Once again Joe Biden showed us and the world that he is severely mentally impaired and is in no shape to be anywhere near the oval office.
This time he made the insane claim that if lightening should ever strike and knock out the power you can simply plug in your electric vehicle and the car’s battery will light up the house.
Biden then made it worse by saying “I’m not joking.”
https://thefederalistpapers.org/us/biden-makes-insane-claim-electric-vehicles-think-joking
The Ford F-150 electric has the ability to do that. Extra cost for the Home Integration Pro, but it is possible.
Ford says a fully charged Lightning with the extended-range battery pack can power your entire house for up to three days. If you're careful with your power consumption, Ford estimates it'll power your home for up to 11 days.
https://www.motortrend.com/features/2022-ford-f-150-lightning-home-power/#:~:text=Ford%20says%20a%20fully%20charged,for%20up%20to%2011%20days.
So... is the claim insane? Either way this is just another distraction. You can plug in a gas generator too. And guess what: Neither the generator nor the gas will go bad in a couple years (or weeks in some cases).
Gas does in fact “go bad” after about 6 months unless you treat it for storage even then it only lasts a year or two
No, it's the ethanol that gums up and "goes bad."
Ethanol free gas doesn't have those problems, and also doesn't void your warranties on your gasoline powered tools.
Thanks, I did not know that.
I'd say lights only, and only if they are led. 240 appliance and furnace won't work very long ,
...exactly....
Their claim is 72 hours of normal home power consumption and 240 hours if you conserve electricity. I dont know about you but I when it comes to capacity only trust the lowest number they throw at you, even then cut it in half, you only have 36 hours, and after that you’re fucked. But that’s just my opinion.
I’ll take my MEP-002 Mil gen set, much cheaper. I’ll save about $40,000 bucks that I can spend on Dino-juice.
Mmm L3 Harris generators, it’s been on my list for a while! Not for prepping but I have this 20hp air compressor I plan to use for powder coating and my building doesn’t have the juice for it🙄