Lots of power outages planned and eminent for my part of #Boulder county due to this #wind event. Our section of town has not received notification of outage from the provider yet, but most of the town has.
Batteries are charged on everything, backups and in place, and my hybrid truck with its 7.2 kW onboard generator is ready to power critical things (refrigeration, heat, cooking) if needed.
@lisafw@bud_t I'm in Louisville with 2 EVs as well, but I'm not sure how I would power my anything with these. Are you using some type of inverter to get 110 to specific devices? I know the F150s work with $5K in hardware to power a home, but I can’t figure out how I'd even power our fridge with our CX40.
@kreynen@lisafw yeah that is the issue with EV's. We have a Nissan Leaf but no way to power the home with it's nice big battery! I wish EV's had vehicle to home (V2H) capability.
My truck is a hybrid F150 Powerboost. I have not wired in an interconnect panel (but plan to someday) but I can still run power cords from the truck to things in the house that need power. The truck powers the circuit off it's hybrid battery and then the engine starts to recharge it when needed. It can provide up to 7.2 kW.
The power is still on at our place near Pine and Tyler
@bud_t@lisafw We still have power off Dahlia near Safeway too. We have a camper van with a generator that runs off the van's gas. That's what we'll be using for the refrigerator if we lose power for more than a few hours.
We don't have solar yet, but I'd be really interested in a system that included a V2H option.
Xcel cutting power seems like it is going to be new normal during (now normal) 75+ mph winds.
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