https://youtu.be/lPDvjIk5cQY spiral pumps can lift water higher than you think. These may be more suitable in some applications than a ram pump.
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Having a discussion right now with a friend. He's got 4 55 gallon drums he bought new to store water in his residential house garage. But he has no other water source. So we are discussing taking the downspout of his gutters and putting into a IBC tote (275gallons each). He can then manually move water in 5 gallon buckets to a stacked sand filter and allow it to slowly drain into his 55 gallon drums in the garage. https://offgridworld.com/how-to-make-a-5-gallon-bucket-water-filter/
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So we're getting the barn reroofed in a few weeks. We moved the chickens to a 20x20 dog kennel up closer to the house yesterday. I put a hot wire around the bottom in case our dogs thought about digging under it. Usually the dogs can't get to the back 40 where the barn is due to an underground fence and shock collar so they are very curious about the chickens. Well about 3am we heard a gawd awful yelping. Guess one of them found the hot wire.
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If you cna find two 10' dog kennels, you cna link the panels so they are 20'x20' (8 panels total). Go by the fencing dept at Lowes and get T couplers and some lengths of 10' 1-3/8 fence top rail. Make a cross in the center and put a 4x4 post in the middle to support the point those fence rails meet. We then covered with two 12x20' shade tarps from horrible freight. Pictures later....
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Dog kennel chicken run. Pickup a couple used dog kennels on craigslist. Each will come with a gate/door. remove the gate panel from one and use it to kiss the end of the chicken coop. Birds can go up ramp or under for shade. The other gate panel is used for man door access. The top is 10' lengths of chain link top rail attached with a T coupler. We used two harbor freight shade tarps.
This location is temporary until we can get the reroof of the barn done. At that time we'll put a 6' 4x4 in the middle instead of that telephone pole.
This location is temporary until we can get the reroof of the barn done. At that time we'll put a 6' 4x4 in the middle instead of that telephone pole.
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Woefully off topic.... but don't think this can't happen here. I'm drawing some strong vibes from J6, a stolen election and normal people being villainized as "terrorists". Imagine being called a pro-democracy terrorist because you think an election was stolen....
Executions in Myanmar
The military government in Myanmar executed four imprisoned pro-democracy activists over the weekend, government officials confirmed yesterday. Carried out under the pretense of terrorism charges, they are believed to be the first formal executions by the government in decades and come amid a growing, multisided insurgency against the military government.
The prisoners included Phyo Zeya Thaw, a former lawmaker aligned with imprisoned leader Aung San Suu Kyi, as well as writer Kyaw Min Yu. Since the country’s pro-democracy government was ousted last February (see timeline), an estimated 14,000 civilians have been arrested and 2,000 others have been killed amid fighting and a military crackdown.
Executions in Myanmar
The military government in Myanmar executed four imprisoned pro-democracy activists over the weekend, government officials confirmed yesterday. Carried out under the pretense of terrorism charges, they are believed to be the first formal executions by the government in decades and come amid a growing, multisided insurgency against the military government.
The prisoners included Phyo Zeya Thaw, a former lawmaker aligned with imprisoned leader Aung San Suu Kyi, as well as writer Kyaw Min Yu. Since the country’s pro-democracy government was ousted last February (see timeline), an estimated 14,000 civilians have been arrested and 2,000 others have been killed amid fighting and a military crackdown.
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A friend's review of portable battery packs.
Here's the deal with getting the oldest all-in-one: The Yeti from Goal Zero, repaired.
While the design seems to have been originally made on the States [Utah], and been engineered to be completely modular, in actual fact, only the battery [33ah lead-acid] is replaceable.
Transformer burn out because you thought Yeti 400 meant '400 watts', or it just finally died? No problem: part not available. "Can buy whole new entire unit." [The inner printing on transformer is '300 watts'. The battery has a 400 watt-hour capacity.]
While the Power board and Control board are modular, and can be replaced individually based on opening the unit, those boards are not actually available.
