How to Use a Gas Generator to Charge Your Tesla / EV / RV 

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For the first year or so I only had 110v and didn't have an issue until one week in winter when I had to drive over 100 miles a day. I had to hit a supercharger after a few days... You'll need to use another circuit in your garage for the second Tesla, however.

@@mmark300 Thank you for the reply. Right now they are simply sharing one charger, charging one at a time. I know it’s not ideal but I’ll try it for a few days and check back in.

@@iEditProjects FYI - your garage door opener should be on a different circuit than the rest of the garage, so if needed, you could use that outlet for one of them.

One day, one day...

@@mmark300 well if you ever looked at the documentary Who Killed the Electric Car it showed a segment in which in the country Brazil a bio fuel development program going on since the 1970s which is still in existence even today in the country of Brazil. The whole moral to this is that synthetic fuel production can be achieved its the Democratic left that holds back its development.

@@NYRM1974 What makes you think the left is holding up synthetic fuels? Wouldn't this field be much more prevalent somewhere else on this planet if they were viable? Which party supports big oil and coal? And which party denies climate change, supported pulling us out of the Paris accord and slows all of the green new tech?

@@mmark300 learn about Stanley Meyer and his hydrogen dune buggy. And ask yourself why was he silenced? We have synthetic oils how come we don't have synthetic fuels think about it ask yourself why they never went forward with biofuel production however in the 1970s the country of Brazil Pioneer biofuel development and they still use it today. Weed the United States a superpower still living in the Dark Ages. Remember an electric car has to charge up. I own a 2004 Chevy Trailblazer but that can also run on ethanol and during Hurricane Sandy I had no problem getting around. And when you have a power grid that goes out how you going to power an electric vehicle think about that.

I know... I did feel bad about the noise and is why I started using those plywood baffles to lower the impact

In this case, I think my generator really can't supply much more than what I showed - maybe 30 amps at 240v. And using the Tesla mobile charger at 120v, I'm limited to it's max, 32 amps.

Yes, just have to make sure the generator is rated for enough power.

Could be that or it's just not able to quickly output increasing amperage to satisfy the Tesla. I would have liked to compare it to a higher quality generator...

There's a special plug you can buy on Ebay, it's called a grounding bonding neutral plug. Generators have a floating ground and Tesla charging system doesn't recognize it, but with the special bonding plug it will charge.

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@@fladave99 nobody cares about the planet its about saving money and portability to travel off grid. Who cares.

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Not really because if the tesla detects a sine wave, or any type of signal, it doesn't like, it won't try to charge with it.

@@mmark300 Good to hear. It of course Wants to detect a pure sine wave. I just have an older HONDA 6500 that is modified sine wave and didn't want to risk my Tesla plugging into it. I do have a HONDA 2200i that is an inverter generartor that is pure sine wave and so can slow charge on that in an emergency. Thanks!!

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Yes! I already believe that wherever you are, you are closer to an electrical outlet than gas. With this option there are even more choices. On road trips I bring my charging cable, 110v and 220v plugs, a 12g extension cord and now this bonding plug.

Not without some serious hacking.

It depends on what you mean by 'fill up the car', but from a 0% charge, not even close. If we were able to max this generator out at 6,000 running watts, we would be able to turn it up to 25A, which would charge the car at about 16 miles/hour. The tank holds 7 gallons and says it will run 5.5 hours at a full load. 5.5 * 16 is only 88 miles... The Tesla model 3 is rated at about 300 miles on a full charge. So this would be a very expensive method to fill this car up. From 0% to 100% (0-300 miles) would take almost 24 gallons of gas and cost ~$72 based on $3 per gallon of gas. Plugging in would be WAY cheaper. 75kWhr battery * .135 = $10.125 (.135 is ave cost per kwh of electricity) Inefficiencies would add another 10%, so a little over $11.

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@@sharonbraselton4302 right

@@armadilllo Operating a new, average portable gasoline generator (~3.5 hp) at an average load of 1.8 kW for 1 hour emits as much smog-forming pollution as driving an average passenger vehicle for about 150 miles.

Unfortunately no, only hybrids can use their motor to charge the batteries while the motor drives the car. Otherwise we could just pull trailers with big generators :)

@@mmark300 I think Tesla recognizes the charging door is open and will not let you place the car in drive.

@@EarlBalentine I guess it could be that simple but it seems that someone would have tried bypassing the door sensor at this point. I'm guessing they have another more sophisticated check.

Not if you care about your generator. Gasoline contains at least 10% ethanol and ethanol attracts water molecules from the air. While it may run, it will usually misfire a bit and will run hot. Gas with 10% ethanol lasts about 6 months, maybe a year....after that dispose of it. Hopefully he turned off the fuel and ran the gas out of the carb before storing it...I extract the gas from mine and run it dry prior to storage and put the gas in my truck while it's still fresh. Buy gas as needed or buy non ethanol gas (sold at mavericks or Murphy's for about the same price as premium) and put stabilizer in it. You can store gas for a few years this way.

