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Originally Posted by nota
just got back on line this AM
house is fine no damage other then a few shingles
and minor drips from the post andrew 25+ year old roof
lots of branches broken but all the trees survived
we only got cat 1 winds 70 mph with 80-90 in gusts
lost power for 2 days then got power on for two more days then it died again for 2 more
ran power across the street to my cuban deer hunter buddy when I had it
and after we all lost power he got loaned a generator and ran us power back the same way
thankfully we had a battery powered fan [6 D-cells] to move air
and ace HW store had more D-cells after the storm to keep it running
used a car battery and a car radio inside for info
and a 18v garden LED spotlight worked fine on 12 volts to see or read
was only $12 at wal mart for the LED garden spotlite and was in abundance after the storm
I just cut off the connector and hooked up direct to the car battery
neg is the ribbed side wire + is plain
lots of cuts and bruises from the board up and clean up ect but no real injury's
only real loss was 1/2 bigger KOI in the pool do to debris and no air pumps running
my 18v power tools were a savior and I bought at HD a hand held Ryobi air inflation pump
that saved the remaining KOI and GF with it's 18v Li batterys
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Thanks for the update and detailed report, Nota.....sorry about your Koi!
Regarding the battery powered fan....
Ryobi makes a "hybrid" (cordless or electric) fan that uses their LiIon battery pack. It's on my wish list as would come in very handy during times like this, although my 2 window rattlers are my first line of defense. Good luck with rest of clean up....and rest of the hurricane season as well!
