[sanddrag]

With all the talk about the hurricanes and seeing that stores are out of generators, it got me wondering if you could just use your car with a power inverter. Of course a ton of batteries would be the optimal choice but most people don't even have any or many. Even I have only about 50 Ah of SLA batteries lying around and half arent even charged. SO, say you use your car to power an inverter. So all the time it is just idling with the load of the alternator. I know it depends on the car and engine and size of gas tank but can anyone give me an idea of how long it would last. Or at least how much gas per time the car consumes while idling? Thanks.