8 Oct
2020
8 Oct
'20
5:48 p.m.
For continuity of radio operations...
As another hurricane approaches the gulf coast with the potential to knock out power to tens of thousands, I was pleased to see that CQ published my article this month (Oct) on using an EV or plugin Hybrid for emergency power for days or weeks. With the 10 to 100 kWh batteries in EV's and the 50kW or so generators in hybrids, your car makes a great accessory for your house when the grid goes down.
The article is just a short condensation of some of the Emergency Power topic that is in the ARRL Energy Choices handbook I also posted greater detail from the article on this page: http://aprs.org/FrankenVolt.html
Bob, WB4APR Author http://aprs.org/Energy-Choices.html