Would a gas or propane generator recharge the battery on the CT or other Tesla?
Sure. Teslas can be set to charge from very small sources.
Yep, but if it has/ is a "floating neutral" generator it won't charge any EV (any generator that is a "floating neutral" WON'T charge an EV) , so to solve this minor hiccup you can either buy or make a "bonding plug"--making one is very easy--there are videos on youtube on how to make one and use it. People have tried to charge EVs with "floating neutral" generators and the charger/ EV doesnt allow it so they do the bonding plug method and VOILA it works.
theoretically you could jack up the back, and use something
What you should do an what you are likely to do are probably different things. The charger in the vehicle wants to be sure that the vehicle is earthed before charging. As EVSE does not use neutral (white) it looks for 120 V between hot (black or red) and earth (green). In a properly wired building earth and neutral are connected at the "service entrance" and Bob's your uncle. In the majority of applications generators should not have earth (the frame) and neutral (the center tap on the stator) bonded and most generators are shipped these days with them not connected. A charger will not see 120 V between the frame and hot and the charger won't operate. The solution, obviously, is to connect the neutral to the frame and there are various places one can do that. The simplest is probably to short the two pins in a plug which you put into one outlet on the generator when you plug your EVSE into another. You could also make up a short extension cord with the two pins interconnected at either end but the simple plug would be easier to make and be cheaper.
I'm confused by this. The bonding plug is just a plug with male pins only. But were the bonding plug on one end of an extension cord there wouldn't be any reason the EVSE shouldn't be plugged into the other.
Popular for the outdoor crowd today is the portable lithium ion battery pack. These range from 500 Wh through 1 kWh (Jackery) and up to 6 kWh (Yeti), have inverters in them and can be charged from solar panels. EVSE can be plugged into the larger ones. The basic problem is that the sun just doesn't supply that much energy.
This would be, IMO, the most desirable way to go. It is the same concept as the Jackery/Yeti approach except that the battery is the truck's main battery and so if the goal is to pick up some range two of three stages of conversion (DC/DC, DC/AC, AC/DC) are eliminated and the process is much more efficient. And, as an added bonus, all the functionality of the Jackery or Yeti product (and they ain't cheap) is there. I really hope Tesla does this.
By tying (bonding) neutral to the generators ground, you are grounding it.
There is no reason to connect a portable generator to a rod driven into the dirt. Check with your generator documentation for verification.
Clearly you don't understand anything about electricity. As such I would ask you to refrain from posting about it. The reason I making this request in this instance is because misinforming people about grounding has safety implications.
No need. I know what grounding means, what it is for and how it works. You have made it plain you don't. If concern for others safety isn't enough to make you mute yourself on this subject perhaps the fact that you are advertizing yourself a fool is.
If we have been you didn't learn from last time.
For complete safety, the car should be grounded (earthed) to the point that code requires that charging circuits must detect that ground (connection to the earth). If you operate the car from a generator that is not grounded then you do not have that protection though as discussed it is a simple matter to fool the car into charging.generator grounded to cybertruck
I think alot of high power generators say to earth it. but seemingly you dont have to to make it work.
It isn't earthed.
Nobody said you have to properly ground your system. If you are willing to accept the risk of charging an unearthed vehicle we have discussed above how to do it. We note that the various levels of government will not allow you to accept that risk at home or at a DC fast charger and look forward to seeing the OSHA documentation that says it's OK in the field.
I was hoping you had a clue about electricity, specifically grounding. Obviously you don’t. If you did your answer might have had some meaning. Saying it’s unsafe because it’s unearthed would be like if you said it must be blue to be safe and I asked why and you replied because it isn’t blue.
