I have a little experience with this. I’m a type 1 diabetic and insulin needs to be kept refrigerated or it denatures and doesn’t work.
I’ve just gotten a bunch of EcoFlow products for this. They work well together, but are maybe not the cheapest. Many are out of stock at the moment, anyway.
My 400W portable solar panel appears to actually generate around 140W in bright sunlight when pointed in roughly the right direction. This is a substantial amount for powering phones and probably even laptops! Not so much for refrigerators, air conditioners, electric water heaters, or other electric heating or cooling appliances, though.
A car plus an inverter can be used as a generator in a pinch. It probably isn’t very efficient, but if you just need a little electricity, it can work. (Also, typically cars have heat and cooling so they could be an emergency conditioned space, but DO NOT use it this way inside a garage; carbon monoxide can kill you very quickly.)
I would highly recommend metal cans for storing gasoline. The typical plastic ones are junk.
For longer storage you might want gasoline without ethanol. Ethanol is especially volatile and will evaporate.
Based on my research, Sta-bil might extend the life of gasoline by a meaningful amount.
If you have and regularly use a car, it’s probably best to just put the gas from one of your cans in the car after you’ve used enough to have room for it, and then re-fill the gas cans at a station, so you rotate through your gas stock.
I have a little experience with this. I’m a type 1 diabetic and insulin needs to be kept refrigerated or it denatures and doesn’t work.
I’ve just gotten a bunch of EcoFlow products for this. They work well together, but are maybe not the cheapest. Many are out of stock at the moment, anyway.
My 400W portable solar panel appears to actually generate around 140W in bright sunlight when pointed in roughly the right direction. This is a substantial amount for powering phones and probably even laptops! Not so much for refrigerators, air conditioners, electric water heaters, or other electric heating or cooling appliances, though.
A car plus an inverter can be used as a generator in a pinch. It probably isn’t very efficient, but if you just need a little electricity, it can work. (Also, typically cars have heat and cooling so they could be an emergency conditioned space, but DO NOT use it this way inside a garage; carbon monoxide can kill you very quickly.)
I would highly recommend metal cans for storing gasoline. The typical plastic ones are junk.
For longer storage you might want gasoline without ethanol. Ethanol is especially volatile and will evaporate.
Based on my research, Sta-bil might extend the life of gasoline by a meaningful amount.
If you have and regularly use a car, it’s probably best to just put the gas from one of your cans in the car after you’ve used enough to have room for it, and then re-fill the gas cans at a station, so you rotate through your gas stock.