My 2 cents: Eliminate mini-fridge. Purchase a slightly larger chest freezer. Place a couple of 1 gallon water jugs into freezer. When they are frozen, move them to a yeti (or similar) high quality cooler for refrigerator type items (and meds). Rotate another couple of gallon water jugs into the freezer perhaps once or twice per day. If the freezer is taking advantage of solar, then put jugs into the freezer in the morning. Also, if you have a basement, keep the freezer and cooler in the basement to gain a bit of additional efficiency where it's cooler.

@anonymous175

2 ай бұрын

100%

@thomasdipaolo2349

2 ай бұрын

Good idea

@hertechprep

2 ай бұрын

I like it!

@pstoneking3418

2 ай бұрын

I just purchased an mid average Frigidaire refrigerator/ freezer and it's efficiency is fantastic. It will run off a 300 watt inverter. When the defrost timer overloads the inverter during defrost cycle just rotate the timer to bypass the defrost cycle then reset your inverter.

@baneverything5580

2 ай бұрын

Two wireless thermometers low and high up in the freezer along with a tiny battery powered fan can turn the freezer into a much larger fridge if you adjust the thermostat right.

As a Florida hurricane survivor in the days before air conditioning I remember these power outage tips well. 1. Keep a small cup with one or two ice cubes in the freezer. If they have melted you know your food is compromised. 2. Eat from the refrigerator first. Then barbeque from the freezer. 3. If you can't eat it all keep your cooked food cool by placing in watertight containers in a creek or other water body. Keep your body there to cool off, too! 4. Rely more on shelf stable one-ingredient foods and less on the freezer for preps. I grew up in a prepper family. We did not need to run to the store before a hurricane. We focused on sustainable prepping, like it's 1776. Generators and appliances will give out eventually. So now we have an earth sheltered home, a large cellar, solar panels, and a wood powered generator in the Ozarks. We got tired of power outages and mobbed grocery stores.

@nadogrl

10 күн бұрын

Great advice, but a better #1 that I’ve used for years is to freeze water in a small container, then put a coin on top. If you find the coin at the bottom of the container, you’ll know that the ice has melted, and food may be compromised, even if the water has refrozen.

@GeckoHiker

7 күн бұрын

@@nadogrl The ice cubes work the same way. If they melt and refreeze you won't have ice cubes anymore.

@nadogrl

6 күн бұрын

@@GeckoHiker - True, but one or two cubes melting might not necessarily mean that the food is spoiled.

@griddownpowerup

3 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing your thoughts! You brought up some great points. If you’re interested in this topic, we encourage you to check out our award-winning documentary called 'GDPU,' narrated by Dennis Quaid. It’s free on KZread, and it goes into a lot of detail on these issues. Plus, they’ve got a website where you can take action by contacting legislators and public utilities. Please help us spread the word.

I hope everyone knows the order is: water, food, shelter - because without water you die before you eat !

@phlatulance

15 күн бұрын

Order is shelter water food. Lots of situations you’ll die from exposure before you get thirsty or hungry.

@egenestarr1986

15 күн бұрын

@@phlatulance annndddd that is all commensurate with hydration and calorie energy , it is the base foundation of life.... but yea sure you can die of exposure heat and cold, i been in it -35 to 140 heat index... allllll dependent on food and water levels in body , if your full tank you can bear it .... thirst will only take a few days depending on activity level

@OfftoShambala

12 күн бұрын

@@phlatulanceI’d say shelter water food order as well … but they’re all so close

@frankpettinato2324

7 күн бұрын

3days no H20=☠️

You're half right. Your use of a small chest is spot on, you're use of a small dorm refrigerator is wrong. Buy a second small chest freezer and hook up a Inkbird ITC308 Freezer Thermostat sold on Amazon $36. A small refrigerator loses most of it's cold air when opened, a chest unit doesn't. Convert a chest freezer to a refrigerator takes less energy.

@gregory4154

Ай бұрын

You're dead on. And, the chest needs to already be plugged in and cold.

@texasprepperprojects

21 күн бұрын

This is the way!

@whtrabbit3852

16 күн бұрын

Dried (fruits/vegies)food, grains, rice, beans much more reliable than cold refrigeration. 75% of world have refrigerator. 86% have a cell phone?

@johnfrederick6213

12 күн бұрын

A great idea and workaround. One thing to consider.... A chest freezer only needs to run 4 to 6 hours a day to maintain frozen items as long as it isn't opened during the off intervals. Raising the temp in a chest freezer for refrigeration usage in a bind? You'll have to keep it running 24/7. For me? If forced to make a choice? I'll keep my freezers going and dump the regrigerators to save energy resources. I already shut down 1 frige and 1 freezer to relegate as backups in case a primary goes on the fritz. Trust me, that happens! And it always seems to happen at the worst possible times, and when you least need or expect it. Lol Have backups for BOTH! They don't make appliances like they used to... Remember, 2 is 1 and 1 is none! You need backups!

