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What do you do? (Power Outage)
gunnut505
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Just curious as to what some of you would do if the power went out for a day or three?
My power is still out since Thursday, and my little solar arrangement has paid for itself a hundred times already! It only creates enough juice to run a laptop or a small fridge until the bank of batteries dies, but then it recharges itself the next sunrise.
My only concern is that the pipes may freeze and burst, leaving a soggy mess; thank God for woodstoves!
In today's mass-marketed, multi-user social communities, power is almost never taken away for more than just a few minutes; wonder how the other half lives?
My power is still out since Thursday, and my little solar arrangement has paid for itself a hundred times already! It only creates enough juice to run a laptop or a small fridge until the bank of batteries dies, but then it recharges itself the next sunrise.
My only concern is that the pipes may freeze and burst, leaving a soggy mess; thank God for woodstoves!
In today's mass-marketed, multi-user social communities, power is almost never taken away for more than just a few minutes; wonder how the other half lives?
Comments
crims40
Had to do it for six days last winter during an ice storm. Kinda primitive, I know. But the power doesn't usually go off for more than a couple hours. So I can't justify a generator!
? otherwise, you'll find an excuse.
I have oil lamps and plenty of oil. Have a battery powered radio, and a hand cranked radio, crank for 30 seconds, radio plays for 30 minutes.
I used to have a generator, but I sold it to buy a deer rifle. Anyway, it was a gasoline powered model, what a hassle to store up all that gasoline. Dangerous, too. I need a propane generator.
wired a 7,500watt generator into the breaker box about 15yrs. ago, and
fire it up when the power goes off.
We can run the whole house on it, and it got a three day workout
during the ice storm a few weeks back.
I wanted to get a generator last year when it got dicey with electricity, but I settled on a coupla solar panels and 3 Optima batteries for emergencies. Can't play my PS2 though....
6,500W Gen. that i back-feed the panel with.Everything works just like "normal"Didn't need it at all last summer...Hope it stays thata way!!
Jeff
tons of candles,toilet tissue
plenty of water
(beaver pond out back)
don't mind warm tonic
and gives me a reason
to stop eating cardboard
and start eating spam and beans
Lots of camping gear if I need it for backup; a coleman stove, lights, etc. Plus an outside dual burner propane heater.
Large four burner stainless steel outside barbie!
As long as we did not run out of water we would be OK for a long time.
I don't think any power outage would have bothered him.
Ben
Cooked on the franklin stove or used the reflector oven in front of the fire place, Aladdin oil lamps for lite, and battery powered radios.
Where I live, out in the country, it seems if it sprinkles we loose electricity. Bought this little over a year ago, 15Kw standby. Absolutely love it. No more scrounging up gass, generators and extension cords. I have every curcuit in the house and shop hooked to it, including central heat/air. Only thing not on it is my stove and clothes dryer, which are both electric.
Ben
The Guardian is a beautiful sight.
I need 7.5 kw to start my well pump, so 15 kw would be the cat's meow. Maybe next year.