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Re:Ford’s electric pickup can power a house for days by rgrieselhuber on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @09:49AM (#31569446)
> A nine kilowatt electric generator costs under a thousand dollars.

Any links you can share?

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Re:Ford’s electric pickup can power a house for days by sgarland on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @10:02AM (#31569600)
This is probably what they're referring to: https://www.harborfreight.com/9000-watt-gas-powered-portable...

It's Harbor Freight, so you get to roll the dice on whether or not it'll work when you need it to. It's also loud (like noise complaint from your neighbors loud).

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Re:Ford’s electric pickup can power a house for days by rgrieselhuber on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @11:51AM (#31570985)
Ah, I was thinking it was a reference to some 9kwh inverter ('electric generator') for under $1K, which sounded incredible...
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Re:Ford’s electric pickup can power a house for days by BenjiWiebe on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @01:37PM (#31572402)
I was going to share a link to a harbor freight 9kw generator for $869, but now I see that that is 9kw starting power and only 7.2kw continuous...
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Re:Ford’s electric pickup can power a house for days by sgarland on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @07:32PM (#31576204)
That's true of any brand tbf. My 2.2 kW Honda is rated at 1.8 kW continuous, which conveniently is 15 A @ 120 VAC.
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