On Friday, May 22, 2020 at 12:39:38 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
> On Friday, May 22, 2020 at 12:20:32 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Thursday, May 21, 2020 at 11:06:43 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
> > > On Thursday, May 21, 2020 at 9:58:24 AM UTC-10, jmcquown wrote:
> > > >
> > > > He's as bad as Kuthe if he thinks anyone could (or should) power central
> > > > air using a car battery for any length of time. The battery would run
> > > > down in hours and hey, if the power is out, how could she recharge the
> > > > car battery. Answer is, she couldn't. That's why she bought a gas
> > > > generator in the first place.
> > > >
> > >
> > > A 100kWh battery could power a household for about 4 days. A 200kWh battery could power a house for about twice that long.
> >
> > If it were trying to power my entire house, including the hot tub, it
> > wouldn't last nearly that long. I consumed 2088 kWh last month.
> >
> > Full disclosu like the clothes dryer, the hot tub isn't on the
> > generator transfer switch. If we had a prolonged winter power outage,
> > we'd drain the hot tub and clear the pump so it wouldn't burst.
> >
> > Cindy Hamilton
>
> Would it be safe to assume that during a power outage, you wouldn't be using 70 kWh/day? That would be over twice the national average. What the heck are you running? Just kidding. I don't want to know.

It's the hot tub. We run the outdoor hot tub all year long, even when the
outdoor temperature is colder than your freezer.

Cindy Hamilton