@MrKelly-oc5kq

21 сағат бұрын

In my hay dayz I picked up a broken free chest freezer, pulled the racks out and had one big hole, I bought a keg of beer placed it inside the freezer with a 100 pounds of ice, I took a hole saw and drilled a 2inch hole in the side up high, then run the tap out the side and put a small table under the tap to fill your cups, I cut a big 4inch hole in the top or door if you will and put a fat Styrofoam plug in it so I could periodically take out and pump the keg, I had a 2 day party and had cold beer the whole time, just saying for party goers, lol.😅

After Beryl, I went to 7 days without power. My fridge run almost every day, except one that rained all day, but it did not defrosted because it was kept closed most of the time. Next day the sun came out and the Bluetti 3k refilled. I got 1k of solar panels, I also have two smaller units to run lights, and 12V fans and devices. Just in case, I also have a 12v fridge, but I did not needed this time. I keep water and other emergency items just in case. Good advice given!

The most important thing to remember about refrigerators and freezers if you want to save energy, is to limit the number of times you open the doors and reduce the amount of time they are open.

I’ve had the same setup for years! I live in Miami and experienced Andrew, Katrina, Wilma and Irma. I currently own two sportsman generators and have four lifepo4 batteries. My chest freezer (36 wh) and 3.2 fridge (41 wh) can run for weeks on my setup. I can cook on my instapot and induction hot plate and keep my 5000 btu air conditioner going in the worst heat. Planning is the key!!!

@TheBugOutLocation

24 күн бұрын

Nice! I need to test different foods and energy usage in my instapot. With its short cook times, it seems like a good option.

@texasprepperprojects

21 күн бұрын

Why not use a butane or propane stove and save the power?

@alpensler5844

21 күн бұрын

@@texasprepperprojects I have propane also! You cannot use propane in the house! Also, after a major storm, you can have thousands of gallons/ ccf of gas in the ground but you may not be able to get a gallon out without power. Additionally you are going to stand in line with hundreds trying to do the same thing. Once that supply is gone who knows when that will be replaced. I’ve seen videos where people had a 300 gallon tank of propane and a Generac generator use it up in 48 hours. (Something about a tank only allows a percentage used due to pressure requirements)

@texasprepperprojects

21 күн бұрын

@@alpensler5844 my point is, that instead of using a battery or generator to make electricity to make heat, just skip the middle step and heat directly. I have a dual fuel butane/propane stove and a propane heater. It's all silent and more efficient!

@marcushennings9513

20 күн бұрын

As a former Floridaian, first, I suggest not stocking up as much on meats and perishables when hurricane season approaches, that will solve most of the loss. They don't exactly sneak up on us like tornadoes, so I'd have coolers for what remains and buy plenty of ice when it's headed your way.

Maybe time to add Texas and Florida to the list of places where you’d expect multiple day outages due to natural disaster

@margaretlouiseable

12 күн бұрын

All the red states basically. Hmmm

I strongly recommend buying frozen dry ice (C°2) packs and keep many of these in your deep feezer. ❄These are much colder than water ice. If the electrical power gets shut off, the dry ice packs will keep your feezer cold for more than 4 days. I also recommend putting a dry ice pack in a good quality mylar bag with meats inside and keep these in the deep freezer also. This keeps the meats frozen for a much longer amount of time !

@fookingsog

18 күн бұрын

You can't drink dry ice!!! Use frozen 2-Liter bottles filled with water instead!!! Drink/Re-freeze as needed!!!

@skLuke638

7 күн бұрын

What type would you suggest for freezers or refrigerators?

@IllObserveAndReport

7 күн бұрын

Cool thanks!!!😀

Good basic info. My 10.7cf residential fridge uses about .94 kwh/day, and I have over 5,000 watts of solar and 23.5 kwh of batteries to run it. I live completely off-grid in a motorhome, so I am living now like I would in a survival scenario. Fuel will be scarce in a survival scenario. I recently replaced the propane fridge in my RV as propane is not renewable like sunshine is. The general recommendation to power a typical residential fridge off the sun is at least 200ah of 12v LiFePo-4 batteries (2.5 kwh) and 400 watts of solar, as sometimes the sky is cloudy. I'm a hurricane Katrina survivor. At the time, I was living in a stick and brick home near New Orleans before I had an RV. We had to evacuate and returned to Louisiana from Florida on gas fumes in our little 4 cyl. car, because gas wasn't available as we traveled across 3 states. No gas stations were open, as they had no electricity to pump the gas that was in their tanks. Luckily my house only suffered minimal damage, but we were without electricity for 6 weeks. I didn't have gas to run my generator, so I lost what was in my fridge and had to cook the thawed contents of my freezer using charcoal, as we were without natural gas for more than 2 months. My gas-powered motorhome has a large fuel tank, which I keep mostly full, but I'd rather use that valuable limited resource for bugging out rather than to run my onboard generator to keep our fridge, air conditioning and heat on (from a high-efficiency mini split heat pump that I can run 24/7 off batteries and sun.) We also keep our 100lb onboard propane tank full, and in reserve, using a portable 20lb tank for our daily needs of cooking and showering. As you know, it's often advantageous to be able to leave an affected area for multiple reasons - safety and resources among them. So being able to bug out with your home and resources is a huge advantage. If we don't need to leave the area, the 60-80 gallons in our MH's fuel tank will go a long way in our 30mpg car we tow behind it to replenish resources like water, food and fuel. Be sure to have cash on hand too, because when the banks are destroyed (ours was literally underwater after Katrina) you won't be able to access it for critical needs if all you have is worthless plastic.

