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4 Simple Back-Ups For Electricity During a Power Outage For Short or Long Term.

🕑 Added 2019-10-01 13:16:26 +0000 UTC

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Alaska Prepper

My wife use to be asthmatic so wood for heat is not preferred; however, for emergency I will have a wood stove stored in my trailer for quick install.

I have that Yamaha you showed last...I picked it up this summer so if our grid was down, I could power my chest freezer. It has a lot of meat and fish and would be costly to replace the contents. I am just starting to prep in some of these other areas.

Mike Goodman

Why not a wood stove? That would eliminate some of the loads I hear you talking about. I live in central NC. I have a 2.8 kW off-grid solar system and a water stove that pumps heated water from solar/wood into my air handler. I came into the money from a "sad windfall" so let's leave it there. Even at that, with 870 A-H or storage i can only supply the essentials and go into "cut back mode" when the power goes out for long. ... I need electricity for the house blower motor as well as the pumps and blower on the water stove. I recently bought a wood cook stove/oven that I intend to install in my shed as a "warm space" and outdoor cook area. For the summer I am prepared to have a "cool room" with a small AC window unit. Were I to start all over again, i'd have whole house wood stove and skip the water stove but this is the house and wife a I have.

Awesome you have so many choices for power. I have a Natures Generator solar generator with an additional storage battery and 3 panels. Not sure what else I can do as I live in town (population about 60,000 so there is a need to be quiet. The coldest it gets here in winter is about 30/35 degrees so for heat I have a "buddy" heater. Thank you for the ideas they are priceless!