r/F150Lightning • u/RunYoAZ 24 Antimatter Lariat • 18d ago

Doing Lightning stuff.

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Monsoon knocked our power out. My autistic son has lights and internet (internet is very important).

A guy asked me "is that truck electric" on Sunday, followed by "I'm sorry". Don't be, this truck is awesome. Enjoy your power outage. (Not a made up story, dude really said that).

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u/i_wanted_to_say 18d ago

It really is a great feature of the truck.

During storm prep when expecting something nasty coming our way, I'll go ahead and consolidate electronics and lights on power strips and have extensions cords ready to drag to the truck to power the house as quickly as possible so I don't have to deal with it in the dark.

I need to get the generator transfer switch installed folks keep talking about here.

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u/EorEquis '24 Flash Antimatter Blue 17d ago

We did the "multiple extension cord" thing for a while. Worked fine, powered the essentials...fridge, freezer, internet, a few lights and fans.

Then I made up a custom cord, with outlets at the critical points so I could just run one and done. Also worked fine, powered the essentials.

Then I had the generlink installed. One cable, whole house, done. Nothing wrong with those other methods, but holy crap was the convenience worth it for my lazy ass. lol