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![]() I designed a whole house battery backup system for my house, if anyone is interested in doing this for themselves.
It works just like the UPS system for your computer (you do have one of these, right?). When the power goes out, protected circuits are automatically and instantaneously given power from a bank of deep cycle batteries. The delay is not even noticeable, being around 10 milliseconds. Running on just four (a small bank) batteries, I can get around 20 hours of backup power, and in extended outages I just hook up a generator to recharge the batteries, which is mostly done within a few hours, thus saving HUGE on your fuel bill during an outage. Once power is back, the system automatically will recharge your batteries, so in most cases, this system is completely automated and hands off. One of the beautiful things about this automated system, vs the Home Depot automatic backup generator is the running cost. Those automatic generators that run on propane, with the price of fuel these days, cost over $100 a day to run during an outage. The only real negative is that you can't run really high load devices on it, such as an electric range, electric dryer (gas is no problem), electric heaters, that sort of thing. I was thinking of marketing this, but don't have the money to invest in it anymore. If anyone would like to build one for themselves, let me know and I can tell you all the stuff you'll need to get. |
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![]() I wonder how much it costs to run for a day with natural gas vs propane. I'm sure NG is cheaper, but those Generacs are pretty hungry.
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![]() if i'm ever faced with a power outage of more than a few hours, i'm going to a hotel that has power.
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Felix Unger talking to Oscar Madison: "Your horse could finish third by 20 lengths and they still pay you? And you have been losing money for all these years?!" |
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![]() ![]() i guess i didn't put enough details. depends on time of year. the other day, we got up and there was no power...so i went to the gym to shower and go to work. i'm not going to spend the night in a house with few windows that can open, when it's the temp it is right now, if there's no power. if that makes me a titty baby, so be it.
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Felix Unger talking to Oscar Madison: "Your horse could finish third by 20 lengths and they still pay you? And you have been losing money for all these years?!" |
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"If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think" - Clarence Darrow, American lawyer (1857-1938) When you are right, no one remembers;when you are wrong, no one forgets. Thought for today.."No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong" - Francois, Duc de la Rochefoucauld, French moralist (1613-1680) |
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![]() Thats just it. Over 500k Appalachian Power customers were without power for quite a few days. Hotels were booked within a huge radius surrounding Roanoke, Christiansburg, Lynchburg, ect...and the mother f*ckers that normally get $70 a night were charging people over $180 a night for freaking dumps. I hope everyone one of those c*cksuckers go out of business. Karma is a b*tch.
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I edited my original post that you responded to make it much less hateful. Sometimes discretion is the better part of valor. |