Plantagenet wrote:And if you can afford it then buy a nice Honda generator when the stores get restocked.
Cheers!
Cog wrote:Commies doing commie things. My give a care meter is broken. Commifornians can sit in the dark and smoke weed for all I care.
Newfie wrote:The very best solution, and by far the cheapest, is to drive your energy needs down as far as possible. There is a LOT of advantage to moving to somewhere with a benign environment.
Alfred Tennyson wrote:We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Newfie wrote:In lots of ways batteries are more complex than a generator. They have complicated chemistry, each different type wants a different charging and maintenance profile, I’ve no idea what extreme temperatures do to them. And they wear out. Look inside of some of the more complex batteries and you will see that there is a circuit board in there. Circuit boards can and do fail. Then there is the whole charging system that does not perform on demand, hence you need the batteries.
Ibon with his water turbine is a different animal. That’s a really cool solution that won’t work for 99.99% of us.
The very best solution, and by far the cheapest, is to drive your energy needs down as far as possible. There is a LOT of advantage to moving to somewhere with a benign environment.
Tanada wrote:A car inverter sounds like a good idea, this one has favorable reviews but I don't know any of those folks. Anyone here have experience with it?
INVERTER
Pops wrote:Tanada wrote:A car inverter sounds like a good idea, this one has favorable reviews but I don't know any of those folks. Anyone here have experience with it?
INVERTER
I have a couple like this, one plugs in and a larger one that clamps or even permanently mounts to the battery.
I'd guess the max fuse size on a cig lighter is 20A so 20a*12v=300w max
You'd want extra fuses.
Outcast_Searcher wrote:Would buying one big enough (being conservative on the capacity) to handle the load easily reduce the risk of blowing a fuse on such units?
Newfie wrote:In lots of ways batteries are more complex than a generator. They have complicated chemistry, each different type wants a different charging and maintenance profile, I’ve no idea what extreme temperatures do to them. And they wear out. Look inside of some of the more complex batteries and you will see that there is a circuit board in there. Circuit boards can and do fail. Then there is the whole charging system that does not perform on demand, hence you need the batteries.
These systems may perform flawlessly for a long time. But then again so do diesel generators. 24/7/365 as long as you feed them.
Once you start digging into it the alts are anything but simple.
Ibon with his water turbine is a different animal. That’s a really cool solution that won’t work for 99.99% of us.
The very best solution, and by far the cheapest, is to drive your energy needs down as far as possible. There is a LOT of advantage to moving to somewhere with a benign environment.
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