Using a Prius as an Emergency Generator
Dec 24

Using a Prius as an Emergency Generator

Ice storm tests mettle of Harvard residents: This is flat awesome.

[a resident without power] ran his refrigerator, freezer, TV, woodstove fan, and several lights through his Prius, for three days, on roughly five gallons of gas.

“When it looked like we were going to be without power for awhile, I dug out an inverter (which takes 12v DC and creates 120v AC from it) and wired it into our Prius…These inverters are available for about $100 many places online,” he wrote.

The device allowed the engine to run every half hour, automatically charging the car battery and indirectly supplying the required power.

by Deane   December 24, 2008 12:10 PM   |
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