<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">I have used power pole connections and fuses to bring 12v into my car for a mobile FTM-400 radio and other accessories. For Field day, I detach at the 12v end, from the run to the cockpit and attach my HF radio and an inverter for some AC accessories for the and it works fine.<div><br></div><div>Gregg Wonderly</div><div>W5GGW<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Sep 1, 2021, at 4:43 PM, Robert Bruninga <bruninga@usna.edu> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">My <a href="http://aprs.org/FrankenVolt.html">http://aprs.org/FrankenVolt.html</a> page tells how to connect<div>any 12v inverter to the EV/Hybrid 12v battery and get emergency</div><div>power for days or a week.</div><div><br></div><div>I just added a link to comments on using a Tesla in this way,</div><div>which points out that the Tesla will detect the demand on</div><div>the car's DC/DC converter and will shut down. In fact it</div><div>does this according to the car's "terms-and-conditions" to prevent</div><div>the use of powering your house since they want you to buy a Tesla</div><div>power wall instead!</div><div><br></div><div>The comments says this shut down occurs at 1 kW but does </div><div>not say how much lower is the actual threshold.</div><div><br></div><div>Bob</div></div>
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