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somedudevt t1_j39rmc6 wrote

Do yourself a favor, look at power consumption of your house. These “electric backups” are normally 100ish ah at 12v or 1200watt total. Your refrigerator uses that in a couple hours. Then what?

If you look at off grid systems, they are 10-20x the capacity of these little portable power packs, and have 1500-5000w solar arrays to replenish them.

At the VERY Cheapest using old school SLA batteries to power a house for a day your looking at $1200 in batteries, some complex wiring, and a weight of 1000lb. Add to that chargers and stuff as batteries do not stay charged they must be maintained it’s just a bad idea.

Get a gas generator, 4 stroke. Get an electrician to install it. Grab 4 or 5 Jerry cans, and call it a day. It will be more reliable, cheaper, and not dependent on the sun to replenish it which generally when the power is out is t reliably uncovered.

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anniedee82 t1_j39k9dg wrote

I usally see Leah Villemaire. She a physician's assistant. I the first time a saw her a had a eczema break out over 80% of my body. The itch was so bad I had scratched three moles off my arms and had scratched gouges into my skin. I know scratching makes it worse but it itched so bad. She never lectured me (my primary did) and was really understanding and sympathetic

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Formal_Coyote_5004 t1_j39hwqx wrote

One of my favorite things (when I lived in town) was reading the Stowe police blotter. So funny. And this was wayyyy before I had Reddit. My favorite was (not quoting it… a long time ago)

“A caller heard gunshots. It turned out to be a turkey slamming its head against a barn door”.

Also people will call into the police for random shit. This lady at the restaurant asked if we had found her sunglasses and we said “ok were you in earlier today? We might have them!” She said “no can you check the floor? We were here three days ago” I wouldn’t be surprised if this lady called Stowe PD about sunglasses she was missing three days ago.

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