During Charley I had my car parked next to the house and ran extension cords in from the array of inverters I had hooked to the battery.
By Wilma I had this, cobbled up from junk I had in the garage.
Now we have a real generator.
I doubt that would be enforceable but they still have to have a generator to show the inspectors when they test the pumps. .
There are 2 schools of thought on that. On the one hand it seems evil to raise prices in an emergency but the other side of that is if there is no price inventive, why wouldn't the business owner simply board up and go? Higher prices also incentivizes people to bring in hardware and supplies from unaffected areas.
Then the question becomes, is it better to pay more or do without?
Before price gouging laws, people could charge the fair market value for products. Gasoline right after a hurricane? Value goes up, price goes up. They passed the price gouging law, so there is no incentive to install a generator. Why drop many thousands of dollars to make a few pennies?
And, what's the government answer? Pass more laws to require people to do what they don't get paid to do. Your government in action.
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It was an old pressure cleaner with a bad pump. This will run the 2 onboard inverters and charge a big deep cycle trolling motor battery without breathing hard. With jumper cables I can charge my golf cart 2 batteries at a time too. That is a buttload of battery power.
My 1981 Berkeley Unix manual uses the term "internet" - this that PLATO must have started sometime before 1956! Impressive!
Which opens the question. Suppose the ham radio repeaters have batteries. How do those batteries get recharged?
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You know, that does look very capable. I bet you use a solid brass fucknozzle for it, and then you're cooking with gas? I like the versatile multiple things you can do.
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*Legal* CB radio equipment is by design a low-power short-range communication facility.
They get charged from house current or from a generator. Of course the batteries last only a while, depending on their capacity. I have two 6V golf-cart batteries in series that are float-charged from house current. I also have a generator, and I usually have two 6-gallon cans of gas for it on hand.
I don't have solar charging capabilities, but some amateur radio operators do.
"Field Day" is a nationwide exercise held each June, in which amateur radio operators communicate from temporary installations in parks, schools, etc., so there should be a pool of experienced communicators available in emergencies.
Perce
Amateur Radio powered by generator and solar power. I have HF/VHF/UHF. We also have multiple solar powered VHF repeaters here.
I only overheard the conversation and don't know the details but during a power outage last month the guy tried to get gas. The pumps worked but the charge cards didn't. Of course, a true survivalist, the guy had about as much real money in his pocket as he had gas in his car when the lights went out.
It really depends on the band you are on. The vhf stuff usually needs a repeater to get very far because it is largely line of sight (near the old TV frequencies) but the longer wave lengths can skip around the world, just using the power you sent it with.
If you have a Rural King near you, it seems to be the best place to get cheap golf cart batteries. ($60 on sale plus all of the bullspit fees). That is $20 less than Costco/Sam etc They are nice deep cycle batteries for various backup projects. I have an old cart here I use for driving around the neighborhood and as a tractor for dragging stuff around the yard. It also gives me a good source of DC volts in an emergency. I am still looking for a deal on a 36v >120 inverter.
Per rbowman:
They're probably all dead by now, but 20-30 years ago in the NYC area there were at least a few survivors of The Holocaust that had food and about $10,000 in the trunks of their cars at all times.
I live in the shadow of The Great Depression (1929). Left its mark on my parents, and on myself.
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I'd never heard of Rural King, and now I see that the closest one is 70 miles away. Costco will suit me better when I need replacements.
Perce
I live in the shadow of The Great Depression (1929). Left its mark on my parents, and on myself.
- . Christopher A. Young learn more about Jesus .
You display micro-agression. Have you gone to sensetivity training at a university near you?
You can be helped.
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After Hurricane Ike, I was with a neighbour who went to Walgreen's looking for a battery-operated radio. The only one they had took C cells, which they were out of (and I didn't have any either). I let him borrow one of my wind-up radios.
I'd say so. :) What's it pushing amp wise? over 100 or so?
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