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<blockquote data-quote="p238shooter" data-source="post: 3613390" data-attributes="member: 24583"><p>For a very temporary short fix. Refrigerators will stay cold several hours and freezers will stay frozen for several more hours if not opened frequently. If you have what you think would be a fairly short power outage and have a standard portable generator you can run outside, just run a long extension cord and swap it through to plug in each one to run a half hour or so. Do use the heaviest cords you can find like #12 AWG and pay attention to the temp of the plugins just in case, but it will work. Yep a little work, but easy and safe for a very temporary outage. Refrigeration units will pull a large amount of current draw on start up but then a very small amount as it is running. JMO of what I have done. Hope we do not start having stuff like other states have had on a regular basis.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="p238shooter, post: 3613390, member: 24583"] For a very temporary short fix. Refrigerators will stay cold several hours and freezers will stay frozen for several more hours if not opened frequently. If you have what you think would be a fairly short power outage and have a standard portable generator you can run outside, just run a long extension cord and swap it through to plug in each one to run a half hour or so. Do use the heaviest cords you can find like #12 AWG and pay attention to the temp of the plugins just in case, but it will work. Yep a little work, but easy and safe for a very temporary outage. Refrigeration units will pull a large amount of current draw on start up but then a very small amount as it is running. JMO of what I have done. Hope we do not start having stuff like other states have had on a regular basis. [/QUOTE]
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