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We don't ever lose power where I live. Well, not for more than a couple minutes, anyway. All lines are underground, and the substation is only a half mile away. So, even when power was lost during major ice storms a few years back and lines were down everywhere, we didn't see so much as a flash. Last night, however, lightning storm did some damage. As lightning would flash and thunder would clap, the power would flash on and off in my house. After a few minutes of that, it finally went out completely. I received a text alert from the power company that power would be out for four house. I have a marine (saltwater) aquarium I was concerned about. Reef critters are pretty intolerant of changes in water temperature and chemistry, and require the right water flow and lighting to keep them going. And, because they are so finicky, they die easily which makes them, expensive to buy (or replace, should they die). So, I used the power inverter I installed in my Jeep (2007s did not come with one), which is connected to the second Odyssey battery I also installed, to power my aquarium. Ran an extension cord out to Jeep (imagine me running around outside in the dark at midnight in a lightning storm, LOL), then back into house to aquarium power strip. It worked great. After two hours, when power finally came back on, I still had a 12.4 volt reading for that battery.

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The power inverter mounted on the passenger seat rail.

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Old pic. There are now two Odyssey batteries in this.

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Aquarium simulating moonlit night.