Chuckanut
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Lately, I have been thinking of how a natural disaster could cut off the power supply for days or even weeks. A few years ago, a windstorm damaged many power lines in our area. My home was powerless for only two days. But, others I know had no electric power for a week to ten days.
How to get some electric power during an outage is what I am looking into.
No, I can't put a big gasoline generator next to my home.
I am talking about enough power to run some lanterns, a radio, keep my phone and laptop charged, run the electric shaver and stuff like that. (I can cook with my old camp stove and even use the stove to heat water for a sponge bath. I'll eat down the fridge ASAP.)
I have been looking a solar powered devices, battery backup devices and such. All seem very expensive and have limitations.
Any thoughts on this? I see companies like Goal Zero that have a lot of power backup devices and solar cells, but they are expensive and I am not sure they work that well. Some reviews I have seen of solar powered chargers were not great. - they require most of the day in direct sunlight just to charge a few batteries and some small devices.
I am thinking hand cranked charging devices might be more practical than solar.
Any thoughts on any of this?
How to get some electric power during an outage is what I am looking into.
No, I can't put a big gasoline generator next to my home.
I am talking about enough power to run some lanterns, a radio, keep my phone and laptop charged, run the electric shaver and stuff like that. (I can cook with my old camp stove and even use the stove to heat water for a sponge bath. I'll eat down the fridge ASAP.)
I have been looking a solar powered devices, battery backup devices and such. All seem very expensive and have limitations.
Any thoughts on this? I see companies like Goal Zero that have a lot of power backup devices and solar cells, but they are expensive and I am not sure they work that well. Some reviews I have seen of solar powered chargers were not great. - they require most of the day in direct sunlight just to charge a few batteries and some small devices.
I am thinking hand cranked charging devices might be more practical than solar.
Any thoughts on any of this?