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CarGenerator -Backup Household Power from your CAR

CarGenerator - winter run your furnace and summer backup power for your cottage or RV using your car

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CarGenerator -Backup Household Power from your CAR

CarGenerator -Backup Household Power from your CAR

CarGenerator -Backup Household Power from your CAR

CarGenerator -Backup Household Power from your CAR

CarGenerator -Backup Household Power from your CAR

CarGenerator - winter run your furnace and summer backup power for your cottage or RV using your car

CarGenerator - winter run your furnace and summer backup power for your cottage or RV using your car

CarGenerator - winter run your furnace and summer backup power for your cottage or RV using your car

CarGenerator - winter run your furnace and summer backup power for your cottage or RV using your car

Jonathan Schloo
Jonathan Schloo
Jonathan Schloo
Jonathan Schloo
1 Campaign |
Toronto, Canada
$8,404 USD $8,404 USD by 30 backers
$7,036 USD by 26 backers on May 4, 2015
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March 1, 2017

Thank you to our original backers!  All of the original Indiegogo campaign units have been delivered successfully and the product name is now officially CarGenerator because you can use it for so much more than just backup furnace power.

We have filed for global patent rights and are now officially patent pending status!

CarGenerator is still amazingly compact and portable at just 16 pounds and now includes several new features: 

  • Bluetooth app functionality and front display voltage monitor 
  • Furnace connection kit included 
  • AC Power meter included for total power your furnace or appliances are using 

We are shipping units and now open for new orders as of March 1, 2017.   

March 1, 2017 - Unboxing video of CarGenerator.... what's inside?

 

As seen on CTV Toronto Evening News...  (time mark 0:30)

 

SUMMERTIME COTTAGE BACKUP POWER

· Backup power at the cottage or cabin for fridges, freezers, laptops, TV's

· Technology device charging, like Smartphones, iPads, BlackBerry etc.

· Portable power for camping , special events, tailgating, or RV travel

· Travelling - Small coffee makers, cappuccino or espresso and milk frothers

· Portable ice makers or fridges/coolers for camping

HOW IT WORKS...

Our mission is to keep your family warm, safe, and comfortable living in your own house as long as you want the next time your electric power goes out.

 

 

 

 

Power up the core essentials of your house during emergencies, keep your gas furnace with hot water radiators running like normal to heat your entire house, and use extra power for fridges, freezers, a few lights or computers, and even a blow dryer or curling iron on low setting…!

In the summertime use the same device to power your cottage when the power goes out to keep fridges running and a few lights and electronics operating.

THE PROBLEM: 

Have you noticed?  The power to your house fails more often these days, and usually at the worst possible time.  Do you check the news anxiously, go get blankets and flashlights and wait and pray for the power to be restored?

 

 

 

THE SOLUTION:  Use your car or truck to power the essentials of your house!

 

Works with regular or hybrid vehicles, using gasoline, natural gas, or diesel.

Provides clean pure power just like from public utility electricity, runs motors, computers, regular and fluorescent lights, fridges, and more.

 

·  the car you already own is your best generator to keep your family comfortable and safe in your own home

·  Fall & Winter - heat your entire house powered from your car, SUV, or truck 

·  Spring & Summer - during blackouts keep your fridges and freezers running safely

·  Power up and charge your electronic devices, iPhone, computers, tablets, Apple iPad, Android, Samsung, Windows phone, Blackberry, internet routers, gaming consoles and TV's running for days or weeks during a blackout

· Provides backup power for your cottage, camping, or tailgate party!

 

 

 

WHERE WE ARE IN DEVELOPMENT

The Car House Heater does all this and we have proven working units that easily provided power for many days.  We have sold units to satisfied customers and have been actively testing under various conditions of weather, load, and different vehicle types for several years.

Our final step is to finalize the perfect enclosure and then move it on to manufacturing.  We are evaluating different colors and styles for the enclosure to decide on the final product.

WHY WE NEED YOUR HELP

We have fully working models of the Car House Heater we want to put into production to make this a consumer friendly item to be distributed around the world. Our goal is to help as many people as possible when the power goes out next.

Extreme weather is rapidly approaching and time is of the essence to launch this product so you have it in your hands as soon as possible.  We want you to be ready for the next power outage to keep your family warm and safe.

THIS IS WHERE YOU COME IN...  Show you care, Please help us get this to as many people as possible, click at the top of this page to buy one today and let your friends and family know they too can be WARM and SAFE the next time power goes out. 

You can help us to launch this product and put it into production of multiple hundreds and thousands of units to get Car House Heater into the hands of people across the country who need it.  Your support will make this dream possible and be a key foundation in growing a company focused on keeping your family warm, safe and even entertained next time the power goes off.

Thank you for your Support!    Jonathan Schloo 

PERKS FOR OUR SUPPORTERS

Provide support to Car House Heater at any of the levels listed here to obtain your unit for up to 30% off the $699 retail price.  Choose what level of support you'd like on the top right hand side of this page.

 

 

 

 

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F.A.Q.   FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

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WHY IS THIS BETTER THAN A GASOLINE GENERATOR?

