Nicole Nguyen

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WSJ Tech News Briefing · The Philosopher Whose Job Is Teaching AI to Be Good · 10 Feb 2026 podcast

If you're used to multi-day outages, they can power up your whole home automatically.

But they do require maintenance.

You know, you need to add fuel stabilizer and you have to run it regularly and they can be really noisy.

And they also emit toxic fumes, which is why they don't work for people like me who live in multi-residence buildings.

And so these very high capacity batteries, which are like a massive power bank, like the kind for your phone that live inside your house.

and can power up your fridge and your laptop and other large appliances, that's a really good alternative to that traditional gas-based generator.

I'll start with that.

But

They can save you time and upkeep, and they might be your only option if you live in an apartment.

Batteries have a certain capacity, a certain output, and a certain peak wattage.

If you look at the appliances that you need to keep running during an outage, and it's different for everyone, maybe it's your Wi-Fi router, maybe it's your fridge, maybe it's an electric blanket, you need to tally up that wattage by looking at the label on the appliance.

Make sure that the battery that you're buying has enough capacity and output in watts to power all of those appliances.

So for example, my electric water kettle is 1500 watts.

So I need a battery that's rated for at least 1500 watts.

My fridge is only something like 150 watts continually.

But to start, it needs a huge...

1000 or 2000 watt burst in order to get the coolant running through its system.

And there's another number that you should look for when you're shopping for a battery, which is watt hour.

And that refers to the battery size.

So that's how long the battery will last.

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