@@allaboutroofing2 Thanks. He didn't mention if it was ethanol free or not. From my experience, it had to be or it just would not have run. I run Avgas in all my stuff as I am a pilot and just purchase extra fuel for my generators, tractors, chainsaws, weedwackers, ......... That fuel lasts decades (just like gasoline from when I was a boy). You can remove the ethanol from fuel by just adding water and shaking it up. Ethanol has an affinity towards water and so it combines with it. All the ethanol settles to the bottom of the tank (I use 5 gallon glass bottles). You then siphon the ethanol free gasoline off the top and have gas that lasts many years. I add a little octane boost due to the loss from removing the ethanol.

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Yes!

@@mmark300 Boom you are back up? In 5 hours maybe.

@@billbutler6926 How many miles do you need to be "back up"? If you only need a few miles then you'll have them in 10 minutes.

While mine is way too big for that, it is somewhat of an option

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Grids vary across the nation, with California and Texas being the worst as far as I know. No where else do I hear of being forced to charge at certain times. Of course, most EVs are charged at home at night anyway... It sure beats having to stop at gas stations. However, prepping for the next 10 years, or so, will only involve an additional 30% increase in grid capacity. While that is significant, it's very doable. And which would you rather burn, Saudi oil (gas cars) or American coal, nuclear, etc (EVs)?

It doesn't need pure sine power, it has an onboard charger that can take very dirty power and condition it. It will stop charging if it detects more than it can handle as shown in the video.

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Haha, yeah, if that was the only goal.

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If you like putting $80 in everytime you fill up. Also, how many hours of your job does it take to do that "5 minute fill up"? LoL:) Takes me 10 seconds to plug my car in overnight, which happens to be when my electricity is half off.

They have, they're called hybrids.

@@mmark300 I thought those were just gasoline powered cars with electric motors.

@@737T1C130 You are correct in that hybrids are more gas car than electric - I was more or less joking. It does seem like an electric car maker could make kind of small, efficient, built-in generator, but it is a pretty big add-on that would require gas and all kinds of additional safety regulations as well as EPA requirements.

Its the BMW i8 that has both a gas and electric motor with different modes to take advantage.

Cut out the middle man, buy a car that runs on gas.

What you say may be true except that the point of this video wasn't to suggest that using a gas generator was a good way to charge an EV. This video was just to show that a generator can be used to charge an EV and to show that it's not as straightforward as just plugging it in. Also, I think your Edge only gets about 21 mpg combined city/hwy.

@@mmark300 it is my car. I know what mileage I get. It is displayed on the dashboard. I used to drive across the southern Desert from St. Louis to Long Beach every week. I had two 5 gallon cans of gas and extra water. What is the max distance a Tesla or most any other electric be operated before it runs out? Will there be stations every 200 miles? Also yeah you can charge a electric with a generator that uses gasoline and oil. By the way the grease in the bearings and other moving metal Parts are made from petroleum products. Mobile synthetic oil will help. But buy a Prius. Much better solution to electrics. Well until it is time to replace the batteries.

@@billbutler6926 I'm only relaying what Ford says the Edge gets COMBINED mpg (Up to 21 city / 29 highway). So the Tesla 3 is rated for the equivalent of around 131 hwy / 145 city. Just like ICE cars, the Tesla could get a lot more mpg or a lot less. The rated range is somewhere around 270-350 miles. There are superchargers everywhere and even more level 2 chargers. Go to www.tesla.com/supercharger, scroll down a little and click on 'Find Us'. This is what really separates Tesla from the other manufacturers. I have taken a couple 2000+ mile road trips and had no worries. I also brought the charger and an extension cord just in case. You are always closer to an electricity than gas.

@@mmark300 so Ford inspected my Edge and what? I have paid about $500 to make my SUV much more efficient than your average Edge.

@@mmark300 never said anything about other Fords and the very accurate reporting on the EPA estimates on the invoices.

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Did you watch the whole video? You could have even skipped ahead...

I think what you're describing is the hybrid cars.

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Too bad the Tesla won't drive with a charger plugged in...

Haha, yeah - videos are improving over time.

Yes, if done all the time, but that's not the point here.

Double damage? Not true. Depending on where you live will determine the type of fuel needed to charge. Some of this fuel is still dirty, some is very green.

Sounds to me like people (politicians) are trying to scare you, but maybe I'm wrong. Please tell me which radical progressive regulations have been imposed that are harming/scaring you.

A lefty is a person who would rather put old gas to good use instead of disposing of it?

@@mmark300 no a lefty is someone telling us how clean EVs are then burning gas from a generator with no emission control🤣🤣🤣

@@armadilllo Have you actually watched the video or do you just jump on every EV video comment section to call people lefties? Watch the whole video to see if I tell everyone how clean EVs are. Then tell me who sells a generator with emission controls. Then tell me a better use for old gas.

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How so? Is there a better way to dispose of my old gas?

Yes, but this, I think, is the best thing to do with old gas. Did you come here just to insult? Did you watch any of the video?

@@mmark300 You know NOTHING about the car you drive except that it is fast for 1/4 mile. So is a Saturn 5 rocket, so what.

@@fladave99 So the answer is Yes, you did just come here to insult.

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Nah, I think it's orange-ish