MAYBE 2 CHEST FREEZERS? A THERMOSTAT ON ONE TO USE IT AS A FRIDGE BUT WITH MORE CUBIC SPACE THEN A MINIFRIDGE.

@RenaissanceThinking

2 ай бұрын

That's what we did in the Yucatan jungle 20years.

I've done the same thing you did except on a bigger scale. I run 2 deep freezers and an ac unit in my shed, which is well insulated. It's nice to see other people with off grid type setups. It's a good thing

Great intro for basic yet completely usable solar power setup. The video was really done well!

Water, food, sleep. Without sleep you become psychotic

@elizabethharalson7903

18 күн бұрын

During the pandemic I was going 56 hours without sleep from stress and anxiety. I quit my job when hallucinating while driving.( I got my job back when vacs became available)

For anyone wondering about small appliances: Our cabin is off-grid, solar only. Purchased a HiSense 4.4 cuft refrig/freezer (aka large sized 'dorm fridge'). Amazing how far Energy Star guidelines have come. This refrigerator is off when we're not there since I always take our 2kw Anker home with me. When we return, everything is ambient temperature and it takes only two hours before the refrig goes from say, 60-80 degrees till it starts making ice. Uses about 55watts (less than ¾ amp) when it is cycling on. Hardly notice any additional battery drain on the solar generator.

@griddownpowerup

3 күн бұрын

Great point! Because of this risk (or vulnerability), everyone should really watch the award-winning documentary, GDPU Narrated by Dennis Quaid, which is now available free on KZread . Additionally, on our website, we provide a mechanism to write emails & make phone calls to your specific legislators, regulators and board members of your public utility to ensure we get action taken to protect our great country. Please help us spread the word.

With a chest freezer you don't have to leave it plugged in you can let it charge for three or four hours and leave it unplugged for 8 hours stretch out how much power you're using out of your solar generators. You'll thank me later

Glad I found this. Just suffered through Hurricane Beryl and had no power for nearly 6 days. Got a gas generator online on day 2 and saved most of our food. We'll implement some of your options for the next time...and there will be a next time.

Good info, after huricane Maria we spent 45 days without power and interrupted afterwards. Bought an Iceco 45 and with a 12V battery and solar panels we can run it for 24 hrs. Lessons learned after the storm.

I actually ran a mini fridge for 48 hrs non stop with a 12v 100 ah lifepo4 battery. I assumed after 48 hrs that the battery was low. I put it on the charger and it showed a 60% charge. Impressive to me .

@pstoneking3418

2 ай бұрын

I run one of my standard size refrigerator freezer plus a compact refrigerator off of my Ecoflow Delta pro leaving 30% charge in the morning at which time my solar charges it back to 100%. I use a feature called reserve energy so when it drops below 15% it also charges from AC.

@baneverything5580

2 ай бұрын

A 100ah 12v battery, conservatively, can power one three days in hot weather. In cooler weather more.

@baneverything5580

2 ай бұрын

Get a simple plug-in watt meter

@hinessite896

2 ай бұрын

@@baneverything5580 I recently purchased one . Thanks

We did buy a small fridge from Walmart and a separate solar battery to run it. To keep my daughters insulin cold. We also bought food specific for her. We are trying our best and have to rest on that. Learning along the way

Hi, I came across this video and am glad I did. You provided some great info . I have several 12 volt fridge / freezer cooler combo’s. They pull about 45 watts when the compressor kicks on. I use solar generators to power them for the most part. Then I hook up a lifepo4 battery to the solar generator to extend the run time. Again, great video. Have a good one.

@TheBugOutLocation

2 ай бұрын

I appreciate it, thanks.

@johnd4348

2 ай бұрын

I am looking a purchasing a Lifepo4 and solar panels. 200 watt. What is your experience with it and how long will the batteries last on the Lifepo is not used.

I plan on the cheat freezer and a quality ice chest. Power the chest freezer and rotate ice blocks to the cooler.

@tennesseeterri

2 ай бұрын

Yes, that's exactly what I would do.

