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Solar1234.com is the Radio
Interview
Page of Steven Harris
SHOW NOTES and LINKS to whatever we talked about. When
ever I do a radio show its always easy for me to say, and for
people to remember
www.Solar1234.com I always change this page to reflect
the last radio show I did. More on Steven Harris at:
www.StevenHarris.net
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Battery Banks - Home & Mobile -
Emergency Home Power
Shows #1 and #2
How to power your house & light it up, have TV, unlimited Cell
Phone Power and more by using Lead Acid Batteries; Deep Cycle,
Golf Cart, "found" car batteries and more. The BEST set of
shows I have EVER done on TSP. Plus I have a 4.5 Hour HD
Video that goes along with the shows that you can watch right
now, or you can listen to the shows. I suggest you do
both. There is not room on this site for the shows
so I made a dedicated page for them, plus ALL of the items in
the show are listed on the page too.
CLICK HERE to go to
www.BATTERY1234.COM
These 2 shows are a
PERFECT compliment and follow up to How to Power Your House from
Your Car with an Inverter because you only have 1 battery in
your car. Here you can have as many batteries as you want.
Plus, if your car leaves home, your power leaves. This way
you have power from your car and from your battery banks and
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How to Power Your House from Your Car with an Inverter
This is one of my most popular shows. If you are wondering
where to start? Start HERE!
How to power lights, TV's, Radios, Refrigerator, Freezer, charge
your Phones, iPads, Tablets, games, and how to have all of the
AA recharable batteries you could want and much more from a
simple inverter connected to your car.
Click this link,[
http://www.ush2.com/11012012.htm
] this guy powered his whole house from his Jeep during Hurricane
Sandy in October of 2012.
I am constantly getting emails and photos from people who use
the skills in this show to keep their family safe when others
are miserable.
Steven Harris on The Survival Podcast for 10th Time!
This is my most popular
show I have ever done in TSP
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The Day after the huge line
of storms ripped through the Midwest I got this
email from a student of this course. This
course / class can change and save your life.
"Well... it has been a little over 10hrs
without electric here in central IL. After the
STORM (just 1 storm, not a whole day of
storming), HEAVY winds knocked down several
poles. Might be about 3 DAYS before it gets
fixed. People are going NUTS!!! NO TV, NO 'NET,
it's AWFUL! Well, not for me. Mr. Harris, I have
ALL the power I need. I'm on my laptop, that I
re-charged off my inverter in the car. I'm on
the 'net with my portable hot spot, also keeping
charged from my car. I have ALL the fully
charged AA & AAA for lighting. So it's ALMOST
like it didn't effect me. My fridge is staying
cool and I'm really not worried about ANYTHING.
THANK YOU, Steven Harris"
William wrote: "We just moved from the city to
the country and experienced our first power
outage. The neighbors all hooked up their
generators after the storm. I wonder what they
thought when lights were on at our house, during
the storm, and without a generator thanks to the
inverter hooked to our vehicles in the garage.
Many thanks to Steve Harris!" |
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Generator Show Part 1 - How to Pick a Generator
This show is on EVERYTHING Generators For Your Home.
I cover 7 types of generators that you can buy, 2 different
classes of generators, plus 4 different fuels for generators and all in one show.
After listening to this you will have NO DOUBT at all on
what type of generator YOU NEED and where to get it and how
to use it and how often to use it.
Steven Harris on The Survival Podcast for 12th Time!
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Generator
Show Part 2 - Powering Your House & Natural Gas or Propane Fuel
Options
Part 1 was all about the generators and which one is RIGHT for
YOU. Part 2, this show, is all about how to hook up a generator
(or an inverter) to your house directly. How to get the power
into your home through extension cords or connecting to the
electrical box (back feeding the house). I cover the
illegal and dangerous methods of getting power into the house
(desperate emergency) and the safe ways that conform to code
(pre-crisis). It also covers in detail how to get
natural gas or propane from your house and into your natural gas
generator outside so you have an infinite supply of fuel that you do not
need to store. I cover the illegal dangerous methods
as well as the safe professional methods. If you don't
know me yet, I don't leave anything out.
Steven Harris on The Survival Podcast for 13th Time!
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How to Keep your Refrigerator and Freezer COLD in a
Blackout
If there is one
thing people OBSESS about when the power fails its keeping their
refrigerator and freezer cold. I tell you all of the SMART
ways of doing this both with electricity and WITHOUT
electricity. Simple methods that will make you slap your
head and say, "I knew that!". I cover pre-crisis methods,
you know the crisis is coming methods (Hurricane) and post
crisis methods (Its already hit). This show will SAVE YOUR
FOOD and keep you and your family fed with what you have.
Steven Harris on The Survival Podcast for 9th Time!
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Fuel and Fuel Storage for Preparedness
EVERYTHING-
what containers, the easiest & best home made siphon, how to store gasoline, diesel,
kerosene, how to treat gasoline and diesel for 10+ years of
storage life. What can you store gas in w/ 100%
safety that you did not know about? Using 5 Gallon
cans & a with a really smart rotation method.
Steven Harris on The Survival Podcast for 11th Time!
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How to Set up, Size, Configure a Solar Panel, Battery
and Inverter Power System - The Famous "Solar Chicken Coop."
This will sound funny, more in a second, but this class
will TEACH you HOW to 100% setup ANY SIZE Solar Panel
System you so desire. It will teach you HOW to
SELECT the right size and number of panels for what you
want to power, what your load is, it will help you
determine how many and what size batteries you require
to power yourself through the night and through cloudy
days and it will help you select the right inverter, or
number of inverters for the electrical work you want to
do. It will teach you all of this. Now
the funny part, I did all of this for Jack Spirko
because he wanted to put solar power on his Chicken Coop
so he could have lights to extend his laying time for
the 'girls' and so could have some attic fans running to
help keep the chickens cooler at night when the coop was
heated up from the Texas sun. So just because its
me sizing a solar panel system for a chicken coop does
not mean this will not work for a solar system for you,
in fact, its even more relevant, because I teach you how
to make a small to medium solar panel system AND I teach
you how to scale it up. What you need to do to add
more panels and batteries etc... I put a
TREMENDOUS amount of effort to make this a class that
will teach you everything. I highly suggest
you listen to it if you are considering solar anything.