No wonder why their lithium offerings, in a much more crowded marketplace, a market GZ used to own, were a flop. Jackery, Bluetti, etc had already made a name for themselves, sent out sample units which were well-reviewed by trusted and listened-to reviewers on Youtube, and used by many people with success who wrote their own reviews and positive comments.
Meanwhile, the company which had been cutting-edge and reliable, mostly, made Lithium units with problems equivalent to second-rate designs. It does appear that after some core units were designed in lead-acid days, that they got lazy and no longer brought to market product that was above-bar.
With technical issues related to poor design that someone in a bubble might dream is 'good enough', no one uses their units - that I know of. Preferring either the Bluetti (or that style of suitcase) or a GroWatt/MPP/EG4 style wall-mounted unit [with separate batteries].
I gave ebay another scan for parts. Mind you, at one time, GZ had offered to replace a board, so they did have them, then. But only a few years later (a few years ago), the only thing they had was refurbished whole units from their sales warehouse. They can't be bothered to have a stash of parts for users that 5 years in, need one?
Refurbished Ecoflow River units are quite affordable [$200]. If it's between spending more on 'Yeti 400 parts' or a cert refurb Ecoflow, I'd do the Ecoflow.
Here's the deal with getting the oldest all-in-one: The Yeti from Goal Zero, repaired.
While the design seems to have been originally made on the States [Utah], and been engineered to be completely modular, in actual fact, only the battery [33ah lead-acid] is replaceable.
Transformer burn out because you thought Yeti 400 meant '400 watts', or it just finally died? No problem: part not available. "Can buy whole new entire unit." [The inner printing on transformer is '300 watts'. The battery has a 400 watt-hour capacity.]
While the Power board and Control board are modular, and can be replaced individually based on opening the unit, those boards are not actually available.
No wonder why their lithium offerings, in a much more crowded marketplace, a market GZ used to own, were a flop. Jackery, Bluetti, etc had already made a name for themselves, sent out sample units which were well-reviewed by trusted and listened-to reviewers on Youtube, and used by many people with success who wrote their own reviews and positive comments.
Meanwhile, the company which had been cutting-edge and reliable, mostly, made Lithium units with problems equivalent to second-rate designs. It does appear that after some core units were designed in lead-acid days, that they got lazy and no longer brought to market product that was above-bar.
With technical issues related to poor design that someone in a bubble might dream is 'good enough', no one uses their units - that I know of. Preferring either the Bluetti (or that style of suitcase) or a GroWatt/MPP/EG4 style wall-mounted unit [with separate batteries].
I gave ebay another scan for parts. Mind you, at one time, GZ had offered to replace a board, so they did have them, then. But only a few years later (a few years ago), the only thing they had was refurbished whole units from their sales warehouse. They can't be bothered to have a stash of parts for users that 5 years in, need one?
Refurbished Ecoflow River units are quite affordable [$200]. If it's between spending more on 'Yeti 400 parts' or a cert refurb Ecoflow, I'd do the Ecoflow.
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What a hell of an idea... https://youtube.com/shorts/5L8BVQffdHQ?feature=share
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Don't Hate the Router, Hate the Game #shorts
I know some feel using the router on a pole is lazy. My reply is that it is faster (eliminates most measuring) is cleaner and easier on the body. Don't kil...
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Something to think about when you see "supply chain problems". Our government (cough cough) would never make people dependent on them by destroying an existing supply system.
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My wife and I went to grocery tonight and looked at prices. We have 3 years of food but we are also rotating stock. I suggested we wait to buy more until I can move my lathe from the basement to the new shop and she said why wait, these cans will just cost more later.
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All you newbs here, please have a look thru the files archive in this group. Over the past two years we've posted things a few times. Please just look back in the archives to find PDF files for solar, pitless well pump adapters, rabbits, etc... even homeschooling.
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Hello ladies and gentlemen.
Here is a way to honestly evaluate where you are with your off the grid systems. (Power, food, water, shelter, protection, etc)
Think of it with a P.A.C.E. acronym.
- Primary. What do you do/use right now.
- Alternative. What can functionally replace your primary system.
- Contingency. What can replace the primary and alternative systems for a relatively short amount of time.
