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Title: Man Uses a Toyota Prius to Power his House During Weeklong Blackout
Source: Oil Price.com
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Published: Nov 12, 2013
Author: James Burgess
Post Date: 2014-01-07 23:32:57 by Tatarewicz
Keywords: None
Views: 666
Comments: 22

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In the wake of Hurricane Sandy millions of people in New York and New Jersey were left without power for days; some for more than a week.

Rather than face a difficult time without any form of electricity, one innovative man from New Jersey managed to convert his Toyota Prius into a generator. He attached an inverter (which takes 12v DC and creates 120v AC from it) to the car’s battery system, and then wired the unit to his house’s mains supply. His Prius supplied enough electricity to power the lights in his house, the television, and his computer, for an entire week, whilst only using three quarters of the tank of petrol. Select the reports you are interested in: Who Will be the Big Winners in the Coming LNG Bonanza How to Play the Coming Boom in Advanced Fracking Technology Why the Subsea Processing Sector will See Huge Gains in the Near Future Investment Opportunities in Geothermal Power Generation Machine to Machine Technology – A $1 Trillion Opportunity! Our Top Water Technology Picks for 2013 NO-SPAM: Under no circumstances will we EVER rent, sell or give away your email

Some people used two stroke generators to supply power for their homes; however a Prius produces far fewer emissions, although it is a tad more expensive.

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This is not the first time that an enterprising person has managed to use their Prius to create electricity for their house during a blackout. Last year a man in Massachusetts also turned his car into an electric generator. “When it looked like we were going to be without power for a while, I dug out an inverter and wired it into our Prius… These inverters are available for about $100 many places online,” he said.

There are many sites on the internet that offer instructions explaining how to turn a Prius into a generator.

By. James Burgess of Oilprice.com Leave a comment

T Hiatt on November 15 2012 said: Seems Prius had nothing to do with it.....note he wired inverter to a 12 volt battery, all vehicles have that......this is not different than living in an RV. It even said he used half a tank of gas to do it....RV has lights,water,heat, etc. powered off batteries all charged off vehicles alternator, been doing this for years. Nothing new. And can also be charged by solar panels on the roof. Mark Goldes on November 14 2012 said: This is an excellent illustration of why electric cars are likely to predominate in the future.

CARS AND TRUCKS AS POWER PLANTS This is an example of Vehicle to Grid (V2G) power: An electric car, equipped with a two-way plug, when suitably parked, can sell 10 kW of electricity from the batteries. The car owner can perhaps earn up to $1,800 each year.

When electric cars are fueled by what presently appear as "highly improbable" technologies, such as magnetic generators, they are estimated to be able to provide even more power to the local utility when parked. No plug or wires required.

Such vehicles may eventually prove able to pay for themselves. Imagine the market for cars and trucks that are mobile generating plants.

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#1. To: Tatarewicz (#0)

Excellent article. I was thinking of getting a generator.

purplerose  posted on  2014-01-08   12:14:43 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: purplerose, Lod (#1)

I invested in a 7.5kw generator years ago with automatic transfer switch.

Just in case, reworked it to run tri fuel, gasoline, LP gas or natural gas.

Will handle up to 30 amps, full house.

For another $5000 you can go 200 amps, full house, fully automatic but not tri fuel.

Cynicom  posted on  2014-01-08   12:23:42 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: Cynicom (#2) (Edited)

Thank you for the input. I have been looking at some catalogs that sell these devices. Any suggestions?

purplerose  posted on  2014-01-08   12:40:00 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#8. To: purplerose, 4 (#4)

searching for 'best whole house generator' turned this up, along with thousands of other results -

www.homedepot.com/p/KOHLE...-Kit-20RESAL-SE/202493185

Lod  posted on  2014-01-08   13:03:02 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#12. To: Lod (#8)

Thanks, Lod.

purplerose  posted on  2014-01-08   14:58:28 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#13. To: purplerose (#12)

The pricing and the reviews make it quite attractive.

Lod  posted on  2014-01-08   15:06:34 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#15. To: Lod (#13)

The installation cost is rather salty, as most require everything underground and most cities make it as costly as possible.

Cynicom  posted on  2014-01-08   16:55:23 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#16. To: Cynicom, scrapper2, 4 (#15)

Believe me, I have "trusted" contractors to get'er done.

(Permits are against my religion)

Lod  posted on  2014-01-08   17:00:40 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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#17. To: Lod (#16)

If you do it, the least acceptable is dual fuel, natural gas and LP gas.

They will try to talk you out of it, give you story about how NG is 99 per cent reliable etc etc.

Damned poor investtmen if nothing to run it on. That is why dual fuel and tri fuel kits sell so well.

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