re: #234 sattv4u2

After our 1st winter in Atlanta (we lost power 5 times due to “snow/ice” storms) I installed a UPS system for the house

We’d get 1/4 inch of snow and everything would shut down for days. Half an hour after the “snow” would stop, the roads would be totally dry. The only remnants of the “snow’ would be a little in the trees and on the power lines out on the main roads (most subdivisions have underground utilities)

Of course, the 1/4 inch would be enough to knock out a line somewhere along the grid and pop transformers the rest of the way

We’d be without power anywhere from 6-36 hours

Well, I want one, but we lose power for extended periods maybe once every 3 to 5 years. The Roi thinks the expense of installing it isn’t worth it.