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Woodwizard

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6. Been doing it for 30+ years in the Catskills
Sun Nov 17, 2024, 07:37 PM
Nov 17

The power would usually go out a full week at some point for the first 20 or so years got a 4 kw generator in 2010 to run our pump freezer and fridge. 40 minutes generator time every 4 hours or so kept everything good.

Have a solar array with batteries to run the lights and internet. The last 5 years we have not had long outages.

Dry food, rice beans ect along with shelf stable goods we always have we can easily be here a month with what we have.

There are no close stores so it's a way of life.

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