making some major changes today.

[Mad]

If you have a battery bank and a cut off switch from the grid you'd be fine in a blackout. They also have LP/propane generators that will kick on if no juice is coming from the main line.

Three grand is nothing to invest in it, considering it's about ten grand for a kilowatt of independence. If everyone have similar setups on their homes we wouldn't have to invade oil rich regions...