RustyShackleford
Well-known member
I'm curious how easy it would be, and if anyone here has managed, to use their Leaf as backup power for their house during power outages. Mine has a 40kwh battery. That's enough to run the fridge and cable modem for a couple of days, and the well pump enough for drinking water and a little washing. (Of course it's not gonna be enough for HVAC or water-heating). And obviously that battery is cable of providing more than 10kw of power (at 150 miles range, if you average 40mph you're going to run it dry in 4 hrs). So the rub is how to access a few kilowatts of that power output (the well pump driving the peak power required). Figure that out, add a 240v inverter, and Bob's your uncle. I believe I've read that the cigarette lighter outlet can supply 10 amps, so that 120 watts might run the fridge if one could disable auto-defrost mode, but not even close for the well pump.