In article , "John Gilmer" wrote:


Well, how much was paid for the "emergency" sump pump?

If he has the same one I do... about two hundred bucks.

How much to replace a freezer/ice box full of food.

Irrelevant -- those will survive power outages of several hours completely
intact. Ten minutes without power to a sump pump in a finished basement could
be catastrophic.

If you go the DYI route, the battery and the inverter/charger are each less
than $1,000.

I haven't gone that route yet. OTOH I do have a 5 kW generator.

Which also cost less than a grand, I'll bet. If it's such a good idea to have
a high-capacity UPS, why don't you have one?


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It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.