DIY electricity

http://www.thesurvivalistblog.net/ ^ | 12/6/12

[Marcella]

I'm not using the batteries now. They are for lanterns and three way flashlights, 4 fans that are about 12 inches square, put out a lot of air, water bottle/fans that lower ambient air around you by 20 degrees. I was comfortable, not hot, after Ike and it was hot summer Texas weather. One of the fans at night let me sleep without being hot.

I just found the directions to make a refrigerator out of two pottery pots. I'll take these directions and go to Lowes close to me and have someone there help me pick out the right kind pottery pots - can't be glazed pots. I'll make two or three of these refrigerators. Bigger and smaller.

Here's the link to the pottery refrigerators:

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Pot-in-a-Pot-Refrigerator

[JRandomFreeper]

I used to call those butter dishes.

/johnny

[Marcella]

Water: I have a WaterBob to put in bathtub that holds 100 gallons water; have 30 gallons Ozarka water in heavy duty Ozarka bottles that stack on top of each other so take small amount of space.

Have 55 gal. water barrel connected to diverter in downspout. Have two plastic kiddie pools to put on deck to catch rainwater.

Have 15,000 gallon swimming pool here in our townhouse group and it's right across our street in front of my house behind the house there.

Have Big Berkey that will purify even water in a ditch. Have 2,000 big coffee filters to filter out crap in water before putting it through the Berkey.

[Marcella]

What item did you call butter dishes?

[JRandomFreeper]

The stacked flowerpots.

Evaporative cooling devices may not help anyone that lives in an 80+% humidity.

/johnny

[greeneyes]

Kelvinator -now that’s a name I haven’t heard for a coons age. LOL.

[greeneyes]

Thanks for the link. Did you buy your water bottle fan, or did you make it yourself? I remember we used to have these water cooler fans before the air conditioner came along, but they weren’t homemade.

[Marcella]

Evaporative cooling devices may not help anyone that lives in an 80+% humidity.

I thought about that and am wondering if I put a fan blowing on it if that would counteract the humidity? There has to be a way to do this.

[JRandomFreeper]

Not much, in my opinion.

Worked great for me in the mountains where the humidity was about nothing, and nosebleeds were de rigeur.

/johnny

[Marcella]

These are hand held water bottles with fan attached at the top - mine use two AA batteries. These are usuallly call sport fans, bicycle guys and tennis players use them. Most of them are junk. Mine are Squeeze Breeze, not junk.

[Marcella]

Then, what is the answer for them to work for me? I would have them in the house, not outside if that would help.

[greeneyes]

The tips section claims that you can keep meat fresh for 2 wks. Also, that you only need 1 pot for liquids.

[JRandomFreeper]

Keep a technical society functional to provide lighting and refigeration. Or restore it quickly.

I can do a lot, but that's a trump card.

Hard country life is well... hard, and country.

I bathed and washed my hair tonight. Guess how many pots of hot water that took. That had to be heated over a fire.

Rustic is only good for dumb-asses that have lived it.

/johnny

[JRandomFreeper]

The tips section claims that you can keep meat fresh for 2 wks

Depends on where you are. Up where you live... maybe. Down where I live? Ferget it. I can make jerky in the kitchen in 2 weeks.

/johnny

[greeneyes]

Jerky is my grand daughter’s favorite. LOL.

[Marcella]

Thanks, I’ll read on there. I’m going to make those things and ignore Johnny. I’ll try a fan on it and see it that makes it work right. There would be less humidity here in winter.

What is your usual humidity in summer?

[PA Engineer]

Magnum ms4024pae 24 volt 4000 Watt/240 volt pure sine inverter $2000

Your setup is similar to mine, but I built mine over 12 years ago with stacked DR2024 modified Trace inverters. I just recently replaced my 8-L16 Trojan batteries. I am currently getting ready to upgrade to true sine for the reasons you mentioned.

Will the Magnum MS4024pae provide surge power of up to 10KW? I have a deep water well with a 3/4hp motor rated at 10KW (G) inrush. This was the reason I originally went with the stacked inverters and used the generator for charging rather than starting/running the pump. Thanks.

[JRandomFreeper]

and ignore Johnny.

Never bad advice. ;)

/johnny

[greeneyes]

Pretty high humidity usually except for last summer. Usually the air conditioner produces 10 gallons of water from the air. Last summer, a few times it was down to 5 gallons even though the heat was record breaking.

However, as I mentioned the wet burlap bags around the water cans always worked, and that is the same principle. Evaporation of water.

I think it will work even in very humid climites. The fan would probably help it, but in most cases not be necessary JMHO.

[JRandomFreeper]

Look at Outback gear. Get your hands on some to examine, if you can.

Their form, fit, function, and good skullsweat moved them in front of Trace. My opinion.

/johnny