Who has the power?

[Mschmidt]

I just picked up a Jackery power station (2000w). Who has one as a backup for themselves and how big is it?

 

[Reefing Madness]

 

[Mschmidt]

or more simply and not necessarily related to the brand, how many watts do you go for/hours of run time? and what do you run through it?

 

[JoJosReef]

Bruce Leroy does

 

[PharmrJohn]

To answer the title....My wife.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

You know, i should invest in a battery backup/ generator since we often get storms here.

 

[Pyrogens]

6750 Watts Storm Responder Gas Generator here. It's not sinewave, and it's not particularly quiet, but it's saved my reef more than once, and lots of groceries too!

 

[PharmrJohn]

You know, i should invest in a battery backup/ generator since we often get storms here.

Yeah, don't mess around. Get the biggest you can. Mine is something like a 7500/12000. It'll run two refrigerators, one freezer, my entire tank plus, really, anything else I need!

 

[Mschmidt]

Gas over battery backup/solar?

Moving to Washington and I expect power outages, so I'd like to plan.

 

[JoJosReef]

Gas over battery backup/solar?

Moving to Washington and I expect power outages, so I'd like to plan.

When is the move?

 

[BryanM]

I bought something different, and it worked for what I needed and is now the camp phone charger.

Also just finished solar+battery for the house, so I knew it was temporary.

If the jackery would have arrived in time I’d have bought that.

 

[PharmrJohn]

Gas over battery backup/solar?

Moving to Washington and I expect power outages, so I'd like to plan.

Do both. I'm gonna. What part of Washington? I've hung my hat here x60 years.

 

[A_Blind_Reefer]

 

[Johnd651]

Duel fuel gas/propane 7500w generator with whole house plug and interlock on panel.

 

[Mschmidt]

When is the move?

roll out Nov 6th

Do both. I'm gonna. What part of Washington? I've hung my hat here x60 years.

Bellingham.

 

[JoJosReef]

Wow, I've done the cross-country move before. And I didn't have kids yet! Busy prepping I imagine

 

[Pyrogens]

Duel fuel gas/propane 7500w generator with whole house plug and interlock on panel.

This is the way to go. Transfer switches are so useful, I wish they were standard in breaker installs.

 

[VintageReefer]

I just picked up a Jackery power station (2000w). Who has one as a backup for themselves and how big is it?

I’m a hobbiest of these devices. 2000w is the inverter load it can handle. It’s sort of irrelevant

What are the watt hours (wh) for the model you bought? This is what will tell you runtime / capacity. Does it have pass through / ups functionality ?

Can you post a link to it?

And what devices are you connecting and how many watts are they? I can formulate a runtime for you

 

[Johnd651]

This is the way to go. Transfer switches are so useful, I wish they were standard in breaker installs.

I went cheap

 

[Pyrogens]

I went cheap

Interesting. Had no idea these were a thing. I got some reading to do now, thanks!