From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "Neon John"  wrote in message   
   news:rqv1aethfpcbisr8lq4j6ks0gq55j9hmth@4ax.com...   
   > On Fri, 29 Mar 2019 09:11:06 -0400, "Jim Wilkins"   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   >>Here in New England USA we suffer power outages from summer   
   >>hurricanes   
   >>and winter ice storms, typically lasting up to a week or so. What   
   >>have   
   >>the rest of you experienced?   
   >>   
   >   
   > Where I live is far back in the Cherokee National Forrest at the end   
   > of a 25 mile road.  We don't have hurricanes but we do have high   
   > speed   
   > linear winds, the highest recorded speed by the USGS weather station   
   > was 2 years ago at 125mph.  Winter is about the same.   
   >   
   > That's why behind my cabin there is a 10kW Generac * standby   
   > generator   
   > and a 500 gallon tank of propane.  When power fails, it waits 4   
   > seconds to make sure it is truly an outage and not a chug.  It warms   
   > for 10 seconds and then the lights come back on.   
   >.....   
      
   I suppose you meant to recommend Generac. They say memory is the   
   second thing to go as we get older.   
      
   Like 'ads' I have enough battery + sine UPS power to last through the   
   night, and long enough the next day to shovel a path through the snow   
   to the generator and woodshed. If I cram the food into the DC-powered   
   freezer the batteries should last 2-3 overcast days. Naturally I'd   
   store food in the snow during the day and the car overnight (animals)   
   if the weather permits but the plan doesn't assume it.   
      
   I can't recommend the obsolete and rare APC 1400 Smart-UPS that I   
   acquired free-for-the-fixing at a flea market to anyone assembling a   
   new backup system and haven't found a reasonably priced alternative   
   that can start a refrigerator, especially one with a lower   
   self-consumption or load sensing turn-on capability. The APC responds   
   to serial port turn-on and shutdown commands when on AC but not on   
   battery.   
      
   I'm trying to design a solar backup system that is safe, relatively   
   affordable and doesn't require a degree to assemble and use, though   
   the experimental arrangement I have now fails the last badly. So far   
   this under-$100 30A MPPT controller looks good.   
   https://www.amazon.com/Controller-Regulator-Flooded-Lithium-Batt   
   ry/dp/B07G36DQ75/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8   
      
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