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Post by alscalls on Dec 17, 2014 9:23:41 GMT -5
Spalted Sycamore hollow form... Purple heart ends and a green sand inlay Christmas ornament.
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Post by John on Dec 17, 2014 10:05:34 GMT -5
That's real nice.
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Post by alscalls on Dec 17, 2014 21:45:04 GMT -5
Thanks
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Post by alscalls on Dec 19, 2014 9:21:26 GMT -5
Made a smaller one from the scraps
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Post by John on Dec 19, 2014 15:29:19 GMT -5
Lookin good Al. "well not you, I mean the ornaments"
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Post by pitw on Dec 19, 2014 22:35:18 GMT -5
Them are special for sure.
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Post by alscalls on Dec 19, 2014 23:20:53 GMT -5
Thanks That spalted sycamore fell in a BIG storm a couple years ago that put power out for around 5 weeks... I learned a lot about how prepared I thought I was and getting gas was tough so we had to make do.
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Post by den on Dec 20, 2014 0:13:03 GMT -5
Real purdy decs Al I think a few more of us could do with a kick up the ass in regards to how prepared we think we are, I'm now gonna do a few things I've been putting off, Thanks Al Den.
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Post by alscalls on Dec 20, 2014 6:19:56 GMT -5
I suggest a solar battery back up... People were fighting for gas here in a week... Hospitals were first to get electric and gas was saved for emergency crews. Many lost everything in the fridge and freezer... I even saw a guy pull a gun to get 3 bags of ice.
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Post by den on Dec 22, 2014 0:51:42 GMT -5
Will look into the solar although we dont get much sun here, am sorted with gas, Things depend on temp or full blown bug out situation..
Den.
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Post by alscalls on Dec 22, 2014 8:39:08 GMT -5
Wind back up is only good if ya get a lot of wind.. Sun works on cloudy days...just not as efficient To run your whole house full time takes 12 batteries. And around 3000-8000 watts. I say this because an elect. Dryer can use 7000 watts per hour its running... But here at home I could buy a $20,000 system installed and get a $50-$75 check each month instead of a $150 bill... A bug out would require about half to survive well... 6 batteries and every 18-20 watts should give ya almost a 1amp charge even with clouds from a quality panel.... So if you plan on using an average of 1000 watts per hour? You would want about 1/3 more or so coming in in the daytime to ensure you will have enough at night...and that still leaves variables.
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Post by John on Dec 22, 2014 14:08:15 GMT -5
Use a clothes line.
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Post by alscalls on Dec 22, 2014 18:43:52 GMT -5
Sorry...I've studied up...lol The local college wanted me to teach it till the program fell through.
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Post by den on Dec 23, 2014 2:25:28 GMT -5
I wasnt planning on going that big Al mebe just running a fridge/freezer and some small stuff.....laptop/phone and a few lights etc.. I'm a bit dyslexic when it comes to watts n amps I'm looking at a 30W solar panel a 12V Modified Sinewave 600W Inverter and a couple of batteries, Am I in the right ball park ? and yep I got a clothes line lol
Den.
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Post by alscalls on Dec 23, 2014 20:37:01 GMT -5
Fridge freezer is 100-200 watts per hour with about a 700 watt start up surge...
So at 200 watts and hour times hours of darkness...
And your battery amp hrs. Won't add up just on the fridge...
Download an Ohms calculator app and Play around with it...
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