Subj : Re: Power outtage
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : k9zw
Date : Thu Jun 12 2025 04:48 pm

On 11 Jun 2025, poindexter FORTRAN said the following...

 pF>  I have friends with Tesla Powerwalls, live in an area with occasional
 pF>  multi-day outages. My solution is a bit more MacGyverish.

I was loath to invest in a Powerwall unless located away from the house.  

In most cases a Powerwall is sized top cover 12-18 hours of full load power outages.  That isn't enough as my last outage was nearly 150 hours, as freezing temps.  

Of course this happened while I was traveling overseas.  Adding that the entire island's internet was also down, the damages were done about day 3 of the outage.  

A Powerwall is projected to be usable for 10-15 years before you have to recycle it, BTW.

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I had McGyveresque setups, but they needed my participation to work.  

I wanted the backups to work for the wife easily, as at home our system required a manual switch-over and start, and the island house was even more convoluted.  

Here is the house setup:
https://k9zw.wordpress.com/2024/01/07/powered-up-new-genset-for-the-main-k9zw-q
th/

Here is the island setup:
https://k9zw.wordpress.com/2025/05/25/keeping-the-power-on-washington-island-qt
h-backup-generator/

The house setup still has some teething issues where the island is 100% good to go.

73

Steve
K9ZW

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