On Saturday, May 23, 2020 at 12:47:23 PM UTC-4, cshenk wrote:
> 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.

No. I have gas heat. The blower on the furnace runs 24/7, but that
doesn't draw a ton of current.

Cindy Hamilton