After the recent outages in Texas, this video came at the right time.

@TheBugOutLocation

2 ай бұрын

Thanks! It's helped us out multiple times

@thomasdipaolo2349

2 ай бұрын

Good video. We us a goal zero portable power station with a 1000 watt inverter, 100ah seal lead acid battery amd.mppt charge controller inside. We link a 2nd 100ah lead acid battery to it. Our 25 cu ft side by side frig/frzr uses 1.7 kw per day. We currently charge our set up w a 100 watt foldable solar panel. We plan to buy 1-2 more of these solar panel to keep the batteries fully charged while in use. So we agree with what you presented in your video :)

@baneverything5580

2 ай бұрын

Get a 300ah 12v LiFeP04 battery, 20 or 40 amp LiFeP04 charger, and 2000w inverter. Be sure the battery is the 200 amp version. Later you can rig it up to solar.

@200Nora

20 күн бұрын

In Texas, I survived 7 days without power. This time, I was prepared with some solar and efficient lights and devices. However, I also survived a month without power during Ike several years ago without any power, barely no water and red cross food. For me, this time, was more of a luxury with solar and gas to cook. I do not like gasoline generators.

I installed a $30 Generator Inlet to the outside wall of my Kitchen then ran 1 foot of Wire thru the wall to a 20 amp double outlet inside the kitchen to make a dedicated Generator Outlet (NOT connected to house wiring) so my 2300/1800 watt quiet Inverter Generator can run Fridge, Chest Freezer, Internet, TV & Pellet Stove all at once,... Not a "whole house" set up but all the important stuff will run & this was pretty cheap to do & pretty cheap to run :)

@MomWriteExplore

29 күн бұрын

Also might be a little more stealth if stuff gets ugly.

@trbolive

12 күн бұрын

What is the generator brand...?

Great advice I need to step up my emergency power game with solar.

Couldn't agree more. I lived like you described for 20 years. Travel trailer inside of pole bar. 1,400$ Invested. Age 67.1Cav Retired veteran.

Makes a lot of sense I try to focus on low-tech/old tech but reducing also works great for shorter term

If you want to use existing appliances this is an excellent solution. I'm using it as well for a long time. Keep preparing people!

A 12vDC fridge would use even less power, just FYI.

@gaggix7095

2 ай бұрын

12V DC fridges are expensive, better spent on a bigger battery/panel.

@ianmcmahon8589

Ай бұрын

There are cheap ones now, not just the $800 ones.

@fookingsog

19 күн бұрын

Peltier fridges/coolers are absolutely worthless!!!-they only get about 20°F below the external ambient temperature. Always get a true compressor based fridge/cooler such as the BougeRV brand.

@kiowablue2862

10 күн бұрын

Maybe, maybe not. Depends on the age of the refrigerator. I have both a 12 Volt compressor type refer and a late model (~1 year old) mains powered fridge. The 12 Volt box uses 10 Amps of current. That's 120 Watts. The mains powered box draws 88 Watts when its running. (verified with a kill-a-watt type of energy meter) And, as at least one other commenter pointed out, the 12 Volt compressor type is _expensive._ A 10 cu ft box costs ~1500 bucks.

@1truthseeking8

7 күн бұрын

​@@fookingsog what about Dometic brand?

Thank you for explaining the technique you use. I think having separate appliances for freezing and refrigeration is a great way to be prepared for “Grid Down”. I will be implementing that strategy by adding pieces over time. Thumbs up to you for providing this great alternative way to save food during an emergency. 👍

The more room around the freezer so it can cool better and a blanket on top the reduce heat transfer will reduce power usage.

When storm coming, I make extra ice, put water in milk cartons to freeze. Eat the fresh and frozen stuff first.

@christyshultz6443

29 күн бұрын

I nean you could go the route of an old fashioned ice box like you said freeze some types of things and put it down in like a chest or an ice cooler. Cool enough consistently for a while if you have a small freezer running so that you can refreeze those bottles then it will work better and the reason why you wouldn't put your refrigerator with stuff in your freezer it's fairly obvious.

@christyshultz6443

29 күн бұрын

Using a soring.. An d yes my moms family did that and her family were farmers and they used a spring to keep their milk their eggs and butter and things like that preserved and in the winter time they just had like a pie safe that they would put outside because it would be freezing all the time they just put a lot of food outside.

@TeutonicNordwind

19 күн бұрын

I like how you think!

I bought a 56 Quart Euhomy freezer/fridge cooler. It has the option to charge via wall socket, cigarette lighter, or solar panels. I got it to hold all of my burger in tubes from a 1/4 beef purchase. It works on Eco Mode once everything is frozen and can go for a couple of days, maybe 3. Plus, if you don't need the freezer you can set it as a fridge. Bouge and Bodega have separate compartment/doors in some of their coolers like this. The best thing about this is if you have to get out of town you have food for days and it is multi-use, not just stationary. It is a little more money, but worth the piece of mind for me. One last thing: In the event of a hurricane or fire/smoke, etc. you will most likely be able to charge batteries via solar in a couple of days and if you have a back-up battery you have several days to do that or get out of town.

