@phendrick This is just part of the reason why I have an EDC flashlight in my pocket. And it’s powered by a 14500 lithium battery, with a light output around 300 lumens, more than enough for most around-the-house tasks.
@mycya4me me too! It’s the best! We just had a storm and lost power for over 26 hours. Thanks to the generator, my special needs kiddo had no idea was what going on!
@mycya4me This is on my wish list, once I get the 67-year-old Federal Pacific main panel replaced. Until then, I have a 6kW roll-out that handily runs the fridges, freezer, microwave and lighting. And since the stove and oven are on gas, the only thing we lack is A/C. (So far, we’ve never had an extended outage in winter.)
@BioBill yeah. Hardest part about post hurricane they never talk about is how much it hurts squeezing lemons/limes for cocktails/coronas amen you’ve got cuts all over your hands from all the chainsawing and fence repairing. It’s a tough life.
@cbatte@rancho My generator (6KW) is fairly heavy, but its frame has nice big tires and wheelbarrow-style handles, so it’s not too bad to roll it ~30 yards from the barn (where it is stored) to the garage (where the transfer switch and plug is) .
I live out in a rural area, with overhead power lines and lots of trees lining the road. So we do have outages, but not as often as one might expect. And the local PUD is very responsive and usually fixes downed lines fairly promptly. So most times I don’t even bother with the generator until several hours have passed.
@macromeh@rancho Mine is 13KW. It is a beast. It runs off of natural gas because after a hurricane, gasoline is hard to come by for as long as you need it (don’t ask me how I know this). I have to haul mine out of the garage and into the backyard where the gas line is and then run a very long and heavy generator cord back to the garage area where the transfer switch is.
This set up was the cheapest viable solution to power my house for the days/weeks after a hurricane when they are trying to bring the whole city of Houston back online. It is so much better than the alternative of not having power during the hottest time of the year which I have also experienced.
@kittykat9180 Oddly enough, in the most recent outages, internet-via-cellular may have been less troublesome than usual. I think that’s likely because people consume less bandwidth with phones than with big flat-panel TVs.
Where is “all of the above”?
@fjp999 truly! I voted based on what the spouse whined about the most when everything was out around here post-Helene.
Stumbling around in the dark trying to get my hands on one of those damned Meh lanterns.
@phendrick This is just part of the reason why I have an EDC flashlight in my pocket. And it’s powered by a 14500 lithium battery, with a light output around 300 lumens, more than enough for most around-the-house tasks.
@phendrick
I can navigate my house in the dark. Which came in handy after my surgery a week and a half ago.
@kittykat9180 @phendrick Huh. I didn’t know those surgeries were available …
/showme Anthropomorphized Goat in dark room with light coming out of the goat’s eyes in order to shine light on whatever the goat is looking at.
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Huh? Being able to navigate in the dark helped when my vision was blurry.
Nothing, I hav a whole house Generator!
@mycya4me me too! It’s the best! We just had a storm and lost power for over 26 hours. Thanks to the generator, my special needs kiddo had no idea was what going on!
@mycya4me This is on my wish list, once I get the 67-year-old Federal Pacific main panel replaced. Until then, I have a 6kW roll-out that handily runs the fridges, freezer, microwave and lighting. And since the stove and oven are on gas, the only thing we lack is A/C. (So far, we’ve never had an extended outage in winter.)
@mycya4me I lived through too many hurricanes to not have a whole house generator.
@mycya4me @olperfesser My first was Donna, in 1960. Too many since.
@olperfesser WOW! I guess that Suks!
@olperfesser @werehatrack wow, I do believe we have had a few in the Mid-Atlantic area.
Listening to my wife complain since she’s not watching the tube or doom scrolling.
Having to reset clocks on appliances when the power comes back on.
That is Def an all of the above answer…Resetting clocks is the least of my worries TBH
The sump pump not running.
Most of our power outages happen because of hurricanes. The worst part is the clean-up afterwards.
@BioBill yeah. Hardest part about post hurricane they never talk about is how much it hurts squeezing lemons/limes for cocktails/coronas amen you’ve got cuts all over your hands from all the chainsawing and fence repairing. It’s a tough life.
Dragging out my very big, heavy portable generator and hooking it up to the house so that none of those things is a problem.
@cbatte Yes, I am thinking of building a “dog house” to hide my generator much closer.
@cbatte @rancho My generator (6KW) is fairly heavy, but its frame has nice big tires and wheelbarrow-style handles, so it’s not too bad to roll it ~30 yards from the barn (where it is stored) to the garage (where the transfer switch and plug is) .
I live out in a rural area, with overhead power lines and lots of trees lining the road. So we do have outages, but not as often as one might expect. And the local PUD is very responsive and usually fixes downed lines fairly promptly. So most times I don’t even bother with the generator until several hours have passed.
@macromeh @rancho Mine is 13KW. It is a beast. It runs off of natural gas because after a hurricane, gasoline is hard to come by for as long as you need it (don’t ask me how I know this). I have to haul mine out of the garage and into the backyard where the gas line is and then run a very long and heavy generator cord back to the garage area where the transfer switch is.
This set up was the cheapest viable solution to power my house for the days/weeks after a hurricane when they are trying to bring the whole city of Houston back online. It is so much better than the alternative of not having power during the hottest time of the year which I have also experienced.
The “not having power” part…
Not being able to recharge my lantern. I hate that!
Power outages are pretty rare here but I’d say not having internet sucks, especially as a remote worker.
@kittykat9180 Oddly enough, in the most recent outages, internet-via-cellular may have been less troublesome than usual. I think that’s likely because people consume less bandwidth with phones than with big flat-panel TVs.
Tripping over Meh boxes in my entryway and office
What comes out of the dark…
@Wollyhop What if you just keep your eyes closed and cover your ears?
KuoH
@kuoh @Wollyhop
you still die…
@chienfou @Wollyhop So… worst part over.
KuoH