[Elecraft] (OT) Ca Fires

[Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT]

Yes, Jim, I do realize that a lot of the problem is PG&E making poor 
choices to benefit investors and not provide safe power.  They do the 
same with natural gas.

SCE is better, but they're hardening their grid, fixing the problems you 
mentioned, and we've had lots of maintenance outages to replace poles.

You mention generators, and that makes my point:

The problem is manageable.  A small generator can solve a lot of 
problems at a fairly low cost.

I don't need much power for lighting, and have a number of battery 
powered camping lamps that work great.  Candles too.

My internet connection and servers are mission critical to me, but 
that's 80 watts total.

If it's below freezing, I want to be able to run the furnace at least 
part time.

My refrigerator and freezer are important, but not critical.

I can get by with about 2kw.  I think the Ryobi 2300 I have was $600.

I can go a couple of hours without power easily before I need to start 
thinking about the generator.

Siphoning gas from the cars works -- and has been tested, new cars are 
harder to tap for gas.

73 -- Lynn

On 11/3/2019 12:04 AM, Jim Brown wrote:
> As to Elecraft - many of their employees live in areas that WERE 
> affected by the power shutoffs. Some are my neighbors. Our generators 
> have gotten a lot of running time in the past week or so.