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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.


You forget she lives up north so heat would have been a major factor.