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SOLAR PANEL I TALKED ABOUT ON TSP
REGARDING THE SOLAR WELL PANEL QUESTION |
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MPPT TRACER 3215RN Solar Charge Controller 30A 12V or 24V
$177.95
If you listen to the 'Solar Chicken Coop' show
above on how to setup and size and configure a solar panel
system with batteries and inverter than you heard me talk about
how much better an MPPT solar charge controller is over the
'regular' type witch is Pulse Width Modulation (PWM). This
is the controller I was talking about. If you have one
solar panel, you can go with the cheaper regular PWM solar
charge controller, if you are going 2 solar panels or more (at
least 100 watts each) then you WILL want the MPPT charge
controller, it can get around 30% more energy out of the panels.
Note, its NOT increasing the panel size, its just that its more
efficient than a PWM controller, that is where the greater
charging energy is coming from. If you want to know why
and how it does there, check wikipedia. This is a great
computer controlled, intelligent, 4 stage battery charging
system. This goes between the solar panels and your
batteries. Get one.
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Hurricane 3
Days Away ??
Stores Empty? Can't Find
it?
Have it Tomorrow by UPS
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If you subscribe to
Amazon Prime (see below) almost EVERYTHING on this page
can be sent to you by UPS Overnight for $3.99 PER item no
matter the size or the weight. That generator above, $299
or $999, plus $3.99 shipping. Order on Tuesday, its on
your door step Wednesday !!
TOOLS you NEED, for During and After the Storm, cans show up now
1-2 days BEFORE the storm and dropped off at your door.
UPS does not deliver during a storm, but they sure as heck
deliver before it. Right up to it and if the roads are
clear, they'll deliver after the storm.
Amazon and UPS can be there
to help you Faster than FEMA or the Red Cross !!
From Actual Amazon Review-
"After
reading all the reviews on this generator, I decided it would be
a good inexpensive unit and running off propane was a big
selling point. I ordered it on Friday and it was delivered on
Monday. Yeah Amazon!!!"
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Here is
the Home Emergency Power
How to Power Your Home from Your Car.
stuff Jack and Steve were talking about on TSP
Shows #9 and #10 |
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You do NOT need to be a member of Amazon Prime to
buy any of the stuff below, but everything IS Amazon Prime. That
means, if you are a prime member, EVERYTHING that is below, in
ANY quantity will be shipped to you by 2 day Air for FREE.
NOT one penny for ANY shipping on ANYTHING Amazon prime.
Plus you get free movies, free TV shows (like a Netflix thing)
and much more. Instead of burning diesel fuel to go to
Wal-Mart to buy cat food, I have Amazon send it to me with free 2
day shipping. Saves me time and fuel and money, and the
cat food is cheaper than it is at Wal-Mart.
I am a very big fan and user of Amazon prime. OH...and you
get a 1 month FREE Trial of it to see if you like it.
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Powerex MH-C800S Eight Cell Smart Charger
$54.95
This is by FAR my favorite charger, and its a
premium one and it does not GOOF UP. It charges each
battery individually, so you can put in 1 battery, 2, 3, 5, 7 or
8 at once. When you put it in, it starts to charge it. It
takes about 1 hours to charge one battery, but you can charge 8
at a time. 8 in 2 hours is about as good as 4 in 1 hour
for me. Also, there is an LCD display for each battery, so
you know when each one is charged. There IS a more
expensive version of this
one that does charge all 8 in 1 hour
BUT THIS one here is my favorite. The 1 hour charger has a
huge power supply that comes with it. This one has a nice
small 'wall wart' power supply.
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(12 AA Batteries)
PANASONIC NEW 2100 ENELOOP 12 Pack AA Ni-MH
Pre-Charged Rechargeable Batteries $34.94
**NEW**
Panasonic bought the Sanyo Enloop Batteries. A
Good thing! These are now the 4th generation of the
batteries and take 2100 charges instead of the 1500 the Sanyo
3rd Gen batteries did. BUY THESE BATTERIES. DO NOT buy the
eneloop charger they have. I don't like it. Get the
PowerEx one above. DO NOT by the
eneloop "XX" batteries, I have not put those though the ringer like
these ones. I have exhaustively tested the eneloop
batteries for years on my lab bench and in all of my personal
gear. They are the batteries I carry the most. These
eneloops can be charged and used up to 2100 times each.
That's a lot of charging. They have the PERFECT chemistry
for a AA NiMH battery. You can trust and depend on these. DO NOT buy the Energizer brand of NiMH
batteries, they all STINK and are antiquated NiMH technology.
Shame on the pink bunny.
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ZTS Computer Controlled Pulse Loading Mini Battery Tester $36.00
This is probably the most important tool on this
page. This lets you see how much energy is left in your
AA, AAA, C or D NiMH or Alkaline Battery. This is NOT some
'dumb' battery checker. This is the smartest one on the
market. All of those 'meter' battery checkers just check
the voltage and that is NOT a real way to check a battery State
Of Charge (SOC). To really test a battery you need to see
how much current it can deliver, this lets you know how much
active surface area of the battery is reactive and left.
This tester 'tugs' on the battery to measure its current
ability. Its also called Pulse Loading. When
this thing says you have 80% of your battery, you can bet on it.
When it says its near dead, its there. I have been
using this line of battery checkers since 2005 and it travels
with me everywhere I go (when I travel). What good are
batteries if you can't tell which ones are good and which ones
are bad.
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Tenergy V-9688 Super Universal LCD Battery Charger with USB Port
$28.99 * NEW
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This charger does AA to D cell size, plus 9 volt
batteries. I do NOT like it as much as I do the POWEREX
AA/AAA charger above. I only use this one for charging D
cell batteries, and it can take a good 8 hours, more or less
depending on the state of charge of the battery, to charge up D
Cell NiMH batteries. Again, if you are just starting
out, get the Powerex above and the Sanyo Eneloop batteries, if
you really must have D cell batteries than get the batteries
above and this charger. It'll make a good backup AA
charger for you as well in case you break, bash, smash, flood
your other one. 2 is 1, 1 is none.
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Tenergy Centura 9V 200mAh Low Self-Discharge NiMH Rechargeable
Batteries -2pcs card $8.95
*NEW*
Get These batteries if you have the tenergy charger above.
There are some 250mAh 9 volts on Amazon, but I don't want you to
buy them. I want you to buy these Low Self Discharge (LSD)
batteries. They will hold the charge the longest so you
might be able to use them in an emergency without having to
charge them up first. 9Volts are a dying battery,
hardly anyone makes anything new that uses a 9 volt, they all
are using AA batteries, which are by far superior batteries
compared to the 9 volt batteries.
