Generators

[Srmcclure]

Hi everyone!! So we are experiencing an ice storm here and my power is out. I have the hot hands and smaller enclosures, etc to keep them warm for now, but does anyone know of any good generators that you plug in to charge and then use? I'm in an apartment so unfortunately I'm a bit limited ?

I'm hoping to be up and running soon and would like this for the future. I'm not doing this again. My power pretty much never goes out so I was a little prepared, but not fully...

Thanks everyone!!

 

[Maro2Bear]

Take a look at these Goal Zero “power stations”. They can be charged up from solar panels or your mains electricity or from your car battery. They have many sizes of power stations, the more you pay, the larger the storage and the longer your devices will run. Keep in mind that heating elements, like a CHE, suck up a lot of power.

➡️➡️ https://www.goalzero.com/shop/portable-power/goal-zero-yeti-200x/

 

[Srmcclure]

Ok thanks! Yea, I figured I would get one to power 1 of the rhp with are 120w, plus the thermostat for one enclosure and have smaller not see through enclosure inside there as well so both babies have heat. Does that sound doable? Or ok?

 

[Maro2Bear]

Ok thanks! Yea, I figured I would get one to power 1 of the rhp with are 120w, plus the thermostat for one enclosure and have smaller not see through enclosure inside there as well so both babies have heat. Does that sound doable? Or ok?

Yes. Do some digging around on their website. The nice thing about these “power stations” is that you can charge them up via normal power. When power goes off, you plug in and things work. The larger the power station, the longer you will have power.

And, they can be charged up via their solar panel connections too.

 

[Srmcclure]

Thank you so much!!! It was only supposed to get cold lol not ice storm! Gotta love Oklahomas weather... if you ever come here, pack for everything! Lol

 

[Maro2Bear]

Thank you so much!!! It was only supposed to get cold lol not ice storm! Gotta love Oklahomas weather... if you ever come here, pack for everything! Lol

Yes, i saw the reporting of all of the ice and power outages.

 

[Srmcclure]

Yes, i saw the reporting of all of the ice and power outages.

Yea its crazy! My power pole right outside my window snapped in half and all the live wires are down... my coworker has been without power for 3 days and they told her she's low on the priority list. Not to mention we will have no trees with branches lol

 

[Blackdog1714]

They do make very small gas generators like this Honda which is one of the best and very quiet. They are designed for motor homes so they have to pretty quiet

 

[Srmcclure]

That's a good idea! Thank you!

 

[Tom]

They do make very small gas generators like this Honda which is one of the best and very quiet. They are designed for motor homes so they have to pretty quiet

I was going to suggest this too. I use two different Honda generators and people on the film sets use them too. The Hondas are great and about as quiet as anything I've heard. You could run it out on the balcony maybe?

 

[ZEROPILOT]

They do make very small gas generators like this Honda which is one of the best and very quiet. They are designed for motor homes so they have to pretty quiet

The Honda inverter generators are some of the best you can get.
They are sine wave generators. Safe for sensitive electronics.
Even if small size, silence and everything isn't important and you need a generator regularly like here in hurricane central. Anything with a Honda engine is worth the extra few bucks.
And generators with Honda engines usually aren't attached to crappy gen heads like so many of the Briggs, Robin or Honda clones that are sold as "bargain" units.
My home Generator has a large Honda engine and a brushed Baldor generator head.
I doubt it will ever fail

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Ok thanks! Yea, I figured I would get one to power 1 of the rhp with are 120w, plus the thermostat for one enclosure and have smaller not see through enclosure inside there as well so both babies have heat. Does that sound doable? Or ok?

You can also buy an A/C power inverter to run off of a car battery. But you'd need to keep charging the battery with your car. And keep carrying the battery up into your apartment.
Power inverters aren't that expensive.

 

[Srmcclure]

Perfect! My husband and I will start saving up for one of those then! We just don't want to do this again. If its still out in the morning my babies are going to hang out with their grandma for a bit. She got power back, so ill bring a minimal setup to her place...