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Originally Posted by bopat
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Great idea. I am also considering this route after learning how infrequently, and short-term, the power goes out in TV.
The advantages of the battery backup is no generator storage in garage, no cumbersome process to drag it outside and find someplace to shelter it, no oil changes, no late night refueling during a storm, no gas storage and refreshing gasoline every few months, no engine maintenance, no noise, and no cutover process.
If we are going to loose power for 2-10 days (as we did in New England) a gasoline (or even better propane or natural gas) generators are the way to go. But it seems down there the outages are way less frequent (due to buried lines and no snow storms to rip down tree limbs onto overhead wires) and only last a few hours--maybe a day at most. A battery backup is ideal (albeit short-term) fix for this situation.
The reality is if we lost power for more than a day we would probably bug out anyway. Power doesn't bring back internet and there are only so many card games and puzzles we can do.
We are likewise considering a PowerWall or Anker alternative.