Too right. I dont play around with 240volt power.
Thanks for transfer switch info… I wondered how that was done.
We are thinking of getting a new modern generator and installing it properly .
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Suspect its more complex than a plug board. Depending on what you are powering and its sensitive nature plus how many things are hooked off this plug board.
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Hi all, 
so sorry that I couldn´t reply earlier. There were quite a lot of important things for me to take care of. 
Oh, thanks for the information, Paul. Seems I totally missed that point.
That´s good to know. 
Thanks so much @HotTipoff4425 and @nevj for the info and discussion.
Many greetings to all from Rosika 
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Dang! I really could have used a UPS on Monday…
On Monday the temperature peaked around 45 celsius (that’s ~115 Fahrenheit in the old stone-age measuring system that some benighted nations are still using 
)… When there’s a heatwave - brownouts are often triggered when air-conditioning systems max out…
So - anyway - lost power for about 30 seconds - enough to power cycle my NAS (HP N40L microserver running TrueNAS [FreeBSD])…
I thought it came up fine. But - 4 days later - the FreeBSD jail I had on it running ResilioSync has reset itself to factory - and I can’t find any “trashed” or otherwise copy of the previous rslsync.conf file - the only one is the sample one that comes with a fresh install - so when I hit the URL for RSL on that jail - it’s fires off the new install “wizard”…
Doh! I may just end up trashing it and setting another computer on my network (e.g. a Pi4) as the main “master” copy…
That ResilioSync (aka btsync) jail was originally setup in FreeNAS - well over 5 years ago now - as a “plugin” - but that plugin is no longer a simple install on TrueNAS (it’s not listed on the plugins page any more)…
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We missed that, only got to 36 deg C.
I dont see why it would reset? but I believe you.
Maybe it had the config file open when the power failed.
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Mercury’s topped 40 every day this week (I live inland - so it’s usually 3 degrees higher where I live than the Perth CBD)… Was still high 30’s when I went for ride this arvo (on my e-bike - I set it to only use pedal assist)…
The Swan River is “estuarine” ever since they dredged the “delta” (I don’t think it had a delta - straight out through limestone “heads”) to allow shipping into Fremantle harbour inlet / outlet - in the 19th century. It was still freshwater where Perth was settled in 1839 - I’m sure a surge tide would have inundated the river before colonisation / invasion, on occasions…
So it’s subject to tides - and yesterday the river was about 60 cm (2’) higher than usual - and today? about 1m (3.5’) higher than usual - and whole sections of the shared paths I use are inundated and under water… I had to take a whole bunch of detours to get around the inundated paths and trackways - seems bizarre - they’re often flooded in winter from rainfall - but in the driest part of summer?
this shows that the high tide today was at least 50+ cm (or 1 metre?) higher than the average…
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It depends on where the moon is and how close it is. The moons gravity effect on earth is enormous… it makes a bulge in the atmosphere, drags water around causing tides, and even bulges the land mass… your house goes up about 11 inches every time the moon passes over.
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Here near Washington, DC we peaked out at 22 F on Wednesday or -5 C.
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I have nictophobia, so a power outage when it’s dark outside is a true horror for me.
Usually I call someone in such situations, just to keep the fear at bay.
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In Iowa it was -14 F (not wind chill, actual temperature) on Monday night with a high of 7 F on Tuesday. It looks to be a bit nearer to average or above next week.
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OK - decided to continue using the jail on my TrueNAS to run ResilioSync - no idea what happened to the original rslsync.conf file… it’s a bit of a worry if something like that can happen (reset itself to factory default).
I’ve created a cronjob to copy that config file elsewhere - every 12 hours…
The BIGGEST pain of setting it all up again - was one of the shares was an “Advanced” folder - what advanced means is if you lose the “master” you can no longer add new targets (or send invites).
So I had to delete that from every computer (and tell my siblings to delete it at their end too) and then resend the invite as AlphaNumeric string (rather than a URL). But its all working again now…
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A suitable way to prepare for a power outage is to purchase a UPS=Uninterruptible Power Supply unit . I have 3 of those units from the time I lived in rural Scotland where migratory birds (canadian geese) flew against 11 kV powerlines causing short term power interruptions.
A UPS usualy has a 12V lead acid battery (the latest models perhaps a
Li-Ion battery pack ) providing 30-60 minutes support for a desktop PC during an outage. The power output for european countries 230 VAC -50Hz -
400 Watts …larger capacity for more industrial applications
Frank in County Wicklow -Ireland
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Me reading this discussion from India where we have power cuts multiple times a day, everyday,
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In case you folks are wondering how we deal with the frequent power cuts…
Many households have an inverter-battery setup like this (disregard the solar label):
The battery is charged on power and when there is a power cut, the battery provides power for a few hours.
Now, this is not sufficient to power heavy equipment like refrigerators, AC, washing machines etc. This is why we have the electric wiring setup in the way that only certain devices are connected with the inverter (some lights, fans, selected power outlets etc).
This is what the majority of middle class people have, Rich people also use fossil fuel powered generators.
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At what cost and life span for such batteries ?
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That is very clever indeed!
Makes me remember of power plugs I saw in hospital, there were normal ones, and other labelled as “uninterrupted”.
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From the picture it seems to be a lead-acid battery. It works for 2 … 7 years, depends on the usage too. If it is depleted regularly, it will have much shorter lifespan. If it ever reaches a deep-depleted state, it can die at that moment.
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My wifes car battery with 3 year life guarantee lasted 18 months … and cost 150 euros to replace.
I guess the ones in the image are leisure batteries so longer life more expensive?
Thats why i dont want electric car
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Those have different technology, and they do much more care for the battery.
Such as controlling charging/discharging levels. Remember Tesla gave an extra 20% capacity for owners of those cars to escape from a hurricane. This was kind of an OTA update.
What sounds here splendid, means at least 2 things:
-the batteries normally are not allowed to be depleted below 20%, that surely adds to the lifespan of Li-polymer batteries.
-The telemetry, the power the manufacturer has remotely on the device (car) owned by an ordinary user scares me. That has some orwellian-feeling, if you know what I mean…
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The inverter itself costs between 100 and 200 Euro.
Batteries are usually 150 Euro or more and they last 5-7 years. Capacity starts decreasing after 3 years or so.
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