Crazy wind in Salinas

4 days, 6 hours, 6 minutes, 39 seconds and 52.38 gallons of propane later... we have grid power again!  Looks like another storm coming next week... just in time to do it all over again.

4 days, 6 hours, 6 minutes, 39 seconds and 52.38 gallons of propane later... we have grid power again!  Looks like another storm coming next week... just in time to do it all over again.

We got our grid power back yesterday, in slightly less that 3 days.

It's time to refill the propane tanks and to stock up on pellets...

Some outage stats since I'm a data nerd and have nearly everything here instrumented to emit metrics:

Total outage cost: $176

Propane cost: $162
Oil life: $14
Maintenance/parts: $15

Per kWh cost: $1.88

Peak generator load: 15%
Average generator load: 5%

Some outage stats since I'm a data nerd and have nearly everything here instrumented to emit metrics:

Total outage cost: $176

Propane cost: $162
Oil life: $14
Maintenance/parts: $15

Per kWh cost: $1.88

Peak generator load: 15%
Average generator load: 5%

That's impressive. You made me realize that I'm a poor excuse for a nerd...