And that landline puts out a healthy 40 volts DC. There are many ways to adapt that for 12 volt DC lighting in the house and many other 12 volt applications during power outages.
Landlines are powered by lead-acid batteries in the central office. They must be charged. They will be depleted in a few days.
“And that landline puts out a healthy 40 volts DC. There are many ways to adapt that for 12 volt DC lighting in the house and many other 12 volt applications during power outages.”
NO WAY!
All that is fine and I have friends and acquaintances that do that but it takes capital and I don’t have much of that. I do have an emergency LPG powered generator sufficient to power my reefer and a couple of lights for three days and I can stock up LPG with storm warning for longer. I don’t live in puerto Rico so I can be pretty sure that power will be back on in a couple of days. I think it was 5 days after Opal.