Yep, I've seen this coming as well. Ended up investing a few thousand into a whole-house solar system. My town's being dinks about putting it on my roof though, saying it'll change the look of the neighborhood. So instead I have it all wired up and ready to go. If power goes out I'll just have to stack the panels outside in the yard, but hey, I'll have power.
My option is to charge up lots of old car batteries and use them as point-of-use power sources with inverters where necessary. I can run the gas central heating from them for instance (hot water at least) I can run the router and charge up all our devices.
Not going to attempt the freezer I think.
Practice your changeover and get the bugs worked out.
Yup. I have a bunch of 100aH deep cycle batteries for solar kits. Got them wired as 24v to lower the amperage, and a big inverter tied into my electric box. I'd be able to flip a few switches and be good to go.
a 100aH battery if it's in perfect condition theoretically holds 1.2 kwH if you drain it at the rate they rate it at which is probably 20A. Expect quite a lot less in practice especially in cold weather.
Yep, I've seen this coming as well. Ended up investing a few thousand into a whole-house solar system. My town's being dinks about putting it on my roof though, saying it'll change the look of the neighborhood. So instead I have it all wired up and ready to go. If power goes out I'll just have to stack the panels outside in the yard, but hey, I'll have power.
Got batteries?
My option is to charge up lots of old car batteries and use them as point-of-use power sources with inverters where necessary. I can run the gas central heating from them for instance (hot water at least) I can run the router and charge up all our devices. Not going to attempt the freezer I think.
Practice your changeover and get the bugs worked out.
Yup. I have a bunch of 100aH deep cycle batteries for solar kits. Got them wired as 24v to lower the amperage, and a big inverter tied into my electric box. I'd be able to flip a few switches and be good to go.
Just right!
Turn off everything you don't absolutely need.
a 100aH battery if it's in perfect condition theoretically holds 1.2 kwH if you drain it at the rate they rate it at which is probably 20A. Expect quite a lot less in practice especially in cold weather.