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Old 10-08-2024, 06:34 AM
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Originally Posted by FloridaGuy66 View Post
During the big NE USA power outage of 2003 I happened to have a 2500w inverter on hand that plugs into the cig lighter and we were pretty much fine for the 3 days of no power. Our fridge, TV, microwave, toaster oven. We had two vehicles at the time with enough gas to run on idle for probably several weeks.

We still keep a few inverters around in case anything happens down here.
Can you explain how you physically set that up? Inverter into cigarette lighter, extension cord to a power strip, fridge, tv, and toaster oven plugged into the power strip? Car on idle? Is it that simple?
Also, since our car has a built-in plug, can the inverter part be skipped?
A person with no mechanical skills wants to know, thanks.
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