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Posted on 08/27/2012 3:53:01 PM PDT by Kartographer

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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Thanks doc.

That’s good advice in post #10.


21 posted on 08/27/2012 5:49:17 PM PDT by blam
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To: Kartographer

Message to Solyndra: when your b0ss crashes the economy, the market will demand an 1800W portable solar generator for under $500, to run wells.

Seriously, anyone know of any?


22 posted on 08/27/2012 5:51:25 PM PDT by ReaganGeneration2
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To: Kartographer

I like the Katadyn Hiker PRO Microfilter (for $70, claimed 200 gallon capacity) if you’re looking for water while traveling or the Katadyn Pocket Water Microfilter ($245, claimed 13,000 gallon capacity) for long term purification in the woods or a remote area. Both are light, effective, and durable.

My plan is to stay home and if necessary purify stream water using a Katadyn, but preferably power my well pump from solar - and I have a spare well pump.


23 posted on 08/27/2012 6:50:17 PM PDT by Pollster1 (Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. - Ronald Reagan)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Someone was mentioning the other day that those school crossing signs have solar power. I wonder what they meant.


24 posted on 08/27/2012 9:47:35 PM PDT by goosie
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To: Marcella

Any experience with the Katadyn Pocket Microfilter? They claim it can filter 13,000 gallons of water and remove contaminents from even the dirtiest water. Expensive, but sounds like a good investment.

I had a minor problem with some gallon jugs of water I stored in the garage for toilet and radiator use. When I went to recycle after 6 moths, there was mold in the bottom of the containers. How do you avoid this?


25 posted on 08/28/2012 2:41:24 AM PDT by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners)
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Actual title: Water for survival
26 posted on 08/28/2012 2:44:26 AM PDT by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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To: Kartographer

Search the interwebs for this: SODIS. Very inexpensive, very effective.


27 posted on 08/28/2012 3:19:58 AM PDT by Riflema
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To: IncPen

ping


28 posted on 08/28/2012 3:24:56 AM PDT by Nailbiter
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To: NTHockey

I’ve used Katadyn products out hiking. They take a little work to get the water but are very effective.

The mold was probably caused by contaminants which were in the jugs before the water was added. Either that or the water wasn’t pure.

You can reduce it by sanitizing the jugs before adding water.


29 posted on 08/28/2012 4:05:41 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: goosie

They meant that if things go bad, the first person to show up gets themself a free solar electricity generating system.


30 posted on 08/28/2012 6:17:57 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: driftdiver

is it wrong that i just plan on drinking homebrew beer for my longterm solution? I do however have about a 5 year supply of Q-Tonic water stored up, doubles as an anti-malarial and reduces the effects of restless-leg syndrome.


31 posted on 08/28/2012 7:44:57 AM PDT by Docbarleypop
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To: NTHockey

I have three Katadyn syphon water purifiers. Yes, they work. I think mine are 13,000 gallons each. The Big Berkey came out some years after I got the Katadyns, so I got the Berkey. The Big Berkey is better than the Katadyn. Look up the Big Berkey on the web and compare what it removes to a Katadyn. If you can, get the Berkey.


32 posted on 08/28/2012 8:46:56 AM PDT by Marcella (Conservatism is dead. PREPARE)
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To: NTHockey

“I had a minor problem with some gallon jugs of water I stored in the garage for toilet and radiator use. When I went to recycle after 6 moths, there was mold in the bottom of the containers. How do you avoid this?”

If you filled gallon jugs yourself and there was contaminate of some kind in there (like minute amounts of whatever was in there before), mold could grow.

Heat is the enemy of long term storage. I don’t store bought jugged water or any food in a hot garage.


33 posted on 08/28/2012 8:55:11 AM PDT by Marcella (Conservatism is dead. PREPARE)
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To: Kartographer

I’d love to have one of these sealed and chlorinated in my basement. But my doors are only 32” wide and these suckers are 40” wide. I’ll have to keep on using 55 gal. blue barrels.


34 posted on 08/28/2012 11:40:24 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.)
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