@jessicaalfonso5005

8 күн бұрын

Thanks for the brand name recommendation.

I looked into getting a mini fridge a few years ago and realized that a full size fridge used about the same amount of electricity while offering a lot more capacity at 369 vs 329 kwh per year, comparing a $500 18 cubic foot fridge to a 4.4 cubic foot $200 mini fridge. For 4 times the capacity with about the same energy use and no need to move things over to a different fridge while deciding what items to let spoil, the full size fridge made more sense to me. Of course a chest freezer set to a refrigerator temperature would likely use even less power as others mentioned. I started out using a dewalt inverter that powers my fridge and standalone freezer using dewalt batteries for a few hours since I already had plenty of their flexvolt batteries. I have since gotten an inverter generator that plugs into an inlet on my circuit panel to run most everything on either gas or propane relatively quietly though you could start out using extension cords. I have wireless Acurite thermometers in my fridge and freezer so I can monitor the max/min temp without opening the fridge and it alarms if it gets too warm. This can be helpful if not using the generator 24/7 and I'm wanting to alternate between using batteries, having everything off, and then turning the generator back on as things warm up so I can run the fridge again, recharge batteries, and then go back to battery power.

@griddownpowerup

5 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing your thoughts! You brought up some great points. If you’re interested in this topic, we encourage you to check out our award-winning documentary called 'GDPU,' narrated by Dennis Quaid. It’s free on KZread, and it goes into a lot of detail on these issues. Here’s the link: kzread.info/dash/bejne/Y5951LGyepPbXZs.html. Plus, they’ve got a website where you can take action by contacting legislators and public utilities.

Thanks for the tip on mounting the inverter on a board. We have the same setup with the freezer and mini fridge to migrate the more critical foods over to keep at a steady temperature. Great minds think alike. 😂

@TheBugOutLocation

2 ай бұрын

I didn't really explain that much, but it's obvious why...I think haha

Grid down power: a small car battery bank with 2 inverters, a dual fuel generator, 3 solar (generators), 23KW solar panel array with a way to trick it to run during grid down, and an electric car with a 24KW battery and a 12v 150a battery charger. I can (and have already used) the electric car as a battery bank, charging it during the day and using it to power inverters. I also have a high efficiency tall dorm refrigerator for long term grid down. And a chest freezer. And I've started pressure canning food.

Glad to see you showed the .30 calibers. Gonna need those when your steaks go bad.

@user-yj5ds9ss5w

8 күн бұрын

Hilco water purifier

Great idea! I would prefer that compared to doing a whole house set up. I prefer portability from a power backup standpoint.

Get a full size inverter refrigerator/freezer. I tested my garage refrigerator when it was about 80 degrees outside and it used 657 watt hours over a 24 hour period with a max of 200 when the defrost cycle was on. I also tried it on a timer with 1 hour on / 3 hours off and it dropped to 455 watt hours. I then ran it off a EcoFlow River Max Plus (720 watt hours) and it ran for 18.5 hours continuous. Since the EcoFlow can take 200 watts solar or charge from 0-100 in 1.5 hours, I think this about the best option for me. Run and charge on two 100 watt panels during the day and run off the EcoFlow at night. I can also run my generator 1-2 hours per day if there is no sun and easily charge up the battery for a pint or two each day.

@dougc78

2 ай бұрын

Your set up is almost exactly what I’ve been thinking of doing….

@qwq203

Ай бұрын

This is exactly what I do. I bought the Delta 2 when it came out with a 160watt panel and a 2000watt generator. I run a 5cuft freezer and I laid a (free) dorm fridge/freezer on its back and use frozen water jugs in it to cool it. With it on its back, it acts like a chest and retains the cold when I open it. I also have an amazing AC/DC heat/cooler. My freezer is on a timer with 1hr on 2hr off. I have not run out of power once. I've been off grid for 14yrs now.

Need one of those portable RV fridges that opens up from the top. Direct feed 12 V more efficient and when you open the top lid all the cold air doesn’t fall out. I love mine.

I love that you show options that don’t require solar. I live on the third floor in a tiny apartment with no outdoor space. I’ve been trying to figure out what I’d do if the power was out for a week. I can’t have a gas generator and solar isn’t an option but I’d love it if you could do this video and dumb it down a bit. I don’t know what an inverter is and the watts and usage is confusing to understand. Ac vs dc? And it looks like you’re using cables on the car with some type of an outlet plug thing? I was never taught any of this and I’m trying to watch videos and learn but a lot of this language is foreign to me making me more confused. I need a power outage for dummies who live in an apartment please!

