Quote Originally Posted by T_Sauer View Post
My g/f and I were just talking about this snow storm that is expected to smack the Northeast this weekend, and it came to our attention we still have not invested in an emergency power supply to plug our thermostats and incubator into in the event power goes down for several days. I plan to put an electric oil heater in the center of the snake room to keep the ambient temp in the room up, but ofcourse I am going to need a way to power my three thermostats for my snakes, my thermostat and fan on my incubator, and also the heater for the ambient temps. I am looking at generators and what not now trying to figure out what is good enough and pushes enough power to take care of all the above items. So I thought this may be an interesting thread to see what everyone's "Plan B" is, in the event mother nature gives us a rough time. What do you use and what's your set up in such an event?? ****** Story's of past experiences welcome ******
Of everything you listed the incubator is most at risk. The snakes can survive for a while at room ambient if you can maintain 75*F. I wouldn't feed until after the storm passes; if the power goes out then empty snake bellies are a good thing.

The problem with the incubator is that digital thermostats may not "like" generator power as it can be dirty, so make sure you have a surge protector between the generator and the thermostat, and check it constantly.

Personally we have a backup generator that powers the wood stove blower so the house stays warm, and we moved a cord of firewood into the garage last night so we won't have to dig it out of the snow - one forecast has us getting 45 inches of the stuff! At least I won't have to worry about keeping the refrigerator and freezers running, Mother Nature is taking care of that.