That is what I'm suggesting.....have a plan to survive short term outages....basically treat them as a nuisance vs. a major trauma event. For a lot of folks.....if 6 hours is a major trauma event, imagine where they will be in 6 days?
The BIG one most don't have is a secondary source of heat....one that will at least keep the house warm enough the pipes won't freeze....and the ability to do so without the need for power. Unless a person has a backup generator......and enough fuel to run it for the duration, they won't last.
In our first house, backup was a wood burning fireplace insert...it was located in the lower level of a split foyer house. It would heat the entire house. Not evenly, but enough to keep it from freezing. I always had enough wood to run it a month.
Second house was two story, with basement. Had a natural gas fireplace in the basement......required no juice to run it. Cranked up on high, it would keep the basement unbearably hot, and the heat would then filter upstairs to keep that going.
Current house has a fireplace that has not yet been tested, but I doubt it is my final backup solution, as it is more or less a "vanity" unit and any wood burned will send 90% of the heat up the chimney. Pretty, but pretty much worthless as a heat source.
Better option for me will be a backup generator running off the 500 gallon propane tank. Enough juice to spin the furnace and keep the refer and freezer going.
A simple backup heat option that might work (but one that won't pass the decor friendly test) is a propane powered, exterior vented, wall furnace.
Doomsday around here would be lack of ability to charge grandma's cell phone, although she would probably do that by hooking it to the car charger and letting it run for an hour each day. :roll:
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