sfsuphysics
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So power has been out for 5 hours now, first alert told me 9:45 things should be restored, then 9:45 came and passed and then it was 12:00. Well herr it is after noon and still no power. Pg&e is saying they are still investigating the problem and every now and them a.pg&e truck drives by, translation they still have no idea then about 12:30... power back.
Now tanks are fine, nothing bad happened, over reaction? Well unfortunate my Ecotech battery backup was dead, I didn't have it charged in for some reason but I think the voltage was too low to do anything other than make it whir up and then give an error code flash.
No "scheduled" outages here due to PG&E though, not having trees is kind of nice I guess?, but yeah waffling back and forth on how much generation I should be prepared for. Saw some conversion kits (just under $200) that allow you to use propane or natural gas on a gas only powered generator, so may lean in that direction (fuel sources that store stably versus gasoline). Also still thinking about an inverter generator for a bit more quiet and efficiency but the price goes up pretty big there.
Now tanks are fine, nothing bad happened, over reaction? Well unfortunate my Ecotech battery backup was dead, I didn't have it charged in for some reason but I think the voltage was too low to do anything other than make it whir up and then give an error code flash.
No "scheduled" outages here due to PG&E though, not having trees is kind of nice I guess?, but yeah waffling back and forth on how much generation I should be prepared for. Saw some conversion kits (just under $200) that allow you to use propane or natural gas on a gas only powered generator, so may lean in that direction (fuel sources that store stably versus gasoline). Also still thinking about an inverter generator for a bit more quiet and efficiency but the price goes up pretty big there.