02-19-2026 — Order in the house

Howdy all. A very damp day outside. Super foggy to start. Humidity nearly 100% and the air quality is rated as poor too. Snow is still melting. Today/tomorrow will continue the melt. Then another 5 days around freezing or in 20s. Snow possible during that time.

I ordered the EcoFlow DPUX, and it may be here on Saturday. Three heavy boxes. I am going with just two batteries (12KWH of storage) to start. That’s about 1/3rd of a day. If it works out, I may add another 2 batteries when they are on sale. — Hey, I wrote that last time too. But now they are on their way.

This morning I called American Electric, and their technician, Jim, will stop by this afternoon to figure out how to do, and what he needs, to get what I want set up. He’s been here a few times over the last 6 years. This company is the one that actually set up the generator and ran power out to the shed at the back of the yard.

I will let him make the decision on which wall to have the batteries and inlets/outlets. I am “leaning” to the wall to the south, where there isn’t any plumbing/electric/gas lines hiding in the wall. The generator is on the outside of the garage on that wall. Sort of makes sense to me to have things there as opposed to right under and around the panel, which is on the wall that is attached to the rest of the house. And lots of utilities running in that common wall somewhere.

And, I unboxed the 2K watt hour, power station/ups for the HVAC. Fits perfectly in a spot between the HVAC and the water heater.

Getting closer to not worrying about power outages, and being able to Enjoy Life