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    Tech-Savvy Prius Owner Uses Hybrid To Power House During Snow Storm
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    Image of LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard
    01/05/09

    In reply to Tech-Savvy Prius Owner Uses Hybrid To Power House During Snow Storm
    I read a very interesting article how an electrical engineer from Australia modded up his Prius into a new-age hot rod with new electric motor/gen, control units and batteries. It's probably the fastest Prius in the world.


    You can view the article here: [www.siliconchip.com.au]


    You can only read the beginning of the article for free, you actually have to buy the whole online issue for AU$8.80 (US$4.65 approx)

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    12/27/08

    In reply to Tech-Savvy Prius Owner Uses Hybrid To Power House During Snow Storm
    Wait. That's a US Mail Prius. He uses a low-to-the-ground car with an automatic transmission to deliver mail? Even with a hypothetical foot of snow on the ground?


    Hope to God his route doesn't leave the main roads, and even that's a bit concerning, as Massachusetts has a "fuck it, don't bother" attitude when it comes to road maintenance.

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    Image of MajorOutage MajorOutage
    12/26/08

    In reply to Tech-Savvy Prius Owner Uses Hybrid To Power House During Snow Storm
    ...wait, what?


    People are commending him for trying to his house off one of those inverters you plug into your cig lighter?


    And he thinks he's a freakin genius for it?


    Sure, that's fine in a pich, but anyone care to inform this guy how much energy he's wasting compared to more thought-out solutions?

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    12/27/08

    @MajorOutage: Good thing that's not exactly what he's doing, ain't it?
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    12/26/08

    In reply to Tech-Savvy Prius Owner Uses Hybrid To Power House During Snow Storm
    This is the good kind of Prius owner. More smart, less smug.
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    Image of 87CapriceEstate 87CapriceEstate
    12/26/08

    In reply to Tech-Savvy Prius Owner Uses Hybrid To Power House During Snow Storm
    I do not need a Prius since I have a wood-burning stove, a hand crank radio, a billy club should anyone think that the house is vacant, flashlights, and a sleeping bag.
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    Image of DoctorNine's D9 Cat DoctorNine's D9 Cat
    12/26/08

    @87CapriceEstate: I also like the shotgun for those 'get off my lawn' moments.
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    Image of Tuan Vo Tuan Vo
    12/26/08

    In reply to Tech-Savvy Prius Owner Uses Hybrid To Power House During Snow Storm
    Never knew you needed a hybrid to power up a wood burning stove...
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    Image of RoninianHoon RoninianHoon
    12/26/08

    @Tuan Vo: +1
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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    12/26/08

    In reply to Tech-Savvy Prius Owner Uses Hybrid To Power House During Snow Storm
    ...and in other news, Toyota is experiencing record end-of-year sales mostly attributed to outselling its entire prius inventory practically overnight. Experts are baffled...
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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    12/26/08

    In reply to Tech-Savvy Prius Owner Uses Hybrid To Power House During Snow Storm
    HA-HA!


    When the next big hurricane hits and I'm sitting in my apartment drinking cold beers in comfort, I'll be the one laughing then!


    Not that anyone really laughs outside of the Commentariat, but I'll take my wins where I can get them.

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    Image of jduffy13 jduffy13
    12/26/08

    In reply to Tech-Savvy Prius Owner Uses Hybrid To Power House During Snow Storm
    First graph and you gotta drop the smug blast? WTH?


    And the last graph too no less?


    Dude, jealousy is an ugly emotion!


    Mad props to the man from Harvard, Mass. for having the knowledge and using it.

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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    12/26/08

    @jduffy13: You score a heart-click. For keeping it real.
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    Image of DoctorNine's D9 Cat DoctorNine's D9 Cat
    12/26/08

    In reply to Tech-Savvy Prius Owner Uses Hybrid To Power House During Snow Storm
    What would be even more awesome, is giving nice big federal tax incentives to install a batterypack/generator (natural gas, propane, diesel, wind, solar) subsytem in all houses, so that the Grid would be more flexible.
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    Image of FredicvsMaximvs FredicvsMaximvs
    12/26/08

    In reply to Tech-Savvy Prius Owner Uses Hybrid To Power House During Snow Storm
    Sounds pretty awesome. However, did he seriously run his refrigerator? Why not just put the food outside in the snow?
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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    12/26/08

    @FredicvsMaximvs: Apparently, in extreme cold, refrigerators actually keep the food inside from freezing.


    Of course, where I'm from, "extreme cold" means it's somewhere between 45 and 60 degrees outside, so...

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    12/27/08

    @A strolling player got SMACKed: That's, uh, why you have an enclosed porch that stays at least 30 degrees because of the heat leaking out of the house.


    We pulled through it pretty damn well, actually, except for our fish.

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    Image of Omaxem Omaxem
    12/26/08

    In reply to Tech-Savvy Prius Owner Uses Hybrid To Power House During Snow Storm
    The whole point of snow storms is for people to have nothing to do but get in bed and reproduce. Getting your Prius to power the TV thus defeating Mother Nature's grand scheme o' things? FAIL.
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    12/26/08

    @Omaxem: Oil lamp, Larry Niven novel, cat, afghan, rocker, grilled cheese sandwich. All set.


    What power outage?

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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    12/26/08

    In reply to Tech-Savvy Prius Owner Uses Hybrid To Power House During Snow Storm
    Nice!


    Now if they can just use that power to reach orbit...

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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    12/26/08

    In reply to Tech-Savvy Prius Owner Uses Hybrid To Power House During Snow Storm
    I read in Mother Earth News about a guy that did something similar, powering small 12v lights and a radio in his remote cabin from the batteries in his truck. He'd installed a couple of extras and his regular longish drive brought them back up to full power. And since he was only trying to run a couple of small lights and a little radio, it never pulled that much to start with.


    That was in the 80's, so much has changed and yet so much still works out the same.


    This still isn't enough to make me want a Prius. If you need juice for your woodstove fan, there's awesome Stirling engine ones to be found. Stove gets hot, fan works: simple!

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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    12/26/08

    In reply to Tech-Savvy Prius Owner Uses Hybrid To Power House During Snow Storm
    That's re-volting!

    No, seriously. Genius. I'm sure Toyota is now contemplating a run at Honda generators.
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