Power outage

[jenk]

Our electricity is out, so we're pulling from the house battery. This is our cue to turn down the thermostat and any unneeded appliances. Then we wonder why the house "pull" has increased even though we've turned things off.  (Note the kitchen fridge does as it will, as does the extra fridge and freezer in the garage.)

Here near latitude 47/near Seattle, it's increasingly dark outside at 3pm.  Why doesn't this happen in June when it's light until 9pm? Oh right, climate. 

Anyway. Going to move to the sunroom on the west side of the house. It has skylights and wiindows on 3 sides, so if there is ANY natural light available, it's there.  

Comments

[jenk]

Power came back about 4pm. Did treadmill first thing.

I should note the house battery *can* carry the full house load. A lot of reducing load during an outage is that we'd rather pull less load overnight than a full load for a few hours. Yes, CPAPs are involved...but also "not having to trash everything in fridge and freezers.

[raine]

Hope you get your power back soon! I'm up across the county line, hoping the Snohomish River doesn't become a massive flood threat tonight.