Could you survive a month with NO electricity?

In summer in the mountains with the cattle we just had a little solar pannel for the radio or a little light...the longest time w/o electricity at all was 6 months when I was camping at a beach, always a campfire burning and cool people making music is so much more fun than electricity...

 

even if my generator dies, I could fire up my car or truck and convert 120v from them.. Til I ran out of gas or over heated the engines..

 

I Thought The U.S. Changed Over To 240 Volts 50 Cycles A Few Years Back..



Cheers Glen.

 

220/110 60 cycle 1 phase is the standard here

stoves dryers hot water heaters are usually 220 while everything else is evenly split off as 110

 

Do Both Voltages Use The Same Plug, I Imagine 110 Equipment Would Not Appreciate

Being Given A Dose Of 220....



Cheers Glen.

 

no...220 is from both live

110 is from one live an one neutral

Im no expert in electric but I can do the basic stuff without getting zapped too often







this is the kind I use for my welder 220v..110 is the same but way smaller prongs

 

A present for you Glen;

http://www.hipforums.com/newforums/showthread.php?p=6658154#post6658154

 

Thank You, Just So Happens I Have A Chest Freezer Approx The Same Size As

That One, It Was Left Standing For A Few Years And Now It Will Run But Not Cool...

Going To Try The Old Lay It On It's Side Trick, And If That Failed Then It

Was Going Down In The Back Shed....



Cheers Glen.

 

It would depend on which month it was...I have a gas furnace that requires electricity, and we do have a gas powered generator, but I would not want to pay to run that all month for heat.

Showers are not a problem because my water tank is also gas.

 

generally being in the country means less reliance on city amenities, not more, in my experience...

you can fetch your own water, unlike city folk. also, woodstove is a lot warmer than shut down furnace.

 

i survived for two years with no mains gas or electricity in my house in london... it was cold but i got used to it... i viewed it like luxury camping... could still cook on a camping stove and heated water for washing in that way too.... it is doable... i'd have probably been more comfortable in the woods though, because i could have kept a real fire going...

 

I love the crackling sounds One of the best smoke spots in my neighborhood is on a hill with those electric towers

 

In the city no elec sucks ballz.. but VVVVVV

 

I used to live in a school bus with a cast iron wood stove, in the woods. if you have a splitter axe and a big pile of wood, its easy enough to survive..only you need some way to get into town and get food.. I guess you could always learn to hunt.. or take a horse and buggy to wal-mart..... entertainment all you need is ganja and some books and music... One month? Easy...especially if i dont have to work.. fucking paradise..

 

like these..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYUmdqQ94Ao&feature=grec_index"]YouTube - Large Electrical Explosion Live on News

to answer the question, I would make electric some how..

 

Living in the country with no power scares me far less that the city. In the summer it would be cool cause i wouldn't need to stop for red lights

 

qft

in relation to any type of disaster, I would rather be in the country then a city.

People reacting to disasters make me more nervous then the disasters themselves.

 

Yea i hear yea, lots of people freak the fuck out before there is anything to freak out about, yet.

Im just sayin id rather be in the country, which is one of many reasons why i currently am.

 

If I loose power I'm fucked! I live in a ghetto ass condo in the middle of the concrete jungle. I've been for a week without electricity, but I had a shit load of weed and canned food to pass the time. I am working on purchasing a generator though, I figured it will come in handy should a really bad hurricane hit us again (it will, just a matter of when).

 

There was a time when my brother and I got behind on our hydro bill and so they cut our power. We lived without it for a couple weeks. During the day it was fine, at night my brother an I sat around in candle light and played poker. We had acoustic guitars too so it was alright. Was kind of fun actually. The first night we had a bunch of good food in our fridge though, so we went out and got a bottle of vodka and sat around eating what we could, drinking vodkas and cranberry juice. The rest of the food we gave to our poor neighbours. I took about 9 giant multicoloured freezies and dumped them in a cup and poored in some vodka, it was really good.