PG&E turning off power to protect against fire has created a new disaster

Re:PG&E turning off power to protect against fire has create... by dillonmckay on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @07:49AM (#21396622)

I have thought about this frequently.

Would it make sense to have 2 small inverter generators you could link together to charge the Tesla?

How long and how much gas would that take?

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Re:PG&E turning off power to protect against fire has create... by mikestew on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @11:44AM (#21398966)

I'm spitballin' here, but a couple of the standard Hondas (EU2000s?) will give you, say, 3000W. The onboard charger on our Leaf is 3300W (first-gen). It takes seven hours from empty to full. I'll leave the extrapolation to a Tesla as an exercise for the reader. Oh, wait a minute, I don't recall that a Honda will have a 240V plug into which you'll plug the Level 2 charger. So you're stuck with Level 1, and then you might as well just shut down that second generator.

So, it would take however long it takes to charge a Tesla using a 120V outlet. Unless I'm wrong about the 240V plug part.

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Re:PG&E turning off power to protect against fire has create... by dillonmckay on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @09:15PM (#21404771)

So, not so quick Google search, found this Honda kit...

https://www.electricgeneratorsdirect.com/Honda-EGD-HONDA7000...

Two 5.5k inverter generators w/ a parallel cable.

So, 11kw with a 50amp 240V socket for about $5k.

So, about 2 hours for the Leaf, or no?

Seems a Tesla would give you about 30 miles for one hour of charge?

I don’t know.

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