Hi Jim and all, I wasn't really thinking of using it for anything major.
One thing I have a problem with is sleep apnea, and as a result, I have a CPAP system at night. When the electricity goes out, which doesn't happen all that often, thank goodness, but when it does, I find myself getting no sleep whatsoever because there's no power on, and my CPAP runs on electricity. Another thing I would use it for is for events like the large black out that affected the north-eastern part of North America not too many years ago. We were lucky because our freezer had sufficient ice build up in it that it could go the duration until the power came back up, but should it ever happen again, I was thinking I could hook it up to one of these little things and have it running when I needed to keep things frozen or in a semi cool state. Granted, I realize that I would have to shut it off ever few hours to re-fill the tank, but at least I would have power, and continuous power until the lights came on. My freezer is an upright freezer, and not a chest freezer, so what ever cold air in there that happens to build up just drops right down to the floor once the freezer door is open. Yes, I know, this wasn't my idea to buy it, it was the wife's idea. LOL. In any case, Thanks for all your suggestions, and I'll talk it over with the wife, and see if she'll go for it. I'll present all your opinions to her for closer examination. Victor