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Sanyo Eneloop Spacer Pack: 4 Pack of C-size and 4 Pack of D-size
Adapters $16.45 * NEW
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NO NO NO NO Do NOT BUY...NOT Harris Approved
unless its for a 3rd level backup. a AA NiMH battery is
about 2000-2200mah, a good NiMH D Cell is 10,000+mah. 1st
you should have D Cell Alkaline Batteries, your next backup or
option is D Cell NiMH Recharable Batteries (Tenergy Above) only
if you ran out or lost those would you even consider using these
shells. There are here because I get asked about them A
LOT ! Some times the springs in your D Cell device don't
mate up with the end of the AA in the shell. There are
LOTS of issues, but they do work as a 3rd level backup to what I
mentioned. Keep this in mind. These 'shells' are
about 1/4th the price of buying the above charger and 8 real
NiMH batteries. Get the real thing.
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Rock Solid Battery Holders Storacell by Powerpax "AA" 12 Pack Battery
Caddy, Yellow - Holds 12 "AA" Batteries $4.95+
These are the most awesome battery holders I have
ever come across, I use them all the time, AA, AAA, C, D, 9volt,
CR123, you name it, they have holders for the batteries or sets
of the batteries. Want to hold 12 AA battts ? they got it, want
to hold 6? or 4? they have it. This link will
give you an entire page of ones to choose from. Stay with
the POWERPAX brand, its 100% Harris Approved.
Steven Harris PHOTOS of these.
PHOTO #1 See These Glowing in the Dark on my Bench
PHOTO #2 See these out of the case in my photo area. |
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Duracell 813-0807 800 Watt DC to AC Digital
Power Inverter $59.99 Because of the
price increase on this item, you are better off getting the
Whislter 800 watt inverter on
http://www.Battery1234.com But you'll loose the display of
watts being used, which I like. The Duracell 400 watt one is only $10 less, this is 800
watts and is a much better buy, runs at 150 watts through the
cigarette lighter or 800 watts when clamped on the battery.
Leave the car idle and you can run your refrigerator or freezer
(one at a time) on this inverter. The BEAUTIFUL thing
about this inverter is the display, it gives you the voltage in,
out and POWER (in watts) that you are drawing at the time.
So you know if you are sipping power and can leave the car off
all night or if you are being a power HOG and have to leave it
idle. Nothing like instrumentation. Use this
alternate link if the one above is sold out.
(the 800 is sold out,
get the 400 at the alternate link !!!
-Steve )
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Cobra CPI 880 800 Watt 12 Volt DC to 120 Volt AC Power Inverter
with 5 Volt USB output $52.22
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So many people tried to buy the Durcell 800 watt
inverter that everyone on Amazon and most of the web is 100%
SOLD OUT. I do have and use Cobra inverters... I've
been surprised at how good some of them have been.
IF you can't get the Duracell one above, get this one. It
does not have a display on it like the Duracell one...but it
works great. I also can't say enough about how good the
Duracell 400 watt inverter is (see link above). It works
great, plus it comes with the cigarette lighter plug. Its
OK to have a good inexpensive 400 watt inverter and a good
inexpensive 800 watt inverter. 2 is 1, 1 is NONE.
you need a backup and 400 watts of power is a LOT of power when
you are in a black out. Don't turn your nose up at
400 watts.
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Duracell 175-Watt Pocket Inverter with 2.1-Amp USB Port $33.49
Of the small inverters, the highest quality, with the smallest
size is this Duracell inverter. Yes. I own it. It
has the smallest profile and it also has ONE 2.1 amp USB port on
it. Not two USB ports. Its the one that travels with
me in my laptop bag all the time. Size matters.
This is also the most expensive inverter of this class but that
is because of its size and quality.
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Steven Harris on Light - What do you need in Light ?? -
Important to Read.
You need 3 types of lights:
1. Small Light: 1/2 watt or less (30 lumens or less)
flash lights for doing small things. Reading, looking in
drawers, walking around the house etc..This is the most common
light you will use. I also call this "Necessary Light"
because you are only using the necessary amount of light needed,
not too much light.
2. Emergency Light: 2, 3 watts or more LEDs, 80,
180, 250, 400 lumens for finding lost children in the night type
of stuff. Tactical lights on guns fall into this
category as well.
3: Room light or Area Light. Something you can put
in a room with 4 people and light the place up decently because
you are going to be there and you have energy to spare. If
are charging D Cell batteries from your car, you have energy to
spare.
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Energizer Trail Finder 7 LED Headlight $14.93
*NEW*
Most of you know I'm not a big fan of energizer, but they have
it 100% Correct in this 7 LED headlamp. Its has red LEDs and
lots of bright white LEDs for near and far, it has 4 different
modes it switches between and it has a REAL PHYSICAL SWITCH. So
when its OFF, it is really OFF. Its not 'on' but drawing a small
amount of current waiting for you to press the 'on' button. That
is called a 'soft on'. This head lamp has a HARD Switch that
turns stuff 100% on or 100% off. It has low light mode for long
battery life and it has a LIGHT 'EM UP mode for plenty of light
NOW. Its made for contractors so its durable as heck and can
take a beating. Its water resistant so you can wear it in the
rain, but no go swimming with it. It does run on 3 AAA
batteries. I wish it was AA's, but its does not. So make sure
you get some of the Eneloop AAA rechargeable batteries above.
This is an excellent "Small Light" and the bright mode is good,
but not quite emergency light bright, but close. If you are
running AAA battery items in a small 'kit' then this is the
perfect light to go with the Maglight XL-200 AAA Light below.
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Maglite XL200 LED Flashlight, Black - Brightest Maglight
in Existence $36.99 *NEW*
Like the above energizer head lamp, this flashlight runs on 3
AAA batteries. Its the brightest maglight flashlight
made and its very small and hides in the bottom of your pocket
until you want to light up something like its daylight.
This would make vampires run for cover and smoke. Its 172
Lumens...most tactical flashlights use to be 80 lumen.
This is over double that. I've been using this flashlight
for the last 7 months on a daily basis and have fallen in love
with its quality and its performance. I run this on 3 AAA eneloop batteries
all the time. This main
use of this light is for 'finding a lost child'. Its too
much light for normal stuff. Its an emergency light.
