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Khosr0w

If your power is out for 12+ hours, what gets power first in your house?

I've started thinking about this way more since having my own place.

A few years ago if the power went out I'd mostly be annoyed about losing WiFi. Now my first thought is the fridge lol. I keep way more food at home than I used to, especially frozen stuff, and I'd be pretty annoyed if a long outage meant throwing half of it away.

Then I started realizing there's a bunch of other stuff I'd probably want running too. Router, a light or two, charging my phone, maybe my laptop depending on how long it lasts.

I got a portable power station recently for this kind of thing, but I haven't actually had to use it through a long outage yet. My rough plan is fridge first, then everything else as needed instead of trying to keep a bunch of stuff running constantly.

Posted Aug 28, 2026, 7:54 AM UTC

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