We're rolling into day 3 with no power here. Energex is saying possibly 8:30pm tonight for reconnection.
No power means no water and no pump or aerator on the septic. We fine with everything else, but we have a biolytix waste water system and don't want it to fail again.
We're living out of the camping trailer at the moment, but just had to chuck a heap of food from the freezer that we couldn't fit into the camping fridge.
Looks like the kids in the neighborhood are still sleeping and I've finally got data on my phone this morning, it has been a struggle to send a text since Thursday afternoon when we lost power and everyone jumped in their phones.
The last couple of days have been just like I remember things after big weather events when I was a kid up north. No power and only ABC am radio for info (and they only talk about what's happening in the city).
Pete, i think you need to get a genie if you are self sufficent for water n sewer. We lived for 28 years in the NSW Blue Mts and experienced power lost often due to high winds and bush fires and quickly realised that we needed an alternate power source.
I didn't need power to light up the district but rather a power source for the water pump, and pump and aerator on septic, to keep fridge running and to power the ignition on a backup Rinnai LPG hot water heater. I just ran a 3.5 kva genie in for running leads to each item. Worked well and with the price of a genies today would be worth considering ( I ended up with a second 2kva unit I purchased from jet crew for caravan but utilised in blackouts as well.
As mentioned I ran a second hot water heater (Rinna LPG) for the kitchen and laundry and had it plumbed in to also run bathrooms in times of power failures by bypassing main electric storage heater which was nice in the middle of winter when I could still have a hot shower.
For lights I just utilised the camper battery and camping fluro's before the LED strip lights were an option. Gas cooking and wood fire we were all set for a camp at home. The longest we went without power was 6 days but on that occassion we were stuck due to fallen trees.
I heard calls to the ABC with people saying they are stuck without water due to power failures and I think go buy a genie in fact I think Aldi have genies today for $350.00.
Pete as to having a Biolytic system I can't help you there, hope your worms don't die.
