| Posted: January 26 2026 at 4:52pm | IP Logged | 3
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After Alberta was warning of blackouts at -50C a couple years ago(due to governmental incompetence and multiple large natural gas plants going off line simultaneously) I had a critical load panel installed and an ECO FLOW solix battery plugged in.
It's 6000w and will power the important parts of the house for 4 hours, maybe longer. It charges to full in an hour an its expandable up to 24k W ( and also can charge by solar).
A gas generator in the garage would be an announcement to come steal my generator and the garage would need significant refits to keep the generator warm enough to run. -50C is also when NG pressure starts to drop so having a completely separate power source was also important. It will run long enough to either to shut off all the water and evacuate or until the power comes back, so it works for me
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