Coming to you from the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in SC. Where our preps held, and where they didn't.
VIDEO HERE (13:14 minutes)
Coming to you from the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in SC. Where our preps held, and where they didn't.
VIDEO HERE (13:14 minutes)
A short rant:
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S.v.
And this has what to do with the subject of the video?
DeleteI'm sorry but I couldn't listen any further, some people have voices that raise the hair on your neck and her's is one for me.
ReplyDeleteThat said being I live in hurricane county and have been through way too many so let me say this... If the ground is saturated trees do come down with the slightest breeze, wind is terrible but water is the killer.. Tital surges and flash floods kill more people and damage more property than the wind. As to preps, yes have food, water, supplies to fit the needs of your family or group and emergency power that will last for at least 5 days, feds say 72 hours but that's not enough..
If water is rising quickly in your area or you're in a low lying area GTFO, take what you can and go. If it's rising slowly then monitor it closely but if you have doubts get out... Trust your judgement, if it says get away do it .
Best wishes to all who are dealing with the effects of this storm
JD
Ecoflow and many others make such a solar generator" as she mentioned. For example, a 2000 watthour battery with electronics which can produce 120AC, charge usb devices, and has a 12v car-style power port. It can be charged from wall outlet, low THD (inverter-style) generator, and it also has cables and connectors to be charged from solar panels. It's not really a "generator", but thats the market they went after, successfully. They can provide output while being charged. Expensive. With enough solar panels you dont need fuel, only sunlight. Size it for critical loads like freezers.
ReplyDeleteI am sorry, but 2000 watt hour is not going to get it. Most of these batteries will shut down at 10% to 15% charge, so the best you will get is about 1800 watt hours. And to run an efficient fridge and an efficient freezer will consume about 2.5 kw per day. And the units I looked at will provide you 200 watts of solar because the MPPTs are pitiful. And you will see maybe 90% of that in the best possible situation. I guess some of the newer models might be better, but every offer I have ever looked at for these units are pure snake oil of the worst kind. And if those "generators" are not properly grounded, then you are asking for real trouble.
DeleteYou would be better off buying a real inverter, a 5 kw LiFePo4 battery, a couple of 400 watt panels and putting it all on a hand cart (except the panels of course, but they could be laid on the ground). There are recipes on the internet to do this. If you get two batteries, then you have 10 kw (9 kw practical) and the 800 watts of panels would charge your daily projected usage in about 4 hours of good sun while giving you some excess to drive entertainment loads during the day. A setup like that would weigh in at between 200 and 300 lbs. You are probably talking around $4000 to $6000 to do something like this and I am guessing that this stuff is going to get hard to find for a while.
Sorry to go on and I don't mean to harsh your buzz. And, of course, YMMV. This is why I am not a well-liked guy, except for a small group of folks that don't mind hearing harsh truths.