Posted on 12/06/2012 5:20:29 PM PST by Kartographer
The Dallas Observer published a report1 recently that Texas has worst electric grid in the nation. This was based on a North American Electric Reliability Corp report2. That’s not very encouraging. They are also reporting that there is the possibility of rolling blackouts in 2013.
For a couple of years I have had the interest in setting up a backup power system for home use. There is a mobile system that provides power for work a couple of times per month, and is a backup system when at home. It provided power for 2 freezers, a refrigerator and a fan during 3 days of outage one summer several years ago. But we really want a system that has the specific purpose of supporting the house.
When looking for a mobile 120 volt (V) system I did talk to an “expert” who wanted to sell the best system that they had. He wanted to get me excited about selling power back to the electric company. After redirecting the talk with the expert to a mobile plan, and taking some of his advice, it proved to be an exercise in frustration.
(Excerpt) Read more at thesurvivalistblog.net ...
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:
/johnny
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.
What item did you call butter dishes?
Evaporative cooling devices may not help anyone that lives in an 80+% humidity.
/johnny
Kelvinator -now that’s a name I haven’t heard for a coons age. LOL.
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.
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.
Worked great for me in the mountains where the humidity was about nothing, and nosebleeds were de rigeur.
/johnny
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.
Then, what is the answer for them to work for me? I would have them in the house, not outside if that would help.
The tips section claims that you can keep meat fresh for 2 wks. Also, that you only need 1 pot for liquids.
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
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
Jerky is my grand daughter’s favorite. LOL.
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?
Never bad advice. ;)
/johnny
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.
Their form, fit, function, and good skullsweat moved them in front of Trace. My opinion.
/johnny
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