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The main reason I would consider a battery is for disaster recovery purposes. Being from the suburban NYC metro area, we've had multiple, multi-week power outag
by volkl48 8y ago
The main reason I would consider a battery is for disaster recovery purposes. Being from the suburban NYC metro area, we've had multiple, multi-week power outages in the past decade.
We have a moderate sized portable generator, but running off that for weeks becomes a very unpleasant experience. Certainly far better than not having power, but unpleasant.
Driving 2 hours away to the nearest place we knew had unlimited fuel, turning my car into a rolling bomb on the trip back with dozens of gallons of fuel in gas cans, etc. And the endless droning of the thing running.
If those sorts of disasters are not a major concern for you, I don't think a battery makes much sense.
- maxerickson 8y agoDo you have natural gas available? You can also store quite a lot of propane in a small footprint without some of the issues that come with gas or diesel.
- Tepix 8y ago> we've had multiple, multi-week power outages in the past decade That's a crass state, what causes these outages? Is it a investment backlog of the power grid?