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The Bob Cesca Interview: Jacki Schechner, Part IV

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goddamnedfrank10/25/2019 7:30:44 pm PDT

re: #29 calochortus

And I can confirm that PG&E’s communication about the shut offs still stinks.

We aren’t supposed to lose our power, but my daughter is. They have a generator (aquariums, freezer with breast milk in it) but they are going to be away for the weekend. If the power goes out, I need to go over there (40 miles away) and get the generator set up. Do I need to go over early evening and spend the night? Can I wait until early Sunday? Who knows? PG&E is being vague.

They make plug in monitors that will send out a wifi alert if the socket they’re plugged into goes dead. However they obviously depend on the wifi network they connect to having a battery backup UPS.

I get an alert through the Ecotech Reeflink whenever the main power to the aquarium fails or the return pump gets deliberately switched off. However in an outage that notification depends on having backup AC UPS systems for the Reeflink and the cable modem / wifi router on top of the separate 12 volt DC battery backup for the return pump and powerheads.