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Originally Posted by The Reaper
If you are going to be the only one on the block with lights on and a generator humming away, once the stores are empty, guess where they are headed?
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I live in a densely populated area and this is a big concern of mine. Our freezer is stocked, at any given time, with 20 pounds of beef, 5 to 8 pounds of pork, 6 to 8 chickens, 2 turkeys, 2 to 3 packages of corned beef (thanks to St. Paddy's day sales
), a duck or two, several game hens, etc. We don't need electricity except for the freezer and perhaps battery chargers.
We have a natural gas quick-connect for the grill. I looked into doing a "3 fuel" conversion for a gasoline generator but that would let my neighbors and would-be looters know that I have electricity and something I want to keep cold. Refrigerated items are less important unless they are medications.
I'm leaning steeply towards an inverter and deep cycle marine batteries and a small, quiet, generator to keep them charged.
Pat