Hurricane Sandy went through here yesterday. We had a lot of water and wind. Power went out at about 7 pm, giving me the opportunity to display my technological prowess by deploying my 1.1 kilowatt DC/AC inverter. It worked very well — we had lights and TV, and were the envy of the neighborhood. We all went to sleep on the ground floor — trees are the real hazard here. We were very pleased to be awakened by the lights coming back on at 1:20 am. Three cheers for Dominion Power! I hope listeners in the storm’s path had it as easy as we did.
Podcast #147 will be a special Hurricane Sandy edition. I should have it out in a day or so.
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Glad to hear it! My niece in NYC had to leave Lower Manhattan and “move uptown” for a couple days but all is well, too. Saludos y 73…
Bill, What was the capacity of the battery that you use? Larry W2LJ