On Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at 10:45:37 AM UTC-5, wrote:
On Wed, 16 Sep 2015 07:15:59 -0700, "Bob F"
wrote:

rbowman wrote:
On 09/15/2015 07:22 AM, taxed and spent wrote:
"bob_villa" wrote in message
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On Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at 7:45:32 AM UTC-5, Stormin Mormon
wrote:
They also use cordless phones, which
go dead with the power failure.

...pointless statement because there would be no power to the phone
modem.

all my home telco/ISP/WIFI equipment is on a UPS.

How big is your battery bank? We had a problem this summer where about
10,000 were without power for over three days. Can you operate that
long after the lights go out?

Cordless phones, modems, routers, and even car cell phone chargers almost always
work off 12V DC, so a good sized 12V battery could keep them going for quite a
while, and can be recharged from your car. You would need to make adapter cables
for the devices, and wire the house for that power.


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.

http://gfretwell.com/electrical/redneck_power.jpg

Now we have a real generator.

That is ingenious! It looks like you repurposed an old pump using a GM alternator that has the built-in voltage regulator. Back at the house I have LED lights everywhere and when I was last at home in January, there was a power outage that lasted 6 1/2 hours. One small 500 watt UPS ran my LED desk lamps the whole time without any loss of brightness which allowed me to get around the house without any fear of tripping over something in the dark. I think it would easily run the lights for 12 hours. ^_^

[8~{} Uncle LED Monster