· Small, compact, light, and easily portable

· Car House Heater is safer and all you need to power your home gas furnace

· Easier to use than a big heavy generator, an 8 year old or an 80 year old can do it

· Gas Generator is noisy, smelly, polluting and heavy to lug around

· Gas Generator is expensive to buy and then hard wire into your house

· Need to keep refilling the tiny generator gas tank to keep things running

· Need to store many cans of gasoline and empty them regularly to keep them fresh

· Need to carry a car full of gas cans to the gas station to fill them up

 

IS IT SAFE?

All the internal electrical components are government approved for sale in both Canada and the USA.  We will provide a complete guide and instructions for safe usage and handling.

WHAT YOU CAN AND CANNOT POWER?

You can power your gas furnace and the essentials you need to keep your house warm and comfortable for a power outage of 2-3 days up to weeks or more.  The Car House Heater will provide power to run things like your gas furnace, computers, fans, lights, motors, your gas fireplace if it needs power, or even a hairdryer or curling iron on a low setting! 

This may not be suitable for you if you want to power your entire house and big appliances like air conditioners, laundry machines, lawnmowers, electric baseboard or electric portable heaters, electric hot water heaters, electric kettles or cooking stove-tops. For cooking we recommend using a simple camping stove or a barbq side burner outside.

WILL THIS DAMAGE MY CAR OR VOID MY WARRANTY?

No, your car will self limit the amount of power it can provide.  The CarHouseHeater has an automatic low voltage and overload protection to disconnect if the power draw is too large. 

HOW LONG CAN THIS PROVIDE POWER?

For as long as your car can run on idle for.   Most typical vehicles that would be at least 2 days (48 hours) running,  for hybrid vehicles it would be 3-5 days or more. After that simply drive to a gas station and refill your car,  No messy and smelly gas cans to store and carry around.

HOW DO I POWER MY HOUSE FURNACE?

In order to power up your most important item, your main house furnace to stay warm, beforehand you will need to install a simple bypass electrical plug near your furnace switch.  You can either do this yourself, or your licensed furnace HVAC service technician can easily do it, or you can hire an electrician if you wish.

ANSWERS FOR THE TECHIES IN THE CROWD...

The heart of the Car House Heater is a unique power conversion unit with a special design we've selected and developed to suit this purpose perfectly.   Our unique innovation is  pulling it all together into a usable weatherproof consumer friendly product that anyone can open and setup in minutes without any special skills, and the method and use of connecting it to run your furnace to heat your entire house comfortably. 

 

 

COULD I BUILD THIS MYSELF?

You could go out to Costco, Home Depot, and electrical supply stores to purchase some of the components and do some dangerous experimenting, but why take the risk and go through the hassle?   We have years of research and testing already completed  to make this a no-brainer to keep your family safe and warm.

 

 

HOW MUCH POWER CAN THIS PROVIDE?

The amount of power provided varies by vehicle.  The first and most important goal is to power your gas furnace to keep your house warm.  Our testing shows that a typical furnace needs between 100-400 watts of solid power to run.  After that everything else is a bonus up to the maximum your vehicle can provide.  Once your furnace is running and you see how much power it uses, you can then add cellphone chargers, laptops, ipads, tablets, computers, a few lights, fridges and freezers depending on what your car provides.   You can also rotate devices in shifts, so plug in fridges/freezers for a few hours then switch to power other devices for a few hours to maximize your available power. 

 

THE CAR HOUSE HEATER STORY

Our founder Jonathan has always had a passion for anything technical.  If he goes over to someone’s house and they are having problems with their stereo or computer or just about anything technical, it’s irresistible to him to fix or resolve it.  Jonathan has run a software tech company for the last 20+ years and has learned a thing or two about technology and how to apply it to solve real world problems.

A few years ago Jonathan built a system so his family could go camping “off grid” and have all the power they wanted.  Around the time that hurricane Sandy was approaching, he realized that the same concept could be adapted to power the essentials in their house, and delightfully it did!  The best example happened in December 2013 when Toronto had a complete power outage from an ice storm 3 days before Christmas.  Jonathan hooked up the system to his house furnace and they were completely comfortable for 3+ days with our house temperature 23c/75f degrees and the furnace running like normal, even when all of their neighbors had abandoned their houses, until power was restored on Christmas eve day.  Check out the news story published here: http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/12/24/stories_of_the_toronto_ice_storm.html

OUR RAISON D'ETRE AND WHY WE STARTED THIS

The clincher or raison d’etre that solidified the real world need for this, happened just after the ice storm while Jonathan was speaking with other parents at his daughter’s school and they told him how their house got so cold they were forced to abandon their house, the pipes froze, and massive water damage occurred throughout the house causing extensive repairs of ceiling, drywall and floors, a costly insurance claim, and significant upset for their family.   This could have so easily been avoided, eliminating hassle upset and a big insurance claim.

Just like when Jonathan started his first software tech company 20+ years ago , friends and family were amazed at how he did this and then encouraged him to package the idea up into something that could benefit everyone, and so CarHouseHeater  was born!

 

 

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CarGenerator 1000 BT

CarGenerator 1000 BT

Currency Conversion $550 USD $619 USD (11% off)
$795 CAD
CarGenerator 1000-BT, provides up to 1000 watts of pure power depending on your car's output capacity. Now Bluetooth equipped with an app to wirelessly monitor voltage output level your car provides. Includes furnace connection kit and AC wattage power meter.
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April 2017
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Ships to Canada, United States of America

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