If you are running AAA batteries in a small, portable kit, then
this is the perfect flashlight to compliment the Energizer Head
Lamp (above)
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Fenix HL21 White LED Headlamp, 1AA, 90 lumens $34.95
*NEW*
Simple Simple Simple is what this is. 1 AA Battery, 90 lumens
(more than bright enough) and a simple ON/OFF and only 1 Strap,
and the diffuser flips over the light if desired for close up
work. The Energizer Head Lamp (above) and the Maglite XL200
(above) are BOTH AAA battery powered. I wanted you to have a AAA
headlamp and flashlight option and I wanted you to have a AA
headlamp and flash light option. So I found and got this AA
headlamp and it has been a real trooper for me. Its going with
me when I travel. One thing I LOVE about it, its got a 3 Lumen
mode on it (just necessary amount of light) and it'll run for
about 53 hours on 1 AA battery in that light mode. This headlamp
will work good (2 is 1, 1 is none) with the MagLite 2AA and 3AA
flash lights (below
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Well I had to put a AA flashlight in the mix and
here it is. The 2 AA flashlight I use the most, the
maglight LED flashlight. It has a dim mode, a bright mode,
a flashing mode and you can unscrew the cap off and use the cap
as a base to hold up the flashlight like a candle stick and the
bare LED lights up the whole room like a candle would, but it
does it for 31 hours on low on 2 AA batteries.
The important thing about this is that it SIPS energy (for 31
hours) on low and it will provide 'enough' light in an entire
room or more than enough light when directed onto something, plus
its got its bright mode for finding something outside in the
dark. This is an excellent 'Small Light' and a pretty
'emergency light'. Its an ok 'room light' because the cap
comes off and its like a candle.
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Mag-Lite ST3D016 3-D Cell LED Flashlight, Black $25.25
* NEW
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We increasingly live in a AA / AAA battery world
and we have a great deal of valuable & reliable tools that use
these batteries. a AA NiMH can have ~2200mah of capacity,
the above NiMH D cells have 10,000mah and a Duracell D cell
alkaline is about 14,500mah and in 8-10 years (the date on the
battery) it will still have 82%-85% of its energy if stored at
room temperature. So if there an a battery you have to put away
and not use it till you darn well need it then its a Duracell D
Cell Alkaline battery. So here is the awesome flashlight
to go with the batteries. This is an "Emergency Light" It
also qualifies as a "Room Light" because the cap comes off and
it stands up like a candle. This light is 131
Lumens...which is MORE than bright enough. Do not get
caught in the 'brighter is better' trap.
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Coast HP17TAC High Performance Focusing 615 Lumen LED Flashlight
with Tactical Strobe $66.55
* NEW
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If you do want to play the brighter is better game, then this
flashlight from Coast will do it. Preppers, the $25
maglight above is PERFECT. It will light your house and
work area just fine. If you are Law Enforcement or Search and
Rescue then you might consider this flashlight because it too
uses 3 D Cell batteries but its 615 Lumens, about 3x more than
the maglight flashlight. This light also focuses from a
bright FIELD of light, lights a whole room up EVEN, to a spot
light that goes the distance. For preppers on a budget,
don't get this.
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Rayovac Sportsman LED Lantern $24.99
* NEW
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There are 1120 reviews of this on Amazon, over 2000 are 5 or 4 Stars !!
You need 3 types of lights. 1. Small Light: 1/2 watt or less (30
lumens or less) flash lights for doing small things.
Reading, looking in drawers, walking around the house etc..
2. Emergency Light: 2, 3 watts or more LEDs, 80, 180, 250,
400 lumens for finding lost children in the night type of stuff.
3: Room light or Area Light. Something you can put in a
room with 4 people and light the place up decently because you
are going to be there and you have energy to spare. If are
charging D Cell batteries from your car, you have energy to
spare. This lamp uses 3 D cell batteries and will use the
D Cell Tenergy batteries above just perfectly. This is a
'room' type of light. Max output is 240 lumens.
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Coast 4 D Cell 375 Lumen LED Lantern w/ Varible Brightness
$24.90
* NEW
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I had to put this up here because the light is so awesome.
The Rayvac is awesome. The
advantage of the coast is not that its brighter, but it is, but
its got a variable brightness knob on it. You can turn it
up and down to any brightness you like. Historically
I have always liked Maglights, Rayovac Lights and I've been
using Coast lights since 2006. Coast is an even
higher quality than maglight, but don't forget, maglight is more
than good enough. This lantern also uses 4 D Cells where
the Rayovac uses 3 D cells.
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Mudder 6pcs E27 3w 210lm 6500k 100-240v Energy Saving LED White
Light Bulb $21.99
*NEW*
3 Watts is MORE than enough in a dark room.
This has a light output of about 210 lumens, that's brighter
than many 80 lumen tactical lights. When you use this bulb
you are SIPPING energy off the inverter and the car battery.
That is what you want to do. You are not trying to light
the whole darn house like it was before the blackout. You
want 'enough' light in the room. Put one of these in 5
rooms and you're drawing 15 watts. This LED bulb will do
it well. I've used it for nearly a year. This is an
excellent "Room Light" This will be your #1 light in a
blackout. Get all 6 at a great price, that's $3.70 each!
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10.5 Watt LED Bulb, Warm White $4.55
*NEW*
This LED bulb is about 800 lumens (4x brighter than above) and
its almost what I could call 'too bright' because its using 10.5
watts when you could be using 2 or 3 watts. However if the above
light is sold out, get this one, its a good bulb and it'll
really light up a room. Might be a better bulb to use if you had
to work on something like a car. If you had to use an
incandescent bulb to make this much light, it'd be about a 60
watt bulb. So this is very efficient. This is an excellent "Room
Light", its also an excellent bulb for daily use. It will save
you money in reduced energy use. This over 700 5 star reviews on
Amazon this is a great bulb. Yes I own it and its also available
at Home Depot.
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PowerGen Dual USB 2A 10w (fast) Heavy Duty Ouput Car Charger -
White $9.99
This is made by the same company as the charger
above, this is a 12 volt charger to charge your high power USB
devices from your car. This too has a 2amp and 1amp
charger ports on it. I use this all the time, it
charges my android phone very well, make sure you have
plenty of cables (and spares) from the cables I have listed
below. Also, I prefer my chargers to be WHITE so I can
find them in the dark / low light easier than a black charger.
Click
Here for the Black Version.
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New Trent iTorch IMP52D 5200mAh External Battery Charger for
ANYTHING USB! (Improved version with 15% more compact size at
5200mAH than IMP500) $33.95
This is a portable rechargeable lithium battery,
you charge it up from your car or home and then you can later
charge up your phone or ipad from it. Its a HUGE battery.
An iphone4 has a battery that is 1420mAH, this is 5200mAH.
That's over 3.5x as big. A smaller cell phone would have a
750mAH battery in it, so you can recharge that with this about 7
times. I like this one, its the right size physically, its
big brother at 12,000mAH is a lot bigger, and I think its
too big, but it'll power your iphone for an entire week.