@TheBugOutLocation

20 күн бұрын

Thanks, and yeah, it can get confusing. Have a look at this video I did in the past. kzread.info/dash/bejne/eqGlqpiNd7jWp7Q.htmlsi=3qc7C-Xmw-MBVymS

@AmandaGatesHome

20 күн бұрын

@@TheBugOutLocation thank you I'll watch this today!

@julegate

9 күн бұрын

@@TheBugOutLocation Thank you.

This was a well thought out video. Good job.

three 100w panels is a sweet spot for a basic hobbyist solar set-up. Along with that, I have three group 31 deep cell batteries that can power my garage fridge "almost" 24/7. Also have two ecoflow 1100kw solar generators which can be fully charged in less than 2 hours. Finally, i have the same predator 3500 generator as well. Always keep and circulate about 30gallons of gas on hand at all times.

Good practical advise. You could run refrigerator exclusively from battery/inverter if u keep battery charged by having automatic smart charger plugged into your wall, your batteries will get used & recharged every day. I live in hurricane country and have lost power for 10 days after Hurricane Ike. To recharge during power outages I have a 240w solar panel hooked to it's own AGM battery with a 600w inverter, then I run an extension cord to a battery charger to charge my house batteries.

well this is good providing you can find food to place in the fridge

Thank you for the video.

I definitely agree with you since, going through the.Big blackout of 2002 in New York, which I had a portable version that gave the advantage, however, since I know a bit more now, be careful telling people it doesn't matter if you have a true sine wave inverter or not, it does matter, you'd be surprised the components you'll ruin not using one, including refrigeration units, trust me I know!

@fookingsog

18 күн бұрын

Ditto on the Pure Sine Wave!!! I even have my networking devices connected to a CyberPower Pure Sine Wave UPS for protection ALL of the time!!!

What about a table top ice maker? To keep the freezer chest cold? Keep adding ice like a cooler? The small appliance would use less power than keeping the chest freezer running on a generator?

@tamjeanell

Ай бұрын

Just bought an Aglucky...

I live In Florida and emergency preparedness is a must for us due to hurricanes. Each hurricane season we assess our needs and will add things we need. We have an electric cooler that will run using one of our solar batteries. It worked perfect for me and my husband when we had a power outage for a couple of days during a hurricane. Our next investment will be a mini fridge. I just purchased a cooling fan/ac unit. I have come to realize during a hurricane if we have an outage I would rather have power then running water.

A 300ah 12v LiFeP04 battery and 1000w inverter can run a dorm fridge for two weeks.

New Subscriber... Thank you for providing this informative video! 👌🇺🇸😁

@TheBugOutLocation

6 күн бұрын

Thanks!

I have a generator we used for a week after a tornado. Since everyone else in the neighborhood was using generators it wasn't noticeable. Blankets over the freezer also work.

@HCW2855HCW

Күн бұрын

Just on top when running. Then can cover completely. It needs to dissipate heat on the sides to the ambient air when running.

I have a 12v DC camping (I guess that you call them RV) 50lt chest fridge freezer and a couple of ice bricks in my main freezer to give it a kick start. It can be run off my SG or if we have warning, it can be chilled down with a mains power brick (240v AC to 12v DC)

thank you sir very helfull . we wish you great health .

Thank you for this,other channels are being compensated for pushing beyond expensive systems that is so out of reach for a regular or like me poor individuals.

Excellent video. Enjoyed it. Convinced me to think about a small chess freezer! I have a small fridge for my insulin.

Thanks for the video 😊

wow 4 hours! luckily Houston has CenterPoint and they are anything if not quick!

Another option is to take the veggies that you can such as green onions and celery in jars of water so they stay fresh without refrigeration because they are growing and reproducing

good info, thanks

Excellent video. Very fitting to cover some of the basics. Great idea to use our mini fridges and small chest freezer instead of both big fridges/freezers. This video has me really wanting to get into the solar arena. I need to learn more about the components that I’ll need.

@TheBugOutLocation

2 ай бұрын

Thanks. It looks more complicated than it is at first. It can get pretty complicated though lol.

@baneverything5580

2 ай бұрын

Get a 300ah LiFeP04 (200 amp version) and 20 amp LiFeP04 charger and 2000w pure sine wave inverter first. Add a 250 amp fuse on the positive battery post.

I’m actually putting a whole house off grid system and getting a transfer switch connected to my breaker panel so I don’t have to run wires through the house

@NurseAcrobat

2 ай бұрын

Good job. It's so much nicer not having to run extension cords. I started out getting a $600 120 volt 4k Firman generator at Costco that could run my internet, LED lights, fridge, standalone freezer, and a window AC via a 30 amp inlet to my main panel. Last year it ran for 28 hours straight on propane without issue before the power came back on. Then I got a 10kw Genmax trifuel inverter generator that let me power everything including my 3 ton heat pump with a soft start and now the Firman is a backup.

