Yes, adaptation. With fuel heat and some camping gear, you're actually in pretty good shape. The 1600W Coleman genny that got me through that bad ice storm did the trick. The main thing was the 1/2 beef that was in the freezer. It would have hurt to lose that. The TV and the reading lamp were just gravy.
I looked up the Tesla thing. Their smaller one has only 2x the energy storage of the 4 batteries that are on my UPS. I remember balking at the $350 I spent for them. I'm sure the charging efficiency of these lead-acid batteries isn't as good as Tesla's, but I'm weighing in at 1/10 the cost. Oh, and with the Tesla, installation, and the inverter, are extra! Tesla's just trying to capitalize on their battery pack. But that battery pack was designed for different needs than a stationary home. It's lightweight, and high-voltage. Neither are necessary for the home. You can buy surplus mid-sized UPS's cheap all day long. (Once the batteries are dead, businesses will usually just replace the whole thing.) That and a set of deep-cycle lead batteries from Costco and you're good to go... I lost one of my four batteries early. It only lasted 3.5 years. I bought a used battery to replace it, 4.5 years ago. The $35 2kVA UPS has been running fine since. I have three other 48V UPS's in spare. And two surplus battery banks, too. We're covered! -- Jim _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
