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Coping with Power Outages and Heating

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Surviving Texas Winter Storm 2021 in an RV: No Power..No Fuel..What Happened? (90s Newell Coach)

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What happens here

The RV owner and his friend are seen in a garage, using a patio heater and a generator to stay warm and power tools, as there are widespread power outages across Texas. The friend explains that constant power cycling (periodic shutdowns) is occurring to conserve the grid. They discuss the critical role of the generator and space heaters in the RV's water bay to prevent pipes from freezing, as a power outage could lead to burst pipes. The friend mentions purchasing a patio heater from Home Depot to help with the cold.

Goal: Maintain warmth and power critical RV systems during power outages.

Tools and materials

  • Gas-powered Generator Champion — Providing electrical power during outages
  • Propane Patio Heater — Providing localized heating in the garage
  • Space Heaters — Keeping RV water bays warm to prevent freezing

What they say

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this texas is broken it's like four degrees outside every all the power's off they're like cycling the power the building has no power but action is still in here getting it done with a freaking generator dude you know how glad i am that generator is here because all my pipes will freeze if i don't have i have space heaters in the water bay yeah and if if those go out for too long then they'll freeze and all my stuff will crack and i'll have a really bad time yeah it wouldn't fire up for us and it's so cold we had to get started texas is broken put it back well we're having a global warming we're saying we're low on electricity in texas so they're like periodically shutting everyone's power down yeah anyone has to go full electric that doesn't seem possible well this is terrible the dallas apocalypse of 2021 has taken its toll on me we're not done yet this is i guess day two first day with the power cutting like they're they're shutting off the power and purpose to conserve the grid because like windmills are frozen or something and i screwed up did not fix the diesel boiler in my aqua hot when i should have so that doesn't work and i also did not winterize the diesel in that thing last time i filled that up was in alabama or something there's not that much left in the tank it's all gelled up i'm sure they cut the power last night while i was asleep i didn't realize that that

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