Longest power outage?

[caver]

4 days during the ice storm of 2009 and I live just over a mile from our city power plant.....yep it was that bad.

 

[tallyho8]

Luckily when we had our power outage after Hurricane Betsy in September 1965 it didn't affect us much. We didn't have any air conditioning at that time so we didn't miss it.

We had 3 old Servel natural gas refrigerators that kept working and kept our stuff cold plus that of many of our neighbors who knew we had gas refrigerators.

We had a bunch of old kerosene lanterns to give us light at night and we didn't miss the TV because it was so warm that most people were outside to cool off and we spent our time getting to know our neighbors and at people's BBQs because many were cooking everything they had before it went bad.

Things were completely different after Katrina because by then we became so electricity dependent that we couldn't do without it and we spent most of our time hooking up our generators and searching for gasoline supplies to fuel them.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

Couple years ago I lost power for just over three days. We has a pretty big snow storm and a lot of trees lost branches, taking out power lines. I didn't have a wood stove then, but I do now!!!! Small Honda generator will give me enough power to have a few lights on and either the TV or the computer and charge my phone. We don't really need much more to get through the evening.

Eddie

Yep, 19th century tech will get you by just fine in a power outage. Just have backup infrastructure that was designed before power lines. Wood heat, oil lamps (Aladdin lamps are as bright as incandescent bulbs) and gravity feed water. The comfort level of your home will not change during an outage, as long as you don't live where AC is mandatory. :thumbsup:

 

[Baby Grand]

Since we bought the generator about 18 years ago.... 4 hours! :laughing:

Hey, for you folks with larger generators... any of you figure out how much those multi-day outages cost you in fuel? Just curious. Thanks. :thumbsup:

I think we ran through 30 gallons in 6 days, so approximately $120.
It kept our chest freezer working, which had a half a hog and all of the vegetables that my dear wife had grown and vacuum packed, so it was a bargain.

 

[MAN IN BLACK]

During the 1998 Ice Storm...24 straight days.
Had 4 tractors & 4 generators running to keep the poultry farm in operation.
Hope to never relive this again.
I now have 1 big standby generator 125KW with engine and auto transfer switch in a 12x14 electrical shed

 

[300UGUY]

During the 1998 Ice Storm...24 straight days.
Had 4 tractors & 4 generators running to keep the poultry farm in operation.
Hope to never relive this again.
I now have 1 big standby generator 125KW with engine and auto transfer switch in a 12x14 electrical shed

You win 1st prize in the biggest genset category!

Just curious, how many birds?

 

[300UGUY]

I think we ran through 30 gallons in 6 days, so approximately $120.
It kept our chest freezer working, which had a half a hog and all of the vegetables that my dear wife had grown and vacuum packed, so it was a bargain.

I used up about 400 gallons of propane over 7 days. Really a pain, it was very cold at the same time, so the furnace was working ot also.

 

[TomSeller]

Haven't had a power outage since I bought a generator 4 years ago. I start it up regularly "just in case"

 

[dragoneggs]

I used up about 400 gallons of propane over 7 days. Really a pain, it was very cold at the same time, so the furnace was working ot also.

Wow that is a lot of propane. Do propane generators burn a lot more fuel than gas?

 

[MAN IN BLACK]

You win 1st prize in the biggest genset category!

Just curious, how many birds?

35 000 layers in 3 different barns
20 000 replacement birds in the fourth & the house