I am currently experiencing a power outage at home today. I have the essentials on UPS battery backup:
- Modem
- Router
- Home Alarm Base Station
- Bitcoin Node
Node is still online. This isn’t gonna affect my uptime!
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21 sats \ 3 replies \ @scottathan 29 May 2023
Respect bro.
If you want to go all out, maybe look into getting a solar panel you can run your network off of to make sure that you could get through one of these past even the battery's charge.
Impressive. Stay resilient!
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Wumbo 29 May 2023
Agreed, for ~$200 worth of hardware off amazon you can buy a panel and dc/ac inventor. It is a nice weekend project.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @WeAreAllSatoshi OP 29 May 2023
Got any references, I’d like to explore this project. Thanks!
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42 sats \ 0 replies \ @Wumbo 29 May 2023
Here is one possible combination. Plug your UPS into into the inverter.
Panel - https://www.amazon.com/TP-solar-Monocrystalline-Controller-Connector-Z-Brackets/dp/B07S2B2QGV
Inverter - https://www.amazon.com/KRI%C3%8BGER-Inverter-Installation-Automotive-According/dp/B09MKZJYB2/
Battery - https://www.amazon.com/ML7-12-Battery-Mighty-Brand-Product/dp/B00K8V30D0/
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 29 May 2023
Nice! We live in a remote area with spotty utility service. I have a generator and a UPS. So far so good with power outages.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @l0k18 30 May 2023
I'm planning to have a power outage resistant setup in the near future. My gear will probably run in low power mode half a day but the network is currently not backed up. Add a UPS and I'm ready for banana republic grade power outages.
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @ek 29 May 2023
Does only your home have a power outage or your whole city block?
If your whole block has a power outage, how do you still have internet? I assume more infrastructure then just your router requires electricity for your internet access to work.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @l0k18 30 May 2023
Most network infrastructure has at least a few hours backup on it. By the look of the equipment I see here and there I'd say they run for days without a working grid in a lot of places. Wired phone networks keep working if your modem is powered. The exchanges also have hard core power backup, usually diesel generators too.
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @WeAreAllSatoshi OP 29 May 2023
Not a city block per se, but portions of my large neighborhood are out, yes.
I assume the internet provider’s equipment either isn’t affected or they have some backups of their own. Being low power though, the internet signal is still flowing. My modem and router were powered by UPS, and they assume the internet providers station remained online.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 29 May 2023
Ah, I see. Didn't think of ISPs may having backups themselves, lol
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @faithandcredit 29 May 2023
remote power outage
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 29 May 2023
If you live in a place where power outage are often, you should reconsider which type of nodes are you running.
A public node (that have to stay 24/7/365 online) is not meant to run in such bad environment.
You are doing more harm than good to the whole network with that.
Run instead private nodes, that doesn't have to be 24/7 online and are perfectly fine.
https://darthcoin.substack.com/p/private-lightning-nodes
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11 sats \ 0 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi OP 29 May 2023
Sorry for the confusion, Darth. I’m referring to a Bitcoin node, not a lightning node, which your article refers to. But in any case, power outages are very infrequent where I live. Thanks!
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