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"More Australians are upgrading the tech in their homes to not just to keep the
lights on but make sure they stay connected during natural disasters.
From solar panels and batteries to electric cars and better broadband, experts
say at-risk households can take action to avoid being cut off for days at a
time.
Disaster-proofing upgrades were high on Jenny Bailey’s to-do list when she
moved to Porepunkah, in northeast Victoria, two years ago.
“It’s a regional area, it’s bushfire-prone, it’s flood-prone, so it’s nice to
feel a little more resilient,” she said.
“If we get serious bushfires here, the power could be out for days.”
Her household upgrades started with solar panels to provide inexpensive,
environmentally friendly electricity, Ms Bailey said.
But they soon extended to a small home battery for power storage, an electric
car and a bi-directional charger to connect it to the grid.
Connecting the vehicle proved challenging to organise with her provider.
Yet it allowed her store huge amounts of electricity to power cooling, heating
and cooking appliances in her home and to sell power during peak periods.
The set-up, which saved her about $5000 a year, also powered her upgraded
fibre-to-the-home broadband, she said, which kept her household connected
during local outages.
“The other day I had the next-door neighbour come over and ask, ‘Is your power
off?’ and I rather smugly turned my power on,” she told
AAP.
“I did get a text message from Ausgrid to say that the power was off but I
hadn’t noticed.”"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
