power outtage!!

[sam.8]

So I had a bunch of crazy storms go thru last night. A friend was over and he loves to set himself up with an atty, ego batt and drip tip and go to town Lightning hit a pole right outside and left us in the dark. So we camped out with some cards, a bunch of liquid and puffed for quite a few hours. All I can say is thank god my ego mega battery came the day before!!! My two 650s would have maybe lasted the evening, but power didn't return until 3am.

I think 3 batteries makes the most sense. that way when one eventually dies you have time to order a new one while rotating two. Very happy with the backup charger and mega batt Helps to be prepared

 

[six]

I did a quick inventory the other day. I discovered that I need to discharge and freeze some batts. Right now, the power could be out about a month before I would need to find a way to do some charging.

 

[JD1]

I think 3 batteries makes the most sense. that way when one eventually dies you have time to order a new one while rotating two. Very happy with the backup charger and mega batt Helps to be prepared

Don't forget some backups for the backup.

Seriously tho, it's good to hear you managed to make some lemonade. I'm so dependent on ac anymore that I have a rough time dealing with five minuets of outage, let alone hours or days.

 

[classwife]

...and get a passthru and a car adapter.......

 

[sam.8]

I will eventually, but given it's been less than two months, I need to refill my bank account!!

 

[Sly9377]

This reminds me of why I really need to order a car adapter for my charger!

 

[Pamdane]

Remember you can always put your car engine on accessory to charge in an emergency!

 

[chriscmc]

There's also the Tekk mod with a 4400 mah battery and USB ports so you can recharge a cell phone off it. Or for less you can get a backup USB power pack to recharge your PV and cell phone

 

[Iffy]

Down here in hurricane country, I'm ready: three deep cycle 12 VDC batts in the boat, heavy duty truck batt, two lawn tractor batts and three cig lighter/USB adapters with clamp-on sockets. Then there's always the portable generator. At least I'll vape...

 

[sam.8]

sadly my car's cig lighter appears to not be working for the last month. Will have to deal with that.

 

[borockster]

Just a hot and a ground Sam..No sweat!

 

[borockster]

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I think 3 batteries makes the most sense. that way when one eventually dies you have time to order a new one while rotating two. Very happy with the backup charger and mega batt Helps to be prepared

I counted 6 batteries for my eGo when I switched over to mods. LOL! I don't even remember buying them all.

 

[K24A3]

I have two mods that always have secondary batteries charged up plus a laptop and car adapters so i should be fine.

If lost with no powrr, i'd probably rig up some alkaline batteries in series and wire them to my mod. Or vape three mods at once from a car battery lol

 

[Smislow]

I carry usb charger in my Ego case, along with spare batt and spare atty. In case I'm stuck somewhere (partying) there's allways usb socket somewhere. Of course one batt is allways home on another charger.

 

[zoiDman]

I went on a camping trip awhile back and took this Bad Boy with me...

At 9,800mAh it can charge a regular eGo about 8 times and still have enough juice to charge a cell phone 2 or 3 times.

Got it for 25$ NIB on e-Bay.

 

[sam.8]

Just a hot and a ground Sam..No sweat!

Good to know! Thank you.

 

[sam.8]

I'm definitely covered when out of the house. I'm also fortunate as my buddy who was over the night of the power outtage actually has his home off grid. So worst case I could go over and just charge everything up. He's one house over from me....country house...but it's a 30 sec drive. I had to charge my cell phone one time over the winter (pre pv) during a power outtage.

 

[sam.8]

I went on a camping trip awhile back and took this Bad Boy with me...

At 9,800mAh it can charge a regular eGo about 8 times and still have enough juice to charge a cell phone 2 or 3 times.

Got it for 25$ NIB on e-Bay.

That's quite the machine. Excellent for a camping trip! Nice one!!

 

[zoiDman]

That's quite the machine. Excellent for a camping trip! Nice one!!

It is cool. Designed to charge laptops but also has USB power out. So just about anything that can be charged with a USB port can be charged with this unit. GPS, iPod, cell phone and of course, e-Cigs. They go for about $100 on Amazon.com

Wasn't going to spend that but for 25$ NIB on e-Bay, I wasn't going to pass it up.

 

[borockster]

It is cool. Designed to charge laptops but also has USB power out. So just about anything that can be charged with a USB port can be charged with this unit. GPS, iPod, cell phone and of course, e-Cigs. They go for about $100 on Amazon.com

Wasn't going to spend that but for 25$ NIB on e-Bay, I wasn't going to pass it up.

That's just begging to be modded!!!