This is something I use about once a week, because that is about
how often I forget to plug in my android phone at night to
charge it up, so in the morning when I'm leaving, I need
something to charge the phone as I'm out and about.
Your cell phone or smart phone is a life line of communications,
contacts, information and tools. This will keep your phone
running when a disaster happens as well as allowing you to store
energy for your cell phone during an extended disaster.
Before I started using this one, I was using this
DURACELL ONE for about 1.5 years, I had 2 in my truck all
the time, but this one is my favorite one now for the price and
size, the Duracell ones were only about 1800mah. 5200mah
for $34 is better than 1800mah for $19
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Azend Group Envizen Digital 7-Inch Handheld Digital TV/DVD
Player with Built-in Tuner, Carrying Case and Car Adapter $91.30
OMG this thing came with EVERYTHING. 120V
power, DC 12 volt cable, antenna, antenna adapter, video IN
cables (for game system) plus its a DVD player.
I have been looking for a portable TV for over a year, and they
ALL STUNK. I could not get one, could not recommend one
till I found, bought and played with this one. It draws
ONLY 9 Watts of power. Its reception is "DARN GOOD" with
the little antenna that comes with it but I bought
THIS ANTENNA for $8.50 With the external antenna (the $8.50
one) this thing picks up a huge amount of channels, and the TV even
came with the antenna adapter to go from a large external
antenna (coax screw) to a push type F connector. This is
NOW MY Storm and Disaster TV. THIS SHOULD BE YOUR #1 STORM
AND DISASTER TV, and its a DVD player for the kids too. 9
WATTS...that is an insane small amount of power. The TV
also has an internal battery will
last 2.5 hours...but with me it'll always be on one of my
external batteries. TV will be your #1 source of
news and information in a disaster.
If the 7" one is sold out, get the 9" version here. This TV will be your
#1 TV, I guarantee it. I cannot say how BEYOND IMPRESSED I
am with this thing.
<HARRIS PHOTO> See what I do with this. Click here.
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Wagan 4-Way 12V Automotive Socket Extender
$10.46
Invariably you are going to plug in more than one
thing into your car's 'cigarette lighter' or 'power port' and
you are going to want a very good, strong and sturdy power
outlet. You plug this into your car outlet and now you
have 4 heavy duty power outlets. This has been one of my
favorites for years, it features big contact plates inside that
are all nickel plated and the case is made of a strong plastic.
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Roadpro 12V Battery Clip-On and Cigarette
Lighter Adapter $5.02
If you have a car old enough it might not have a
12 volt power outlet in it that is on all the time, it might
require the key to be in the 'on' position, which draws a lot of
other power, so you don't want to do that. You just open
your hood, clamp this on your car battery and you have a
cigarette lighter power outlet ready to go. Plug in the
inverter, run the power cord inside the house, plug in your cell
phone and LED lights and small fans and you have light,
communications and cooling.
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Mediabridge - USB 2.0 A-Male to Micro-B Cable (6
Feet) $5.99 USB to USB-MICRO cable
This cable has 982 5Star Feedbacks and this is a
$25 cable at Best Buy. This cable is used to charge your
modern cell phone. Your modern smart phone / cell phone
will either be a USB-MINI or a USB-MICRO connector. You
use this with the USB output on the BESTEK inverter above OR on
the PowerGen USB DC or AC chargers above. This cable (6
feet) is long enough for you to talk on the phone while its
being charged from the wall or car.
(read about where to have chargers and cables
below in the MINI cable description)
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USB 2.0 A-Male to Mini-B Cable (6 Feet / 1.8 Meters) $5.49
This is the same cable above but it is a USB to
USB-MINI cable and the one above is a USB-MICRO cable.
You need an AC and a DC charger at home, in your car and at
work. You need a set at all 3 locations. That way
you move the phone from location to location, there is always a
charger there. If you are at work, and you have to hop in
a car with someone else, then you have a DC cable you can take
with you. If you are at home and your home charger dies...
then you have a spare in your car. 2 is 1 and 1 is none.
This cable (6 feet) is long enough for you to talk on the phone
while its being charged from the wall or car.
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Micro USB Retractable Cable - Ideal for Any Micro USB Powered
Device
Its only 2.5 feet long, but its compact as heck,
convenient as heck and durable a s heck. I just got back
from a weekend of conventions and I carried this in my pocket
with the Trent iTorch Battery (above) and ended up using it with
this cable for half the day on my android phone because I used
it so much from 6am to 9pm each day that the battery would
not last. This cable is long enough to talk on the phone
from the Trent iTorch, its long enough to charge the phone at
night, to charge the iTorch at night, its NOT long enough to
talk on the phone w/ it plugged into a car adapter.
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NewAir AI100S Portable Ice Maker (White) $169.95
oh stop it. People are yelling at me all
the time that they must have SOMETHING to keep stuff cold in a
disaster. Ok. This is my favorite item for making
COLD. I've been using it since 2007. Its an ice
maker. Its average draw when making ice is only 120 watts
(I measured it myself). It has a brief spike to 750 watts
for exactly 2-3 seconds when it turns on its heater to get the
ice cubes off the ice cube maker. So you need to run it on
the 800 watt inverter above. Your car will need to idle
for about 30 minutes out of every 60 minutes you are using this.
(read more below under (BLACK))
<HARRIS PHOTO>
High Res Photo of the Ice cubes in my ice maker HERE |
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NewAir AI100S Portable Ice Maker (Black) $169.95
This is the most efficient way to keep stuff cold
and to 'make cold'. You use electricity to directly make
ice with this unit, making cold air in a freezer to freeze ice
cube trays is a horrible waste of energy. This makes ice
directly from contact the refrigeration evaporator.
You make the ice, then you put it in a really good "5 Day"
cooler and keep your food / beverages cool. OR you put the
ice directly in your drink, that is the most efficient.
It makes 26.4 lbs of ice a DAY (24 hours), So about 1 pound per
hour, it holds just over 2 pounds of ice, so get the ice out
every 2 hours. It makes its first ice in about 10 minutes.
I am drinking a drink with ice made from one of these as I
am typing this. These ice makers are Harris approved.
You'll love the heck out of one. I use one everyday except
in the winter.
<HARRIS PHOTO>
High Res Photo of the Ice cubes in my ice maker HERE
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Superior Pump 91250 1/4 HP Thermoplastic Submersible Utility
Pump $47.99
This pump only draws 460 watts so it will work
off an 800 watt inverter or bigger just fine.... or you can
carry buckets up the stairs.
