage Box
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Posted by ttemizel
14th Nov
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Yeah
but can you drive it to work and shopping?
Posted by jtdavies
14th Nov
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Which battery powers the power port?
It can't be the small electronics battery in my 2001 ... it looks like it was obtained from a modest sized Harley-Davidson! And isn't the traction/drive battery working at a much higher voltage? How does its rating get stepped down to 12 VDC so the inverter can produce 110 VAC? Explaination, please.
Posted by greenvan77
14th Nov
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300 Watts is not going to "power a house"
Running some lights and recharging some electronics and watching TV over the air is not the same as running a heater and refrigerator. A natural gas backup home generator could do this. Using the prius is not only impractical, but also dangerous.
Posted by Arctic Char
14th Nov
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Prius (or Leaf) to power parts of house
you folks dont quite understand. You can tap off the 12v battery in the left rear of the Prius. It uses a switching power supply from the 220v traction pack to keep the 12v battery charged. An alternator in a regular car would be pretty useless. You can pull 100 amps from the 12v battery or 1,200 watts.The Prius keeps the traction pack full by running and turning off as necessary.
Use a Xantrex 1,000 watt true sine inverter and you can run a refrigerator and or a few lights to save the food and have a bit of light. You can also do this with a Nissan Leaf and have about 3.5 days power for a fridge, disconnect, charge the batteries and do again. Electricity can come from PV, Wind, natural gas, nuclear plants, etc.
If you want more info go to EVADC.ORG to see what folks have done and are doing. this made it into the local TV and Wired mag.
Use a Xantrex 1,000 watt true sine inverter and you can run a refrigerator and or a few lights to save the food and have a bit of light. You can also do this with a Nissan Leaf and have about 3.5 days power for a fridge, disconnect, charge the batteries and do again. Electricity can come from PV, Wind, natural gas, nuclear plants, etc.
If you want more info go to EVADC.ORG to see what folks have done and are doing. this made it into the local TV and Wired mag.
Posted by winfield100
16th Nov