Posted on 02/24/2012 10:02:25 AM PST by Kartographer
As promised this is the weekly preppers' thread for preppers' to share especially good buys, idea's, new equipment, methods etc.
My sister and I put together a binder. Each page list all supplies needed. When I get it I check it off. Tools, medicine, food prep, cooking, water, miscellaneous, seeds. Then we listed an inventory of food..what we have (checked) and what we still need. Then I printed off formulas for water purification, measurements translation, recipes, uses for.....vinegar, witch hazel. baking powder, etc.
Expensive, but more honest than the other guy.
Interesting, that it takes about 25#/hr to make 10 kva.
Just bought global sun oven. It came with pots, bread pans and dehydrator. Gets up to 350 to 400 degrees. Haven’t used it yet. Look easy to use. Only 22 pounds
Just bought global sun oven. It came with pots, bread pans and dehydrator. Gets up to 350 to 400 degrees. Haven’t used it yet. Look easy to use. Only 22 pounds
Link? Might want one for the cabin.
The thing is, you could power your house easily on a 3kw generator.
My plan is to get a smaller NG generator, around a 5kw (woodgas has less energy density than NG), and get the GEK kit and assemble it myself and hook it up to the NG generator.
The kits are much cheaper than the whole 10kw/20kw skids.
Present! love this weekly thread! thanks you Mr. K.
I have a 7350 at home, and a 3000 at the cabin - which is a joke, because the cabin has no lights ...
Still, it is useful for running my saws and the like.
somewhare on the web, I have seen plans for a gassifier you can build yourself, if you have the time.
Here is an idea - run down to the local community college, and sign up for a welding class.
They will let you use a hot metal glue stick for the cost of a couple hundred bucks tuition, and you can build a gassifier as your term project.
Great site. Thanks. Just Added to Favorites...
gekgasifier.com
CAD plans are free.
Also, the FEMA gasifier plans are online for free as well.
This is a proven design, used during WWII to power cars & tractors.
i’d like to be added to your ping list,,,, thanks
look, the government did something usefull...
http://www.soilandhealth.org/03sov/0302hsted/fema.woodgas.pdf
That was back before the hippies ruined the country.
I see they didn’t include the original print date, just the reprint date of 1989.
Cheaper than dirt has monolithic dome water filter systems for 30.00. Worked awesome. Purifiers one gallon every hour or so. Should last around a year. Mypatriotsupply has non hybrid seeds. Reasonable. I also bought pump n seal. Its a manual pump to remove air from jars. Works great with dehydrated stuff and storing bouillon. Bought the solar oven and deydrator for high two hundreds. Haven’t used it yet. Comes with some it’s/pans too. Ill send link as soon as my sister calls me back.
Earth easy dot com is where we got solar oven t
We have also started gardening in global buckets. Search you tube for instructionshat comes dehydrator.
Skip the solar oven link - I read the reviews on Amazon.
Not interested.
Most if the reviews I saw were good to excellent. I will be using it in a couple of weeks. Keep u posted.
Most if the reviews I saw were good to excellent. I will be using it in a couple of weeks. Keep u posted.
Printing isn’t all that efficient and you certainly can’t carry a library in your BOB. A small reader and a solar charger are my plan. Possibly one of those hardened laptops if I can afford it.
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