Posted by Jim Baber on May 7, 2006, 7:49 pm
Just for kicks, here is the Ultimate in home emergency power. It is
always ready to go provided
you and your car are at home. It includes self testing and auto starting.
It will also save you money on your transportation when not being used
as a generator.
The idea of using a TOYOTA PRIUS as a standby power source has now been
done. Check
out http://www.priups.com/exec-summary.htm and
http://www.priups.com/riddle/answer-1.htm .
Then to take this concept further, add one of the plug in hybrid
adaptations (3,000 to 12,000) and
you won't need to buy gasoline very often either.
--
Jim Baber
Email jim@NOJUNKbaber.org
1350 W Mesa Ave.
Fresno CA, 93711
(559) 435-9068
(559) 905-2204 (Verizon IN cellphone (to other Verizon IN accounts))
See 10kW grid tied solar system at "http://www.baber.org/solarpanels.jpg"
See solar system production data at "http://www.baber.org/solar_status.htm"
Posted by ...........Rob on May 7, 2006, 8:07 pm
Posted by philkryder on May 8, 2006, 2:01 am
doesn't the prius put out much more power than that?
What limit it to only 5 kw?
That's less than 10 hp?!
What would it take to get 20kw continous AC at 125volts?
Jim Baber wrote:
> Just for kicks, here is the Ultimate in home emergency power. It is
> always ready to go provided
> you and your car are at home. It includes self testing and auto starting.
> It will also save you money on your transportation when not being used
> as a generator.
> The idea of using a TOYOTA PRIUS as a standby power source has now been
> done. Check
> out http://www.priups.com/exec-summary.htm and
> http://www.priups.com/riddle/answer-1.htm .
> Then to take this concept further, add one of the plug in hybrid
> adaptations (3,000 to 12,000) and
> you won't need to buy gasoline very often either.
> --
> Jim Baber
> Email jim@NOJUNKbaber.org
> 1350 W Mesa Ave.
> Fresno CA, 93711
> (559) 435-9068
> (559) 905-2204 (Verizon IN cellphone (to other Verizon IN accounts))
> See 10kW grid tied solar system at "http://www.baber.org/solarpanels.jpg"
> See solar system production data at "http://www.baber.org/solar_status.htm"
Posted by Pooh Bear on May 8, 2006, 2:12 am
philkryder wrote:
> doesn't the prius put out much more power than that?
> What limit it to only 5 kw?
> That's less than 10 hp?!
> What would it take to get 20kw continous AC at 125volts?
A larger inverter.
Graham
Posted by danny burstein on May 8, 2006, 5:50 am
writes:
>The idea of using a TOYOTA PRIUS as a standby power source has now been
>done. Check
>out http://www.priups.com/exec-summary.htm and
>http://www.priups.com/riddle/answer-1.htm .
The Honda Odyssey includes, as one option,
a 120VAC outlet. I don't know if this uses
the same type of inverter tech as their
generator (which would give you clean sine
wave power) or if it's a standard DC->AC
(so-called) "modified sine wave" inverter.
FYI, you can use the latter (which you
can buy at lots of automotive shops) with
any 12Volt car/truck. Including, as I've
been doing, the Honda Insight.
Jut be very, very, careful about using
them with motors...
(In that case the vehicle is "making"
the 144V DC [a] supply, which then internally
gets DC->DC downconverted to 12V for the
various traditional systems (radio, etc.),
and you're bumping that back up and
converting it to AC. )
[a] not a typo... the Insight uses a 144V
NiMH battery pack.
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> always ready to go provided
> you and your car are at home. It includes self testing and auto starting.
> It will also save you money on your transportation when not being used
> as a generator.
> The idea of using a TOYOTA PRIUS as a standby power source has now been
> done. Check
> out http://www.priups.com/exec-summary.htm and
> http://www.priups.com/riddle/answer-1.htm .
> Then to take this concept further, add one of the plug in hybrid
> adaptations (3,000 to 12,000) and
> you won't need to buy gasoline very often either.
> --
> Jim Baber
> Email jim@NOJUNKbaber.org
> 1350 W Mesa Ave.
> Fresno CA, 93711
> (559) 435-9068
> (559) 905-2204 (Verizon IN cellphone (to other Verizon IN accounts))
> See 10kW grid tied solar system at "http://www.baber.org/solarpanels.jpg"
> See solar system production data at "http://www.baber.org/solar_status.htm"