Need advice about generators: I have not seen anything about portable solar generators on here. But I keep seeing tons of ads for the solar ones and am considering one for whole house needs in the event of power loss. You guys are the expert preppers. Any advice? Thanks in advance!~
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I've got a 700w battery/200w solar panel that I use for camping. It can power a pretty big cooler type fridge (holds 62beers or similar) basically forever as long as it's not overcast/raining it makes enough power in the day to run all night. And can run other smaller stuff too like rice cooker, etc. Should get me through 10 days darkness well enough. The problem with gas generators is you need a shit ton of gas if it's going to be multiple days. I'm also going to fill all my propane tanks when we get close to November.
The advantage to having a gas generator around is, if there are batteries, they can be charged on overcast days/dark, or do a high amp draw job, then shut it off and enjoy the quiet of battery power.
I recharge my solar generator while running my gas gennie to run my camper AC. Once it cools down inside inshut off the gennie and use rechargeable fans to circulate air and keep nit comfortable. When it worms enough I run the genie again. Usually during the day I get 3 hours in between if we want to be inside. At night it's 6 ton8 hours between and by then I'm up for rhe day