My wife and I both work from home and have to have uninterrupted power 24/7 and we are 5 miles from the Gulf of Mexico. Hurricanes can disrupt power in many ways like rolling blackouts, brownouts, short term outages , and full 5 day long outages. We have a lot of battery backup power with...
Let my wife drive it to the barn while I'm at the oil change and car wash place getting her XT4 serviced and washed. She loves Landy. That's what we named him.
I’ll play.
1. Owned since July 2023
2. 2023 PHEV SEL
3. N/A
4. PHEV SUV with AC Inverter for whole home backup
5. Tampa, Florida
6. Software Architect
7. I own a 2013 Chevy Volt PHEV I bought six months ago as a fun third car and was hooked
Some basic testing and this is what I know so far.
The car must be on and not charging for the AC inverter to power on
The inverter will run for at least an hour but I’ll test longer times. I assume it will run indefinitely.
The inverter will shut off with no notification if it doesn’t like...
Guys I’m new to the forum and am considering buying a 2023 PHEV and really want to use the AC outlet to recharge my Bluetti AC500 backup system during an outage. It’s capable of charging from 2 solar inputs or AC input with selectable amperage draw up to 15 amps or so. During an outage I would...