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Again, he's talking about using a secondary 12 volt battery so he won't harm his Prius' 12 volt battery.
We are talking about his secondary 12 volt battery, not the Prius' own 12 volt battery. I agree he should just leave the car on in the evening,...
You will only want to draw down a 18 amp battery to 50% depth-of-discharge, so only plan on using 9 amps (about 100 watts) between charges. One...
10 is dead. Go with the deal from elearnaid posted above.
If you are tapping the 12 volt system don't waste your money on anything more than a 1000 watt inverter - that is the most it can handle...
It doesn't matter where you live, there are always multiple modes of utility failure (all utilities, not just NG). People in the plains may not...
You forgot "gas guzzling". ;)
Oh yes, we agree to disagree. But you didn't mention the blind side attack claiming I'm the one that's been argumentative for the last month and...
It is. One way to improve the situation is to buy stickier tires - which I did once the factory tires wore out. I lost 1 or 2 MPG but it...
Well there's a straw-man argument. "We couldn't possibly have any problems with natural gas systems in this country because its been 24 years...
Actually keeping a large LPG tank on-hand is the more sure option. In major disasters NG usually fails within a few hours because the electric...
8.3 gallons of gasoline = 946,200 BTU 4 gallons of LPG (20 lb tank filled to 80%) = 382,255 BTU Since you won't get to the bottom of a LPG tank...
The solar forum in my signature, newbies come by asking "how do I get power from my grid-tie system during a blackout" about twice a week. I've...
Good deal. I looked into the tankless systems a few years ago, but we have a high mineral content in our well water and I'm worried about the...
You definitely don't live where I do. 10 minutes north of me and you are on a completely different grid in a different state. 10 minutes south...
Enphase and other grid-tie inverters can be tricked into operation when the grid is down. Sunny Boy has a system where they intentionally do...
At least the kitchen cabinets act as an insulative layer by trapping air while closed.
Actually with my system I can run an electric water heater and/or well pump. I just chose not to move those loads over to my UPS/Prius subpanel....
We did something similar about 5 years ago. Needed new siding anyway so when that came off we ripped off the entire exterior and extended it out...
Most of the people here bought it to save $ and gas, I agree. Not everyone will want to dig in to their 12 volt battery to tap 1 kw, or to their...
