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I have thought about this frequently. Would it make sense to have 2 small inverter generators you could link together to charge the Tesla? How long and how mu
by dillonmckay 7y ago
I have thought about this frequently.
Would it make sense to have 2 small inverter generators you could link together to charge the Tesla?
How long and how much gas would that take?
- mikestew 7y agoI'm spitballin' here, but a couple of the standard Hondas (EU2000s?) will give you, say, 3000W. The onboard charger on our Leaf is 3300W (first-gen). It takes seven hours from empty to full. I'll leave the extrapolation to a Tesla as an exercise for the reader. Oh, wait a minute, I don't recall that a Honda will have a 240V plug into which you'll plug the Level 2 charger. So you're stuck with Level 1, and then you might as well just shut down that second generator. So, it would take however long it takes to charge a Tesla using a 120V outlet. Unless I'm wrong about the 240V plug part.
- dillonmckay 7y agoSo, not so quick Google search, found this Honda kit... https://www.electricgeneratorsdirect.com/Honda-EGD-HONDA7000KIT-Portable-Generator/p62440.html https://www.electricgeneratorsdirect.com/Honda-EGD-HONDA7000... Two 5.5k inverter generators w/ a parallel cable. So, 11kw with a 50amp 240V socket for about $5k. So, about 2 hours for the Leaf, or no? Seems a Tesla would give you about 30 miles for one hour of charge? I don’t know.