My Prius is bug out ready and set up to be a power generator today.

Be aware that the circuit breaker will trip at a much lower current as it heats up, and it will heat up if it used anywhere above 50% of its rated capacity. A Mega fuse and holder is a better choice, they have next to no voltage drop across the fuse so no heat build up but are designed to handle a short term over load but drop the whole filament if overloaded so the gap is too great to maintain an arc .... something you have to keep in mind when dealing with DC current rather than AC current, DC can drag quite a long arc once it ionises the air inside the fuse casing and this can create enough heat to start a fire in a very short space of time.

T1 Terry

 

Indeed, the only way that this should ever be done, definitely much safer than the "suicide lead" in the OP

 

Now you're cooking with gasoline!

 

For people taking this seriously: obviously this is a joke, as most cookers need way, way more power... I may have mentioned this above, but I am getting old so will tell it (again): used a 600W inverter (not pure sinewave, but heating elements don't care) on a 550W watercooker (which is tiny and takes forever, at home I use a 3000W) during a trip through Europe in my Peugeot. I did have to replace the 55A alternator some time after the trip...

Btw, I went to Slovakia and promissed someone to drop by, turns out I had mixed up Slovakia and Slovenia, but being a man of my word, we went to Slovenia also (and Poland, Czech Republic, etc.). In Italy we lost all braking power in the mountains caused by vapor lock in the brake-system due to brake-calipers not fully returning in the off-position (and thus overheating). This also caused the rear ball-bearing to run dry and give out a few days later on the Austrian border (horrid grinding noise). Stupidly we stayed on the Italian side when calling for help and thus I learned no Italians can speak German or English, but I digress...

Even though you were fine with it, I'm glad you changed it.

I am assuming you mean one OR the other by choosing which one to plug in, right? I'll google the thing.

So far I have never felt the need, average power outage in my country is quite stable at about 20 minutes per year. But I have run the above mentioned inverter on my TV during a power outage of a few hours. Must have been a sight: apartment building totally in the dark with one window showing blueish light of a TV... (I draggen the 100+lb battery up 3 flights of stairs months earlier).

As of 2023, I cannot simply subtract my powergeneration (grid tied solar panels) from my usage, so on-site storage from (daytime) energy (to use at night) will get a lot more interesting then.