OMG... if you have a sump pump then you know exactly my feeling
when I say that NOTHING will screw up your day FASTER than sump
pump that is NOT working. I have a 1/2 HP sump in my
basement, but that's mounted permanently all the time. If
that one stops working then I have this great little 1/4 HP sump
pump to drop in the hole (well) to pump out the water.
This pump has a 1 1/4" inch pipe thread on it plus it has an
adapter that comes with it so it can pump to a garden hose.
This is the #1 best selling sump pump on Amazon. If you
don't have a back up sump pump, get one ! Get this one or
get one at Harbor Freight. They are TOO MUCH at Home Depot
or Lowes. Also, if you need to fill up your
emergency water barrels in your pickup truck from a lake, river
or stream.. this IS the pump to do it with from your inverter.
If this sump ran for 30 seconds, every 15 minutes (in a storm)
then on a typical marine battery it would last for over 2.5 days
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120 Assorted Car Truck MINI Fuse 5,7.5,10,15,20,25,30 AMP $8.45
These are the MINI fuses... the smaller
ones than the bigger ones you might be thinking of. Most
new cars take these. Just look in your owners manual, look
in the fuse box and see if they are about the size of a quarter
(Maxi Fuses- large ones) or the size of a dime (the mini ones).
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CAR Fuse Puller Tool $4.77
Those fuses can be wedged in the PDB (Power
Distribution Box) pretty tightly and close to each other.
This little tool makes it a lot easier to pull them out to see
if they are blown or to remove and replace the
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P3 International P4400 Kill A Watt Electricity Usage Monitor
$20.28 * NEW
*
Hey..want to know how much power your appliance
is using so you know what type of inverter to us on it, and
whether you need the car to idle. Get this power meter and
measure how many WATTS (W) and Kilowatt HOURS (KWH) your
appliance is using. KWH is total power used over time, WATTS,
your maximum watts drawn determines what size inverter you use.
When the refrigerator kicks on, you'll see the spike in power
draw for 2 or 3 seconds, then you'll see the amount of power
being used as it cools. This is an indispensible tool.
There is a
newer version of the meter HERE for $26.52. I
have one of each one ever made, and I still use this $20 version
one the most.
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Oster 5838 ExpressBake Breadmaker, White COOL TOUCH $67.98
* NEW
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This bread maker makes bread like a washing
machine washes cloths. Put the stuff in, push the button,
come back in 58 minutes and you have 2 pounds of HOT bread
READY to eat. Flour, water, sugar, salt, yeast.
THAT'S IT. This is the bread maker that I've used for 6
years and feature in the 90 minute video: Bread from Gasoline
(on http://www.USH2edu.com
) You can make 32 POUNDS of bread from 1 gallon of
gasoline and a generator. I also show in the video how to
make this off your car battery. Imagine that.. fresh HOT bread
from WHITE FLOUR (stores forever, at all grocery stores) and
from your car / truck battery. Next to my tortilla
emergency bread trick, this is the most awesome. If
you don't think this is the most darn awesome bread maker you
ever had I'll buy it off you. I have 4 of them... maybe 5.
I have to look and I use them in every LIVE Preparedness class I
give... I feed everyone in the class.
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Casio Men's PAG240-8 Pathfinder Amazon Exclusive Triple Sensor
Tough Solar Digital Watch $189.99 * NEW
*
Would you believe, that because of TSP, I've had
several people write me to ask me what watch I wear ?? Who'd of
thunk ? I wear a Casio Pathfinder Triple Sensor SOLAR
powered watch. I must of had it for 5 years, and this is
the newer one than the one I have. NEVER have a battery
issue because its Solar. Actually in dead of winter when
sun is so low I've had to put it in the window for an afternoon
to get a good charge for a week or two of operation. I've
used the compass function on a regular basis and I've used the
barometer tracking feature to tell me of the pressure is rising
or falling so I know what the weather is going to do. I am
very hard on watches and phones, so everything I buy is DURABLE.
$190 is not expensive when you think of having it for 10 years
or more.
I also use
Ballistic Phone Cases
for my Android and
Otter Box Phone Cases for
my wife's iPhone. Now you know too much about us. :)
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Here is
the Fuels & Fuel Storage
stuff Jack and Steve were talking about on TSP
Show #11 |
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PRI-G Fuel Stabilizer- for Gasoline
16 ounce bottle. Treats up to 256 gallons $29.89
PRI-G Fuel Stabilizer- For Gasoline
32 ounce botttle. Treats up to 512 gallons $44.95
This is my favorite fuel additive to making
gasoline more stable in storage. You add 1oz of PRI-G per
16 GALLONS of gasoline ONCE a YEAR and your fuel will stay good.
Listen to me talk about it on the show, current record holder
has 12 year old gas for large backup generator that is fine
after 12 years of storage. This is an excellent solution
to the issue of long term storage of fuel.
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15 Gallon Water Storage Barrel $49.95
This is what a 15 gallon HDPE water barrel looks
like. Its tall and narrow, a bit shorter than a 55 gallon
drum and a whole lot smaller. This drum is made of EXACTLY
the same plastic as a red 5 gallon plastic gasoline can is.
This drum will hold gasoline PERFECTLY. This drum full of
gasoline will weigh about 100 pounds, just heavy enough that if
you are strong you can still heft it up and move it or roll it
around and stand it up where you want it. The drum is
incredibly durable. Its expensive here on amazon but it
lets you see it, try to find it locally around where you live.
Go to maps.google.com and type in Drums and Barrels City, State
and it'll find the local suppliers around you. If you have
to, you can order it here....but it'll be a lot cheaper to find
it locally.
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Polished Zinc Cast Steel Drum Bung Nut Wrench with Angled
Handles, 12" Length $34.04
Despite this description saying its zinc coated
cast steel, I think this one is one piece cast aluminum.
I've never seen a steel one, all of the ones I have are solid
aluminum. This bung wrench has 4 heads on it which will
fit any type of drum you can possibly find... plus its got 2
wrenches built into the handle. This thing is heavy enough
to be a weapon. It'll last a life time, you won't break
it. This is the one I have and use the most and I am
telling you this is the one you should get.
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3/8" Fuel Primer Bulb $18.93
MAKE SURE YOU BUY THE 3/8" BARB ON THE BULB !
This is a fuel priming bulb that you'll find on
most fuel tanks feeding an outboard motor for a small boat.
You squeeze it and it moves the fuel. This takes the place
of you sucking on a hose to get the siphon action going.
