[smeej]

I already have a 2000W inverter wired to my Prius' 12v battery. Pop the car in ready mode and I can run things off it for ages, and then unplug them and go refuel the car if needed.

Having the extra storage battery mounted at my house would be cool and all I guess, but you don't need this to back up your house's power supply with a Prius.

(I live in a small, simple house and only run the blower fan for my propane heating system, my refrigerator, my freezer, and a lamp off the inverter. I suppose if you had much more complex power needs, the battery would be a larger advantage, but for emergency power outages, it keeps me from freezing or losing all my food.)

[adolph]

Would you share general info about your Prius setup? I was looking at the below.

https://www.plugoutpower.com/inverters

> unplug them and go refuel the car if needed

Just like standalone generators, this is a tough point. Fuel can become hard to source during a an outage > 5-7 days.

[smeej]

Honestly I kinda already did. Connect 2000W pure sine inverter to terminals on 12v battery in trunk. Plug in extension cord.

It's not terribly sophisticated, but it keeps my pipes from freezing.

Refueling a car is as easy as it gets, though. To refuel anything else, you'd have to put it in a car and take it to the fueling station anyway. This way you just refuel the car the normal way. You can also store whatever gasoline you'd have used in a generator at home too, but the Prius' 10.9 gallon tank holds a lot more than your average portable generator and runs a good, long while.