![]() The Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV has thus function built in from the factory, but only 1400watts.Title: Can an RV Furnace Function Without a Battery? I believe the new RAV4 Prime has it as an option? The Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV has thus function built in from the factory, but only 1400watts. Anyone have an inverter going on the Prime? I worry about high temps there in the engine compartment. I also have a 2017 Prius prime plug in, and am thinking of adding an inverter, but am weary bc the 12v battery is under the hood. ![]() not to mention how smart loud and Smokey their shitty gashole generators are! My neighbors during that same stretch have had to fill up their traditional gas generators a couple times. If there’s zero charge in the plug in battery, the ICE runs for about 5 minutes per hour.Īfter 4 days of using the Prius plug in as a generator as described above, the fuel level indicator went down two bars, which I believe is around one gallon of gas. Like it might turn on once in the 8 hours. If I happened to have the car fully charged, it can supply my 8 hours of electricity with minimal ICE needed. I run it for about 8 hours at a clip, which is long enough to heat up the whole house, let the kids do all their WiFi stuff, and watch some movies. Plus, my fridge being on a 30amp breaker scares me that I might overload the 2000watt inverter. I don’t plug in the fridge, because it’s so cold here in the mountains that I throw the food in a cooler and put it outside. My cheap inverter has a basic meter to show the load, and after the furnace’s initial spike, it all mellows out to 30%, which I reckon is only 1500 watts! So my 2000 watt inverter is a bit of overkill, but handles the initial spike easily. The furnace’s heat is gas, but the circulating fan is electric, so it’s low amp, except at startup there is a surge up to around 16amp. I plug in our gas furnace, the internet modem, the WiFi router, a tv, and a couple lights. I keep a spare tire in the trunk, and the inverter fits right inside the tire’s well. Then, I e taped the crap out of the terminals on the inverter. Installation is super easy red cable onto the red battery terminal, and black cable grounded onto car via a bolt right there in the trunk by the 12v battery. So, I bought a 2000 watt modified sine wave inverter and long, thick gauge cables at harbor freight, for under $100. After a 6 day power outage last year tried to buy a generator, but they were sold out for 100 miles in any direction. We have our power shut off whenever the wind blows here in the Southern California mountains. I use my 2012 Prius plug in as a generator A LOT. This gas-powered forced-air furnace requires 475 watts of electricity any generator can supply that much, so can many automotive inverters. When there’s a power failure, pull the new plug and put it into an extension cord (orange in the photo) powered by the generator. Plug the short piece of wire into the new box, turn the furnace switch and circuit breaker back on.Ĩ. Connect the other end to the furnace switch box where you previously removed the power cable.ħ. ![]() Install a grounded plug onto a short piece of Romex cable. Move the furnace power line to power the new outlet box.ĥ. Attach a regular household outlet to the side of the furnace using a metal surface mount box and cover plate.Ĥ. (In this case, it's a goose-neck conduit).ģ. Disconnect the furnace power line from the furnace switch. Before starting work, turn off the furnace power at the fuse box and at the red-cover furnace switch.Ģ. Here is a safe, easy way to manually switch a furnace over to generator power.ġ.
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