Power-Outages

Schematic layout of the Jackery and connected devices across our house.

Lab Notes: Taming the Tangle: Custom Cords for the Outage to Come

A recent power outage exposed a weak link in our emergency setup — not enough usable extension cords. I designed and built a custom set for powering our home from our Jackery. Here’s how I tailored them to our layout.

Side-by-side images: initial power outage information (left) and the outage map for our area (right).

Lab Notes: Lessons from a 24-Hour Power Outage

When the power went out this time, we were ready. Sort of…

Chart of the number of power outages versus their duration.

It Was a Dark and Stormy Afternoon: How We Used Data to Prepare for Our Next Power Outage

The power went out and stayed out… for three days. How do you prepare for the next time?…