@4g63attack

2 ай бұрын

@@NurseAcrobat Nice. I also have a small portable power station as a back up... I don't know if I want to get a gasoline power back up... since I'm in California... gas is so expensive and shelf life is not that long... sure I can get fuel stabilizer.

@NurseAcrobat

2 ай бұрын

@@4g63attack I wish natural gas was available at my address. I end up mostly using propane since it never goes bad, but it is about the same price as automotive gas. Since my house is all electric I don't have a big propane tank so far, just a couple portable 100lb tanks on wheels and two 20lb bbq tanks. If my house were more amenable to solar I'd be looking into solar and battery backup.

My gas fridge works from any heat source. Its more hands on then most people want to deal with. But you can buy a gas fridge along with a few tanks of propane. The gas will run a medium sized fridge for over a month on high. They also have 3 way or 2 way fridges that can run off standard 110v ac as well.

The car refrigerators use very little power and wrap it in a blanket or insulation to last longer when u turn it off

I just found your channel and loved this vid. I have a Bluetti AC 180 power gen, a Bluetti EB3 gen, a 100w Renogy suitcase solar panel, and a 200w Renogy 200 foldable solar panel that we use when camping. Do we have what we need to operate a small frig and freezer? What am I missing? Thx.

In Florida I keep milk jugs of water in my freezer. That way if power goes out I move my food into that freezer acts like a cooler.

Great video! I have a mini fridge, I think I’ll use that instead, should a prolonged outage occur.

My freezer, coffee maker, and toaster all run on a small home solar setup. Just 500 watts solar epever charge controller 2 lifepo4 320amp batteries. Small cheap and powerful. I even have room to connect more loads if needed. But I'm still upgrading the system. Need 2 more batteries and 1500 watts more solar. Then all will be good for 15 years at least. Thanks for your video

@TheBugOutLocation

2 ай бұрын

Nice!

I try to keep my ford lightning charged to 90% most of tge time and normal charging comes from my 13 kw solar system. That gives me about 118,000 watts of power so using my on board 7200W generator I can run pretty much everything in my home including my deep well pump. My average daily kwh useage is about 11-12 kwh/day so that's approximately 10 days of which I'm sure to get enough solar energy to replenish my trucks energy.

I saw this on a van lifer channel. He took a 12volt car freezer solar powered an kept reusable Ice Bricks in it, he had 8 bricks. 4 bricks went into a Large cooler he insulationed with reflectics an swapped out bricks every other day ,an kept his cooler Cold without ice. The little freezer took barely any energy to run compared to what your talking about. Cheaper n Larger Fridge.

The Predator...with a panel hook up/interlock switch...will run your fridge, freezer and more for 8 hours on a tank of gas...maybe more. It won't run home ac units, but it will power fans and a window unit. Just need gas.

If your fridge takes 3k or 4k watts per day, time to buy a new efficient fridge, mine is 28 cubic feet and only takes 1300 watts per day

A few years ago I got what I think you call a camping fridge,it can be used as a fridge or freezer it's 52 liters got it on eBay for $300 which was $100 cheaper than Amazon and it can run on ac or dc

@TheBugOutLocation

2 ай бұрын

It probably takes almost nothing to run correct?

@jamespruett2849

2 ай бұрын

Was around 450 watt for 24 hours I've been using it as a overflow freezer or keep drinks cold

@TheBugOutLocation

2 ай бұрын

@jamespruett2849 nice

Oh, and do the full tour! I’ve forgotten all of the mods you’ve done over the last year!

@TheBugOutLocation

2 ай бұрын

It's becoming an addiction lol

Note that the fridge uses "watt hours" per day (as your meter shows), not "watts" per day.

I've rode out 19 hurricanes in my life time - at times I've seen the power off the grid knocked out for 9 months down here in the deep South - I live in the rural south and there are 7 miles of power lines per customer - I've seen ice storms knock power out for long periods - Living off the grid was the norm out here till the 1960s - it's very doable - If you have good fans in a home with good ventilation - when it's 100° F it's not that bad at all - You have to have a lot of gas or diesel on hand to run an air conditioner off a generator - In my case I just run a window fan and ceiling fans after storms till the grid power is brought back up - Also in winter when the power is out I'll use wood for heat while I'm up and a diesel parking heater when I sleep - Living off grid can be close to the same as living on grid in many cases -

This guy has obviously never lived in south Florida after a hurricane. Month without power

I live in Florida, I've been without power for 2 weeks.

I lost power for 5 days in Hurricane Irma. Ended up using a gas generator for that timeframe. Yes, it was nice and loud outside, but totally necessary.

