Man Lights House with Toyota Prius
An enterprising New Jersey man used his Toyota Prius as a generator to run his home’s lights, laptops, and a television because he lost power due to the recent Sandy outages. For one week he used an inverter and some extension cords to produce power for his home while only using 75% of one tank of gas.
At one point, as you probably know, millions of homes were without power in New York and New Jersey.
There are instructions online explaining how to use a Prius as a generator. WikiHow has a six-step process, including a tip about proper ventilation, because car exhaust can be deadly if it accumulates in a space where people or animals are breathing.
The New Jersey man is not the only person to have used a Prius to power devices in his home. Last year, a man in Massachusetts did as well. “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,” the man said. He only used five gallons of gas to power his home appliances for three days.
Many backup generators use two-cycle engines, which are known to create large amounts of air pollution, though they certainly are much cheaper than a Prius. Some electric vehicle owners also have solar panels on their homes and generate all or a portion of their own power.
The 2012 Prius has been rated at 536 miles per tank.
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2012-11-10 11:20:31
Source: http://cleantechnica.com/2012/11/10/man-lights-house-with-toyota-prius/
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A $100 inverter isn’t going to power much-that’ll only be about 1,500 watts,steady draw.
That’s pretty misleading.
It makes it sound like he ran all his appliances like normal.
That will run only smaller appliances and only 1-2 at a time.
Better than nothing,
but not like the article implies.
Sorry for the multiples,
network issues.