I was without mains power for almost 5 days...

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6. Oh god, water... at least that was not a problem...

wish I had natural gas for the stove and oven, the past 5 days, although that is not environmentally friendly... anyway, I survived without being able to cook anything.... I bought a one-burner propane 'camp stove' yesterday, but have only used it 2 times...


My deep-discharge batteries got my through for 3 good days with limited night-time use to power a small TV, one ten-watt lightbulb, and a box-fan for a little while when I thought I needed it---

but when I finally managed to check their "percentage of charge", they were down to 25 percent, which is very bad---- shouldn't let them get below 50.... the last 2 days I used my car running to try to recharge them, but they would never go above 70-some percent--- might be doing better now with mains power, I am not sure yet.... my theory is, I have not tried to use them to power anything for 5 years, only kept them charged up once or twice a year, all that time..... Since all seemed well, I never paid any attention to their water level.....

When I finally started drawing power off of them, that may be a factor--now they don't seem to hold the charge which they are presumed to have, when they are not being used..... blah blah blah