Re: Portable power

Jim Wilkins wrote:

> "Jim Wilkins"  wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> 
> Other electric vehicles are capable of supplying 120V AC from their
> battery.
> 
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> Except in very cold weather' like now. I didn't buy the extra-cost
> self-heating version of my LiFePO4 batteries which can supposedly be
> charged below freezing, mine can't. Teslas are in the news for being
> stuck at charging stations with dead batteries that won't accept a
> charge when the temperature is too low. A Jackery's lower discharge
> (power producing) limit is 14F, like outside here right now. The
> lower recharging limit is 32F, they need to be stored indoors.

Climate of Virginia Beach helps a lot there.  Night was 17F (irrelevant
to solar).  We hit 20's by 7:30am.  That's a rare coldsnap for us.
Happens 2-3 times a year this far south.  Jet stream effect here.
South to North whale migration in late March.  Local wisdom is if they
come down early, it will be a hard winter.  They were on time 8-)

Easy to work around it but thanks.  I can keep the battery inside and
run the cables under the door at need.  That would only come up if we
had a power outage on top of extreme cold for here.  Otherwise, just
top off indoors so 'ready to go' for emergency use.