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Post by SA Hunter on Jan 9, 2018 19:19:27 GMT 10
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2018 23:01:47 GMT 10
Unless the house is in some kind of imminent danger then I am going back to bed and getting some rest whilst I can. Nothing to do until the next day and usually most power outages are fixed by then anyway. If still out then I can look at the generator in daylight. I have a rechargeable battery powered camp light hat I keep on the fridge in the kitchen which is always on charge. When the power goes out the light comes on automatically so there is always some light in the kitchen. It's enough to navigate through the house without hurting myself.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2018 21:52:46 GMT 10
I just set my two sisters up with 12volt to 230volt inverters for Christmas presents as neither of them had a clue what to do if the power went off for more than 12 hours. The inverters are modified sinewave 1000watt with 1500 watt peak output.....the instructions I gave are if things are starting to thaw in the freezer open your garage door, connect the inverter to your car battery red wire onto positive etc, start your car engine and connect and extension cord to your fridge to run off the inverter and switch it on. Once the fridge motor is turned off by the refrigerator/freezer thermostat saying the fridge or freezer is cold enough, you can turn it all off for about another four hours before you repeat the process.... (do it around meal times and you will have some elements of civility in your life during long blackouts).
Neither of them are comfortable starting and maintaining generators and are not set up to go off grid under normal conditions......I know I will not be there to help them set the inverters up since one lives in Bunbury and the in Melbourne.......They both have the LED torches I sent them the year before so they are in inadvertently being made into preppers!
If anyone is interested in doing similar the inverters came from ebay at $88 each and are a lot easier to start and maintain than a pull start small generator.
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Post by doomsdayprepper4570 on Jan 22, 2018 6:45:49 GMT 10
Does not happen with the standalone 3 kw system we have here!  |
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Post by jonasparker on Jan 23, 2018 6:25:19 GMT 10
Given the scenario, I'd first look out the window. If there's electric lights showing some miles away, then I'd figure it was a local problem and head back to bed. If all was dark for miles and miles in all directions, I'd flip on my battery-powered AM/FM radio and find a station broadcasting the news. Depending what's being said I may go back to bed, I may "lock and load" if I here gunshots and proceed to secure the place, or I may rouse the Missus and start packing.
If I get really twitchy, I may fire up the SW on battery power and if I hear another ham out there, send out a quick CQ and see what's happening elsewhere.
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