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Gallons used per hour

Discussion in 'Prius v Fuel Economy' started by abra, Sep 14, 2014.

  1. abra

    abra Member

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    Has anyone tested how many gallons this Gen of Priis will burn if you let them idle for 6 hours?
    Next 700 mile trip I will be sleeping in the back on a full size air bed. I will be using the AC or Heater


    I use to use our 2008 as a camper while camping out at the DZ (drop zone, skydive). At that time it used 3.5 gallons during the winter (heater set at 68) and 3 gallons during the summer (AC set at 74).
     
    #1 abra, Sep 14, 2014
  2. rdgrimes

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    The Prius will use a lot more gas to make heat than it normally would, so it depends on the conditions.
     
    #2 rdgrimes, Sep 14, 2014
  3. wjtracy

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    This is basically how people use the Prius for emergency power generation mode for a house.
    I don't see why Gen3 would be too much different than a Gen2.
     
    #3 wjtracy, Sep 15, 2014
  4. abra

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    That's what I figured, better to ask then be out of gas.
     
    #4 abra, Sep 15, 2014
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