- Emergency. This will only be for getting back to alternative or contingency.
When looking at your off the grid prepping through these eyes, it can trim the fat from YouTube and glorification of survival, and show holes in your preparation.
Perhaps I will follow up with an example of how this would look with something like power, in the near future.
Here is a way to honestly evaluate where you are with your off the grid systems. (Power, food, water, shelter, protection, etc)
Think of it with a P.A.C.E. acronym.
- Primary. What do you do/use right now.
- Alternative. What can functionally replace your primary system.
- Contingency. What can replace the primary and alternative systems for a relatively short amount of time.
- Emergency. This will only be for getting back to alternative or contingency.
When looking at your off the grid prepping through these eyes, it can trim the fat from YouTube and glorification of survival, and show holes in your preparation.
Perhaps I will follow up with an example of how this would look with something like power, in the near future.
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We just put a new roof on the 30'x60' barn. One end is horse / goat stalls the other end will be the rabbitry. I presently have a 55 gallon drum about 8' off the floor for a gravity feed water system but I have to refill it every now and again. It pains me to cut a hole in the wall, so I was sitting here thinking of a way to get water inside from gutters to that water drum. So keep in mind our walls are 12' and that water drum is 8'
If I take the downspout and connect it to a PVC pipe thats about 10 or 11 feet high outside the barn and dig a hole under the wall, make a U bend in the pipe and bring the PVC up 8' on the inside. Water would fill the U shaped pipe and over flow inside into the 55 gallon drum. An overflow outside at 8' would allow the water to never get higher than my 55 gallon drum and would simply overflow onto the ground outside. If I put a valve or a 1/4" hole at the bottom of the U bend, I could drain the whole thing after a rain storm so it was dry and not getting algae growing inside. The ubend would take a couple minutes to fill up when rain storm started. Best of all, I don't have to cut the tin on the walls so if I change my mind later, no harm, no foul.
If I take the downspout and connect it to a PVC pipe thats about 10 or 11 feet high outside the barn and dig a hole under the wall, make a U bend in the pipe and bring the PVC up 8' on the inside. Water would fill the U shaped pipe and over flow inside into the 55 gallon drum. An overflow outside at 8' would allow the water to never get higher than my 55 gallon drum and would simply overflow onto the ground outside. If I put a valve or a 1/4" hole at the bottom of the U bend, I could drain the whole thing after a rain storm so it was dry and not getting algae growing inside. The ubend would take a couple minutes to fill up when rain storm started. Best of all, I don't have to cut the tin on the walls so if I change my mind later, no harm, no foul.
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As a follow-up post to my explanation of the P.A.C.E. acronym, I will show how it is used in your prepping journey.
Let us take a system of survival, like power, and apply P.A.C.E to it.
Primary = the power grid. You currently use this and it can supply all your needs if everything goes as it has been.
Alternate = solar panels. These are a full replacement of the primary form of power (the grid) and with a few changes of lifestyle, can long-term provide for your needs.
Contingency = propane stove, lamps, heaters, etc. These will function while the solar panels are down for an unknown reason. It cannot work for more than a few days or weeks because you will quickly deplete the propane and it's expensive.
Emergency = your truck (or car) electrical plugins, or kerosene lamps/stove. You get the idea. This is not ideal and cannot be used but just for getting you back to the use of another form of power.
This was a short example of how PACE can be applied to your own situation.
Let us take a system of survival, like power, and apply P.A.C.E to it.
Primary = the power grid. You currently use this and it can supply all your needs if everything goes as it has been.
Alternate = solar panels. These are a full replacement of the primary form of power (the grid) and with a few changes of lifestyle, can long-term provide for your needs.
Contingency = propane stove, lamps, heaters, etc. These will function while the solar panels are down for an unknown reason. It cannot work for more than a few days or weeks because you will quickly deplete the propane and it's expensive.
Emergency = your truck (or car) electrical plugins, or kerosene lamps/stove. You get the idea. This is not ideal and cannot be used but just for getting you back to the use of another form of power.
This was a short example of how PACE can be applied to your own situation.
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