Comments by "Computerworks" (@computerworks1075) on "This is not gonna end well.." video.

Imo, your prepping is going well, Lilly. In a grid down situation, the lack of heating and cooling in the house will be a problem, but I think in Austria, it won't be too bad. Stay safe.
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@jamesklingler1098 During a grid down, we would use two propane Buddy heaters, a small wood-burning stove, and we also have a fireplace. The electric heaters would not be practical, imo.
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@jamesklingler1098 We have two portable 1000W electric heaters that can cover a room or two. That's a lot of electricity.
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@vigunfighter Yeah, I know they have four seasons, but the temps are not extreme.
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@astird0458 I was also looking at cooling options during a grid down. Even a small window AC unit would use about 500W, so if you plug it into a solar generator with a capacity of 1500Wh, you would run out of power in about 3 hours (1500Wh /500W = 3 hrs). During the day, it may be possible to recharge the solar generator at a faster rate than the 500W consumed by the AC, so that basically, it will maintain near full charge as the AC runs, but when the sun goes down, you'll still run out of power in 3 hrs. It doesn't look practical. Right now, a portable evaporative cooler looks promising. If it consumes 100W or less, a solar generator of 1500Wh would run it about 15hrs through the night. In the morning, you would have enough power left (hopefully) to run the cooler at the same time the generator recharges. They don't cool well in high humidity, though.
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