Just squeezing this bulb gets the fuel flowing and then you just
let it siphon from the 15 gallon drum or 5 gallon tank and into
your fuel tank of your generator or vehicle. Note:
The drum or tank needs to be HIGHER than what you are siphoning
into. Fuel won't siphon up hill, it goes down hill
only. So set the fuel tank in the bed of the pickup or on
the roof of the car or just put one drum on top of another drum
to get it higher than the fuel tank. You can find these
bulbs at Walmart or anyplace that sells boat supplies....or you
can get it right here on Amazon.com
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Fuel Line Hose, 3/8" x 25 feet $22.49
This is automotive FUEL LINE. Its rated for
gasoline, or diesel, it'll last forever, its heavy and thick.
The 25 foot spool here on amazon is a GREAT price, or you can go
to Action Auto, Auto Zone, Pep Boys or any other car parts place
and get it by the foot. For 15 gallon drums, I suggest a 4
foot piece on the suction side and a 6 foot piece on the outlet
side. I do NOT even use hose clamps to hold the hose on
because it stays on so tight, plus if I want to I can quickly
swap lines to make one longer and one shorter or to put on a
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Here is
the Generator & House Hook Up
stuff Jack and Steve were talking about on TSP
Show #12 & Show #13 |
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US Wire 74100 12/3 100-Feet SJTW Yellow Heavy-Duty Lighted
Extension Cord $54.99
The above is the 100 foot cord... if you need a 50 foot cord
then get the
50 foot 12/3 cord for $34.95
One 100 foot cable and one 50 foot cable should be good for most
people, that way you can run up to 150 feet any way you want.
You might run 50 feet into your house and 100 feet into your
neighbors house or you just might need all of the distance for
yourself, especially if you have an electric chainsaw (which I
love, because they are so simple, and always work without
gasoline). If you must have a
25 foot cord there is one for $22.92 but I do not think its
necessary, for that short of a distance a 14/3 orange cord will
work fine. Most of you will be FINE with 14/3 orange
extension cords from Home Depot but if you want the premium and
the best, then this is the extension cord for it. It is
very durable with a thick cover. Yes.. I own all of these.
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Coleman Cable 02309 16/3 Vinyl Outdoor Extension Cord, Orange,
100-Feet $26.95
This is a 16/3 16/3 16/3 16/3
CORD !! It is THIN and LIGHT. At walmart they have a
120 foot version of this cord and its green. This is
designed for a LIGHT LOAD, thus, you don't need all that copper
and weight. Usually this is used for electrical law
equipment, like a weed whacker, they don't take very much power.
If you have an 800 watt or 400 watt or 150 watt inverter, its
not sending out very much power either. Why do you need a
thick cable to run from the inverter on your car and into the
home ? You don't. For those light loads this cord
will work fine. It's lighter and longer and cheaper.
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3-grounded Outlet T-shaped Adapter, Orange $4.89
I told you that you'd recognize what I was trying
to describe on the radio as soon as you saw it.. this is it.
Stack these up into each other to make the best, most heavy duty
outlet strip you've ever had. Use these to split off
extension cords that you run into your house from the generator
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Reliance
Controls PB30 L14-30 30 Amp Generator Power Cord Inlet Box For
Up To 7,500 Watt Generators $41.07
Instead of having a 'suicide' cord like I talked
about in the TSP Show on Generators and how hook up your
generator to your house, through all methods both dangerous and
illegal to the correct and legal ways of doing it, this box is
the start of one of the ways of doing it 100% legal and to
code....but you have to have an interlock on your panel to
prevent this socket from getting energized....because you can
stick your fingers in here if its energized and get shocked to
death, the idea is, this socket is dead, and you are plugging in
from your generator to this socket and into the electrical panel
of the house. There are 3 DETAILED PHOTOS of this box installed
in a house with a generator, click the link and LOOK at them.
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DuroMax XP10000E 10,000 Watt 16 HP OHV 4-Cycle Gas Powered
Portable Generator With Wheel Kit And Electric Start $999.00
This generator is 240 volts, as well as 120
volts, its got very high ratings and feedback on Amazon, this is
a 10KW generator so it will power your entire house through the
transfer switch above and the inlet box and cables. I do
not own this generator but I would personally buy one based on
the price, the output and especially the reviews on Amazon.
I own a $1000+ Honda EU2000i, but I recognize that is not an
option for all of you, so I put this up here for you. You
are getting 10kw for the same price I paid for the Honda
EU2000i, that is because the Honda is a 'inverter generator' and
this is what I call a 'regular generator' make sure you listen
to my TSP show on generators.
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DuroStar DS4000S 4,000 Watt 7.0 HP OHV 4-Cycle Gas Powered
Portable Generator $299.99
A simple, regular generator, like I talked about
on the show, at a good price, with very good reviews on Amazon.
Its 120 volts ONLY so it CANNOT be used to feed the above panels
and inlet connectors. You'll have to use extension cords
to do it the 'safe' way. I do not own this generator but I
would personally buy one based on the price, the output and
especially the reviews on Amazon. I own a $1000+ Honda
EU2000i, but I recognize that is not an option for all of you,
so I put this up here for you.
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Do you have a 250, 500 or 1000 gallon propane 'pig'
sitting outside your house for your stove and furnace?? Well
than you have a tremendously large amount of fuel stored that will
NEVER go bad. You should be able to take advantage of
that. This is a PROPANE ONLY generator. Does NOT run on
gasoline, does NOT run on natural gas. This generator DOES
have 120 volt AC and 240 Volts AC output on it so you can power your
entire electrical panel and your entire house. See my
Generator Show #2 (above) regarding the different ways of hooking
this up to the house. Don't forget to change the oil every 100
hours !! Have spare oil and the ability to change it.
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Champion Power Equipment 2,000 Watt 4-Stroke Gas Powered Portable
Inverter Generator (CARB Compliant) $595.00
The Yamaha inverter generator is the top of the line generator, its
also $400 more than this one. Champion has seemed to of done a
really good job at making a nice inverter generator at a decent
price. Its got nothing but great reviews. If you
need a nice small 2KW, very quiet, very portable generator sent to
you quickly because a storm is coming, this is the one.
If you want a more economical inverter generator, then this is the
one, if the top of the line Fijitsu is sold out and you need a
generator sent overnight to you now by Amazon Prime...then this is
the one.
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Conntek 20611 Generator Power Cord 25-Foot 10/4 30 Amp 125/250
Volt 4 Prong Male Plug To 15/20 Amp Female Connector $85.99
Like Jack says, do NOT go cheap on your power
cables, its something you WILL regret and keep your power cables
for your generator and emergencies in a dedicated box next to
your emergency power setup. THIS cable is for going from the 240
output of your generator and it splits it into TWO seperate
120volt AC circuits. If you are not using the 240 volts to
feed your entire electrical panel (listen to the show!) then
you'll want some extra 120 volt AC output. This will
augment the 120volt AC that is already coming off your
generator.
