Staying warm without electricity?

you could get a couple of car batteries and an inverter rated to however much you need... 250w inverters are only about 50-75 bucks, and if i'm not mistaken you can get a car battery for under 100... I am not sure how long it will last but I may be able to figure that out in a few hours

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Originally Posted by Mike Cavanaugh

This is the easiest question ever!!! just move to FLORIDA!!!

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lol why didn't i think of that, best suggestion yet :rofl:

You can buy a battery pack from any hardware store that allows you to plug stuff into it! You get them for like $60 here in Canada and you can charge them on you car if you don't have power. They last about 6 to 12 hours depending on the load and the size of battery pack you buy. Mine also has an alarm that sounds when its getting low.

ok I found out that my idea will only last between 3 and 8 hours so unless you keep a bunch of batteries charged it wont work for the lenght of time you will need

I had this very problem this winter, but as I have a gas hot water heater so I went a very low tech solution. I just used hot water bottles to keep them warm. This does require more monitoring but definitely worked in a pinch.

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Originally Posted by JUNKyardHOE

you could get a couple of car batteries and an inverter rated to however much you need... 250w inverters are only about 50-75 bucks, and if i'm not mistaken you can get a car battery for under 100... I am not sure how long it will last but I may be able to figure that out in a few hours

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they also have battery maintainers at walmart for 20 bucks. you just plug it in and put the clamps on the battery posts and it slowly charges the battery so when you need it you dont have to worry about it not having a charge

They also have power strips with battery back up. Most people use them for computers, because of the surge protection. I think they are about $60, and last for something like 8 hours.

The car inverter idea is a good one. I live in North Carolina where its not really too common to lose power that much or if we do its only for a mintue. Also i have a power inverter and 2 car batteries, so i would be fine for the night. That might be a good idea if you have some friends with some car batteries laying down. A 400 watt power inverter is only like $40 anyway.