Ultimate in home emergency power

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"

Thing of beauty ......Rob

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"

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

In Jim Baber 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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"danny burstein" wrote in message

In Jim Baber jim@baber.org> 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.
--
Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key dannyb@panix.com [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded]

Why was it shown on the meter 220 v plus, not 144v_____________________________________________________

In "JSF" writes: [ regarding the Insight... ]

(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.
Why was it shown on the meter 220 v plus, not 144v

Where were you measuring?
" That is, the arrangement is 6 cells across by 3 cells high by 7 cells deep, with the rearmost row being only 2 cells high, for a total of 120 cells.
" The cells each have a voltage of 1.2v, and are connected in series for a Battery Module terminal voltage of 144V
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