Ford car production ain't what it used to be

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12-13-2007, 08:48 PM

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Re: Ford car production ain't what it used to be

"Tom" <tjctransport@optonline.net> wrote in message
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> but a good generator is about $18,000 cheaper, and will make that power
> available in real world ac power that you can use without a very expensive
> power inverter.
> "Daniel Who Wants to Know" <danielthechskid@merrychristmasi.com> wrote in
> message news:bye8j.247369$Fc.176252@attbi_s21...
>> I don't want a Prius for the "Image" I want it for the electronic goodies
>> and minimal maintenance. Other than that I want it for the ability to
>> draw up to 1KW from the 12V battery continuously or up to 10KW (5-6KW is
>> more realistic) from the HV/hybrid/traction battery as long as the car is
>> in Ready mode (started and "running") and has gas in the tank. My house
>> lost power for roughly 18 hours due to the ice storm here and having a
>> Prius and an industrial UPS as described here http://www.priups.com/
>> would have really come in handy.
>>
>
>

Driving your Generator to work might prove a bit difficult...

12-14-2007, 03:53 PM

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Re: Ford car production ain't what it used to be

"My Name Is Nobody" <nobody@msn.com> wrote in message
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> "Tom" <tjctransport@optonline.net> wrote in message
> news:47619ad7$0$5945$607ed4bc@cv.net...
>> but a good generator is about $18,000 cheaper, and will make that power
>> available in real world ac power that you can use without a very
>> expensive power inverter.
>> "Daniel Who Wants to Know" <danielthechskid@merrychristmasi.com> wrote in
>> message news:bye8j.247369$Fc.176252@attbi_s21...
>>> I don't want a Prius for the "Image" I want it for the electronic
>>> goodies and minimal maintenance. Other than that I want it for the
>>> ability to draw up to 1KW from the 12V battery continuously or up to
>>> 10KW (5-6KW is more realistic) from the HV/hybrid/traction battery as
>>> long as the car is in Ready mode (started and "running") and has gas in
>>> the tank. My house lost power for roughly 18 hours due to the ice storm
>>> here and having a Prius and an industrial UPS as described here
>>> http://www.priups.com/ would have really come in handy.
>>>
>>
>>
>
> Driving your Generator to work might prove a bit difficult...
>
Exactly what I was thinking...