https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/f18df19d-6834-4d22-b1f7-6ad9056d3ad8 Unstable power grids, planned shutdown of electrical power, or even blackouts: How can we prepare our homes and home automation systems against such events? Today we will cover these topics with the eyes of an engineer, and I will show how I protect our home against short and longer outages. In part one we protected our homes against short outages. Today, we will protect them against longer outages. I will focus on my PV, but also show how you could use an ordinary emergency generator. My second channel: https://www.youtube.com/HB9BLAWireless Links: DIY PV plant playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3XBzmAj53RmwSzQ3oOhxbZJ6INWIPdgq Transfer switch: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DmUYXFv Small Backup box (not yet tested): https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DBPLn8T Eaton UPS: https://amzn.to/3vRXcuj Huawei Solar: https://solar.huawei.com/eu/Products/FusionSolarResidential Patreon supporter companies: https://passiv-energie.gmbh/ https://www.welectron.com/ https://yosmart.com/ YouTuber Patreon: https://www.youtube.com/@MakersMashup/ The links above usually are affiliate links that support the channel (no additional cost for you). Supporting Material and Blog Page: http://www.sensorsiot.org GitHub: https://www.github.com/sensorsiot My Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/AndreasSpiess Discord: https://discord.gg/JfgDSa8 If you want to support the channel, please use the links below to start your shopping. No additional charges for you, but I get a commission on your purchases to buy new stuff for the channel My Amazon.com shop: https://www.amazon.com/shop/andreasspiess For Banggood https://bit.ly/2jAQEf4 For AliExpress: http://bit.ly/2B0yTLL For Amazon.de: http://amzn.to/2r0ZCYI For Amazon UK: http://amzn.to/2mxBaJf For ebay.com: http://ebay.to/2DuYXBp https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100013947273409 https://twitter.com/spiessa https://www.instructables.com/member/Andreas%20Spiess/ Please do not try to email me. This communication channel is reserved for my primary job As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases #no#midroll#ads Mon, 13 Apr 2026 20:40:50 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/f18df19d-6834-4d22-b1f7-6ad9056d3ad8 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.echo6.co/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.