I live in the deep south U.S in a rural area - Home domestic fridges work ok up till about 80° F - While the power or grid is down and the I don't air condition the kitchen - A regular frost free fridges or a mine fridge will not keep thing at 34° - at 95° a fridge only keeps things at 50 to 55° and runs 24/7 - It's better to use a car fridge when off grid over a home fridge - most freezer work ok when it 90 to 105 degrees - Up till 1960 there was no grid power were live - rural homes had a farm light plant - it consisted of a 32 volt DC generator to charge 16 two volt cells - Rural homes operated on 32 volts DC instead of 125 volts AC like city homes - All the appliances were 32 volts DC - that's lights, fans, fridges, freezers, water pumps, radios, hot plate stoves - The house battery's were charged all day once a week on Friday - then the house power was provided by the battery's for the next 6 days - The house generator and house battery's lasted about 40 yrs to 60 yrs - You can look up farm light plants on the net they were in common use from 1890 till around 1960 in rural America - Today living off grid is a novelty - when I was a kid it was often the norm in rural homes -

Been without power for a week and few times and do the old ways. Been looking into solar so might have to upgrade this hillbilly girl! 👍

Keep available space in your freezer filled with (Ice containers, bags, plastic bottles, etc., of frozen hard ice) to keep your freezer cold for a week if the power goes out.

BTW, I live in tornado alley so outages are frequent here.

@cathywhisenhunt9860

2 ай бұрын

I do also. We was without electricity for about 24 hours. And All we was getting is major winds. In fact when it went off. It wasn't even raining. So one thing I would suggest if you rent a house and the limbs are getting close to the power lines. Let the person you're renting from know so they can let the power company be aware . Then they can take maybe a hour to trim up the trees good. The only reason I am suggesting letting them know so they can't turn around and say I didn't want that done your out of here. It was limbs the knocked out our electric. Then it toke a long time for them to rebuild it all.

Ty. Subscribed.

@TheBugOutLocation

2 ай бұрын

Welcome!

I have an iceco vl 60/65 at my off grid cabin it’s a portable fridge/freezer I use my cabins solar system to run it or my solar generator with two 100 watt solar panels I have a propane full sized refrigerator and freezer also it’s just free to use solar lol if it’s a cloudy few days I’ll start the gas generator it’s 4500 watts it powers the whole cabin and charges all of the batteries for night time tv and lights for the grandkids when they’re with me

The blizzard of 93 in TN we were snowed in for 7 days with nothing more than a camping stove

kWh is kilowatt hour NOT Watts Per Day. Use the same for battery energy capacity.

i have a 3 way power 12 vdc, 110 ac and gas and it from a RV do you smell what is brewing,

Hook the positive side up first folks.

Problem is my current apartment lease as well as others I have had, state "no refrigerator or freezer that has not been already provided by the apartment ". Really tough to get around this. I'm assuming the reason for this is in case they leak, they don't damage carpets or flooring .

A small ice maker can make about 25 lbs of ice in 5 minutes and could be a lot more efficient and use less power in the long run....contain the ice and recycle the water

@trbolive

12 күн бұрын

Any brands in mind?

@patp3800

12 күн бұрын

@@trbolive no recommendations...whichever meets your needs and is in your personal budget

@hopeweber6794

9 күн бұрын

@@trbolive I have a small ice maker. No way will it make 25lbs in 5 minutes. Better idea is to put water in a jug and freeze it to transfer to a cooler. Takes longer to melt as well.

I keep a chest freezer in my shed. I normally just run it on AC. I have a couple of generators. I also have some batteries and and inverter and two 100 watt panels. My plan short term is to just run my whole house generator. Longer term will be my small quiet generator as needed, and running my solar. I don't have a mini fridge. I will just use my freezer to make ice and run a chest cooler. I will also be thawing out meat and canning it out of my main freezer.

An Ecoflow Glacier or an equivalent can do the job.

Store most of your water stock in your freezer so it will remain cool longer in case of power outage.

I have a. All powers 1500 watt solar generator with 2 100 Watt solar panels. In your opinion will that run a mini fridge and a 3 cubic foot freezer??

Be careful with gas generator. People were stealing them at night. The last storm i was in. The noise will attract thevies

the continence of your fridge is likely LESS than $1000.......... a deep freezer is practical and useful on a regular basis.

Just got through a one week power outage due to storm. My solar gadgets that I hadn't test since October didn't work :( Usually we have power out in the winter so food goes in coolers outside in the snow during power out. Having this happen in summer heat really made me feel stupid I'd never thought of it. After this getting a higher grade cooler then will figure out if solar or if inverter..... or both.

This is too confusing. Glad I do not live where the grid goes out a lot. I have coolers. Would throw ice into it and place essential refrig items like dairy in it and eat it before the ice melts. Also lots of shelf stable foods.

Natural. Gas. Refrigerator. They also run on propane.

@wolfbell23

22 күн бұрын

I've never heard of a natural gas refrigerator, but it would be perfect for our house!

@aaronchapin9331

22 күн бұрын

@@wolfbell23 they're great; no regrets