Hi,
I am sure I am not the first to think of this and ask the question but I couldn't find a thread on this from prior discussions. Apologies if I am missing them.
I am considering investing in a whole house backup power generator to cover for those occasional utility company shutdowns (wildfire, grid overload etc). I have solar on the roof already and looked at powerwall type battery solutions as well but the financials don't seem to work out yet unfortunately. So looking at the ICE option although I don't really want to go in this direction.
Question is, if I was to go this way, could I charge the LEAF on it if I ever needed to? The unit I'm looking at for example :
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B091ZJCZLD/ref=emc_b_5_i
has a 14-50 outlet rated at 50A 240V so in theory I should be able to plug in my Nissan supplied EVSE and charge away just as I do from the power company supply today.
Any issues with this? Any hidden gotchas? Any tried and tested generator models?
Thanks for your inputs.
I am sure I am not the first to think of this and ask the question but I couldn't find a thread on this from prior discussions. Apologies if I am missing them.
I am considering investing in a whole house backup power generator to cover for those occasional utility company shutdowns (wildfire, grid overload etc). I have solar on the roof already and looked at powerwall type battery solutions as well but the financials don't seem to work out yet unfortunately. So looking at the ICE option although I don't really want to go in this direction.
Question is, if I was to go this way, could I charge the LEAF on it if I ever needed to? The unit I'm looking at for example :
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B091ZJCZLD/ref=emc_b_5_i
has a 14-50 outlet rated at 50A 240V so in theory I should be able to plug in my Nissan supplied EVSE and charge away just as I do from the power company supply today.
Any issues with this? Any hidden gotchas? Any tried and tested generator models?
Thanks for your inputs.