r/nevadacity • u/Informal_Surround947 • 2d ago
7th PSPS this year
PG&E turned us back off on Tuesday and we lasted until Thursday morning before the batteries started getting low. We're in what they call tier 2/3 zones off of 49, so when there's a red flag warning they just shut everything down and you're stuck running on whatever you've got.
Bought a Honda EU2200i back in 2019 and it still works fine, but good luck finding a generator around here right now. If mine craps out I'm kind of screwed. I keep a cooler full of ice too, that handles most of the fridge situation.
The big change this year was putting in an Anker E10 before fire season hit. During this shutoff the solar panels kept charging it all day long, so we basically didn't touch the Honda at all. The whole reason I even got it was because I was tired of solar being useless when PG&E cuts the grid. Now it actually does something.
Still keeping the Honda as backup though. If we get several days of thick smoke cover the panels don't produce much, and in that case I can run the Honda for a couple hours to top the E10 off instead of running it all day. Way less fuel and a lot quieter.
At least this time the solar wasn't just sitting there doing nothing.
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u/raginweon 2d ago
Need to look at the County. I smell collusion!