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Suicide Electrical Cables for Back Feeding a House from a
Generator or Inverter
As I talked about in DETAIL in the show, these are called
suicide cables for a reason. They have 120 volts or 240
volts exposed on prongs on both ends of the cable. Plus
they can overload the single circuit they plug into and that can
heat up the wires or connectors and burn down your entire house.
Click on the link and I'll show you some of the connectors
that are used to make these cables... and I'm telling you to
have a certified electrician install a Legal Transfer Switch at
your panel to safely switch the power over.
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STUPID STUFF
DO NOT BUY - DO NOT BUY !!
I give you examples of what to purchase, and WHY, and
what my
experience is with them but I keep on getting emails about other
things.
A lot of these things are STUPID and so now I'm giving you a
list
of STUPID things and telling you why they are STUPID so you can
make better, more informed decisions when you see stuff in
stores.
I'M SERIOUS
- DO NOT BUY !! |
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Energizer Solar Rechargeable 9-LED Lantern $31.51
I'm sure some of you are salivating over this
solar powered, flashy, shiny gadget. Prepping is not about
'gadgets' its about knowledge and tools. This is worthless
solar Junk. Look at the specs. It runs for 165 HOURS
on 3 D cell Alkaline Batteries. If those are Duracells
that's about $3.00 in batteries. If it runs that light for
165 hours when fresh, it'll run the light for 132 hours in 8
years when the batteries reach their "date" and are at 80% of
original capacity. So 3 bucks gets your over 100 hour of
light over the next 8 years. Yet this 'gadget' has a
"Suckered you into it" solar panel that will give you 2.5 Hours
of LIGHT *IF* the solar panel gets a GOOD 5 hours of PRIME
sunshine on it. That means pointed at the sun, no clouds,
summer sunshine. Remember the sun is NOT the same
brightness all day, so 5 GREAT hours of sunshine is about all
you get in a day...maybe a bit more depending on the time of
year, so a good day of sunshine gets you 2.5 hours of light at
night and that's when you need a good 8 hours of light.
SUCKS...its a stupid gadget.
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Solar 11-in-1 Battery Charger $24.98
Oh WOW... it charges AA, C and D Cell NiMH on its
built in Solar Panel. This has 'sucker' written all over
it. Lets look at the specs, 5 volts from the panel, so it
can really do 2 batteries at once, not 3, not 4 and its a MAX of
140ma output. That means MAX, summer, noon, pointed at the
sun. Its not computer controlled so its charge efficiency
will be low, 75% would be generous. AA NiMH Batteries are
about 2000mah, at 140ma @75% efficiency that would take 19 prime
solar hours to charge 2 AA batteries. There are about 6
'good' solar hours in a day (sun rise, noon, sun setting) so
that means this would charge your 2 AA batteries in about 3 days
if you kept it pointed at the sun every 30 minutes.
D cell NiMH batteries are about 10,000mah so that would take 96
hours to charge, which would be about 2 weeks of solar tracking
to charge them up. Seem like a good solar idea now?
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Midland XT511 GMRS Two-Way Emergency Crank Radio $89.99
(heavy sarcasm) OMG how could it get any better,
its an FRS & GMRS 2 way radio, its a NOAA weather radio, its an
AM/FM radio, it even has 3 LED's in it for a flashlight, and it
has a clock and an alarm clock and it has a USB port and it runs
on 4 AA batteries and it even has a HAND CRANK feature in it so
I can wind it up, wind it up, wind it up, wind it up (tired
already) if there is no power. Plus its called a 'Base
Camp' radio. How cool is that, now I can call "Red 5 this
is Red Leader, Red 5 this is Red Leader, Come in Red 5".
Now I've seen 'some' crank up AM/FM radios that are decent.
It does NOT take a LOT of power to run an AM/FM radio on
RECEIVE. It takes a LOT of power to run a transmitter.
There are $20 GMRS radios that beat the crap out of this, that's
all you need, is a good GMRS radio (and I have a site coming for
that) and NOT a bunch of junk thrown all in, into one gadget for
$90 with a crank on it. The more things you see put
together into one item, the more you should RUN AWAY from it.
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Even if this has
5 stars on Amazon, I'd NEVER recommend it to anyone. Its 5
pounds of crap put into a 1 pound plastic box. Oh it looks
and acts really great when you are testing it, but when it comes
time to really use it you'll find that 'crank' feature and your
arm is not the light saber you thought it was.
Its got 'crank power', 'solar power', and "AAA battery" power.
Its an AM/FM and weather radio WITH a clock and an alarm clock
<wow> plus its also a flashlight and best of all (quiet please)
it has a USB port to charge your "Smart Phone". First of
all, the solar panel is so small its going to take a week of
sunshine, full sunshine, just to charge up its little internal
battery. Second it 'says' that it will power your phone
for 30 seconds of calling with 1 minute of cranking. Its
probably more like 5 seconds of calling with 1 minute of
cranking. 12 minutes of cranking, 1 minute phone call.
You are literally looking at 10+ hours of cranking to charge an
iphone. Plus this 'thing' is $55 and you can get a perfect
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Combine that with your car inverter (see class above) with the
USB Charger to FULLY charge your iphone in an hour or two, and
get the AA Eneloop batteries (above) and the PowerEx AA/AAA
charger (above) you really now have an infinite supply of radio
and light (flash lights above) and cell phone talking.
This just a 'pretty gadget' for suckers.
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$39.99
Everything I said
above is true for this unit, stay away from these 'cranking
miracles'. Its no light saber. 10+ hours of cranking
to charge your iphone, with the iphone OFF! while you are doing
it. This thing has 607 reviews on it, and I'd still NEVER
tell you to get it. This is from one of the 1 Star
reviews, listen to what these FOOLS did, "Yesterday
during the worst of Hurricane Sandy we were without power. We
plugged our cell phone into the charger and started hand
cranking. We're handy people and we take care of our equipment,
so we were careful. First there was a creaking noise, some
resistance and a burned smell. Then the crank jammed and broke
off. So we were without cell and without radio in the emergency
situation for which we bought it!"
They literally thought these dumb piece of plastic was going to
keep their cell phone charged by cranking on it. Never did
they try it, never did they do it. They just established a
false sense of security into themselves because the 'bought a
box'.
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