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Old 12-24-2023, 12:40 PM  
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What are your hacks when the electricity goes out
It’s blowin like a sumbitch in western Kansas and our electricity just went out. What are your hacks?
We run as much water as we can in the tub and use a 5 gallon bucket to pour in the top of the toilet for usage.
We have LED lights that are always plugged in and automatically go on when the electricity goes off. They are handy flashlights too.
It’s cold so the garage makes a huge walk in freezer.
Everyone adds layers of clothes.
I am soon buying a big generator and a MM plug-in to plug into my 220 volt plug in. Must turn the main breaker off so no electricity gets backed down the line and kills some poor lineman !

You guys?
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Old 12-24-2023, 07:00 PM   #46
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In the last 25 years I'm pretty sure I've lost power 3-4 times in total.

Never an issue. I don't live in a 3rd world country. I have had issues in some places I've traveled. Haiti, Cuba and Rio de Janiero had problems.
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Old 12-24-2023, 07:20 PM   #47
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In the last 25 years I'm pretty sure I've lost power 3-4 times in total.

Never an issue. I don't live in a 3rd world country. I have had issues in some places I've traveled. Haiti, Cuba and Rio de Janiero had problems.

What the ****? You do know power grid go out in the US too right?


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Old 12-24-2023, 08:52 PM   #48
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Living rural we deal with outages from time to time, some go long. I have deep repect for our Rural Electric Coop and the work they do. But about 10 years ago, I made the decision to instal a whole house backup generator and its been a blessing since day one
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Old 12-24-2023, 11:26 PM   #49
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In the last 25 years I'm pretty sure I've lost power 3-4 times in total.

Never an issue. I don't live in a 3rd world country. I have had issues in some places I've traveled. Haiti, Cuba and Rio de Janiero had problems.
If I had a basement, I wouldn't be too worried about it.

In a summer power outage, a basement won't get hot.

In 110+ heat, my house heats up quickly.

When Sacramento hit the all time high record of 116 a few years ago, my power got turned off. Not because of a rolling black out due to insufficient power supply, but because local equipment over heated.

The equipment hadn't been designed for that high of Temps (and the previous days highs) and the continuous max load. Because the area had never seen Temps/heat wave like that, duh.

The ~$400 I spent was worth it for that one event for me.

I don't do well in heat and it was a very small investment for me.

The chance of losing power obviously varies by location as does the inconvenience to different households as does the experience of being prepared for various contingencies.

I keep two weeks of drinking water on hand. I'm connected to a city water supply, so I really doubt I'll ever use it. But I have space and it's really cheap and easy to do, so why not.
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Old 12-24-2023, 11:39 PM   #50
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My solar system has a controller that allows it to run independent of the grid. If I lose power, it trips and diverts power to preferred breakers on the main panel.

Doesn't do much good after dark, though.
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Old 12-25-2023, 01:23 AM   #51
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What the ****? You do know power grid go out in the US too right?


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I think I read the top three causes of power outages were:

1. Traffic accidents
2. Construction workers cutting a power line or needing to turn it off temporarily to move a line.
3. Weather related.

Transformers blowing were 4th I think.
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Old 12-25-2023, 01:24 AM   #52
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Old 12-25-2023, 01:54 AM   #53
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What part of Alaska do you live? Juneau is interesting.
I’m in Palmer. I’ve been to Juneau many, many times. In fact, I’ll be there January 3.
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Old 12-25-2023, 02:34 AM   #54
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I’m in Palmer. I’ve been to Juneau many, many times. In fact, I’ll be there January 3.
How did you make your way to Alaska or are you a native?

I'm always curious of how people move there.

Military?
Oil industry?
Other job?
Nature?
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life on the farm. Did a lot of that as a kid. Dad bought one and loved it. I have it now. I do not have it hooked up to the panel.

Did the same thing with water. Started saving water in Oct so we could flush the toilet in December.


We had a floor heater that always worked. Gravity heater?

Now, if we lose elect our fireplace has a battery backup to get it to fire.
I greatly miss the gravity heater the house I grew up in had. Fond memories of sitting on the steel grate after running around in the snow for hours.

That thing had to be super efficient
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I own one of these. Won't run the house but minor shit can run. Solar generators can be run in the house without issue

https://inergytek.com/products/inerg...-power-station


Also have two coleman cooking stoves and about 50 of those little green propane bottles
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This site tells you where current power outages are ocurring, I keep it in my "favorites" for some reason. Not sure why.

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I own one of these. Won't run the house but minor shit can run. Solar generators can be run in the house without issue

https://inergytek.com/products/inerg...-power-station


Also have two coleman cooking stoves and about 50 of those little green propane bottles
How long does it take to charge up the inergytek by solar power when it is low generally speaking Hog?
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