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That Tuesday in Omaha when the power went out mid-stretch and we still finished by 5
We were stretching a 60 oz berber into three bedrooms off 132nd and Fort, and right as my knee kicker bit in, the whole block went dark around 10am. My helper Darnell grabbed the shop lights from the van and we ran a cord to my truck inverter, which only gave us enough juice for one light at a time. Somehow we still knocked out all three rooms by 5pm, and the homeowner tipped us each $40 in cash. What do you all keep in the truck for backup power, because my inverter setup barely cut it?
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margaret8796d ago
Honestly the inverter was never the weak link there, it's the battery behind it. Running one light at a time off your truck is smart and it got the job done, but I'd push back on dumping money into a bigger power setup for this kind of thing. A 60 oz berber going into three rooms by 5 with one light means the real fix is light placement, not wattage. Set that one light where it covers the seam and the doorways first and work out from there, and you barely miss the rest. The $40 tips tell me the homeowner cared more about it getting done right than about how bright your work area was.
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