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#1 of 3 Your Hybrid as Backup Power Supply? by pf_flyer HOST Sep 16, 2007 (10:07 am)
A recent New York Times story ran about a doctor in Florida who used his Prius as a power source for his home. I'm going to have a blog entry about this on Alternate Route tomorrow, but thought I'd introduce it for discussion here as well. In a pinch, in an emergency situation, I can see the clever and ingenious factors. But as far as returning signifigant amounts of power to the grid, I'm skeptical. Replies to this message: gagrice (Sep 16, 2007 1:51 pm) pf_flyer (Sep 17, 2007 4:20 am)
#2 of 3 Re: Your Hybrid as Backup Power Supply? [pf_flyer] by gagrice Sep 16, 2007 (1:51 pm)
Replying to: pf_flyer (Sep 16, 2007 10:07 am) My hybrid GMC Sierra had four 20 amp 110 volt circuits. I used it several times. Once to keep our refrigerators going in a power outage. I doubt the Prius has that kind of available AC. ANy one with the AC output specs for a Prius. Replies to this message: pf_flyer (Sep 17, 2007 4:20 am)
#3 of 3 Re: Your Hybrid as Backup Power Supply? [gagrice] by pf_flyer HOST Sep 17, 2007 (4:20 am)
Replying to: gagrice (Sep 16, 2007 1:51 pm) Well the doctor in the story was using a Prius, so I'll take that as proof that it can be done. So I'm back to seeing vehicles being used as emergency generators. It's quite a leap from that to easing strain on the power grid.