Power outage!!!

[Jpat]

Well, speaking as someone that has solar panels on the house unless you've got about $50K it won't do you any good.

You can have solar panels which will help with your electric bill for about $25K but if you don't buy the batteries, another $25K, when the power goes out so does the solar.

Are they nickle cadium batterys? whats the the service life of them?

 

[DuckyDonna]

Are they nickle cadium batterys? whats the the service life of them?

IDK, Mark will know but he's at work. I do know that they don't last that long though. I'm disgusted with the whole thing because it never made financial sense to me. We won't live long enough to even come close to recouping the money we spent on those panels. I hear they don't last forever either.

He keeps thinking that the price of batteries is going to come down but it's still out of this world. So for us with $25K worth of solar panels: power outage = NO POWER!

 

[Jpat]

IDK, Mark will know but he's at work. I do know that they don't last that long though. I'm disgusted with the whole thing because it never made financial sense to me. We won't live long enough to even come close to recouping the money we spent on those panels. I hear they don't last forever either.

He keeps thinking that the price of batteries is going to come down but it's still out of this world. So for us with $25K worth of solar panels: power outage = NO POWER!

Oh jeez

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Just as I am getting ready for bed my power decided to flicker then die! With an incubator going of eggs.

I am really hoping it’s a short outage but I put towels over them to try and keep more heat in. Now starting the praying for my little egglets.

What day were the eggs on?
Power outage the first week isn't nearly as damaging as the rest of incubation.
http://www.brinsea.com/Articles/Advice/PowerOff.aspx

 

[Knighstar679]

What day were the eggs on?
Power outage the first week isn't nearly as damaging as the rest of incubation.
http://www.brinsea.com/Articles/Advice/PowerOff.aspx

One incubator was on day 3. The others say 14-15, but they survived. Did a fast candle to see. Movement in all of them.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

That's great news. Were you able to get reassurance from the link I posted?

 

[Knighstar679]

That's great news. Were you able to get reassurance from the link I posted?

It was an interesting read specially I live in a colder climate zone.

 

[DuckyDonna]

@Jpat had an unexpected power outage about 3 days from hatching and every single one of his ducks made it. He did an awesome job! Oh, and he's in Nova Scotia!

 

[Jpat]

Yeah that was scary! heat was out for hours. eggs were 14 degrees

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

I have a whole house generator that runs on propane. I live in hurricane country.