Power Outage Prepping -- Give My Children the Fire Again

[Macrobius]

Jerry Pournelle quote that.[1] Tagging @Kodos

From the SB discussion with @Cole

Powering your home, your business, your world.

website

www.generac.com

https://www.lowes.com/n/buying-guide/standby-generator-buying-guide

Same topic at Whitespace (about Solar)

Your Power Outage Prepping Setup

The most basic scenario most American's have to deal with these days is 'the grid goes down' for however long. There are other, worse, scenarios, but in most parts of America, either 'rolling blackouts' or a power outage do to a fallen tree are regular occurrences. In fact, I was preparing...

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Michael Coston's: My New Solar Power System (Updated For 2020)

Here at Whitespace we are fans of Michael for both his prepping/Hurricane information and his dedication to the Avian Flu threat (which still exists, Virginia). https://afludiary.blogspot.com/2020/05/my-new-solar-power-system-updated-for.html Just over 14 years ago in the blogspace I posted on...

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[1]: https://thesurvivalmom.com/twenty-survival-principles-classic-book-lucifers-hammer/

 

[Macrobius]

The Macro Lightsail ... Status: DEPLOYED

 

[Grug Arius]

I will poast my wood gas generator here once the project gets fully underway. Sometime this year. Welder upgrade is holding me up.

I have taken an 11 gallon air tank and cut the ends off it for the reactor vessel. Not enough work has been done yet to justify documenting the job

Here are some resources Ive used to research the project

Gasifier Plans

How to build a gasifier plans for stationery and vehicle mounted gasifiers that you can build yourself at home in your own backyard

www.build-a-gasifier.com

Power in the Apocalypse (How to Build a Wood-Gasifier)

Power in the Apocalypse (How to Build a Wood-Gasifier): In this Instructable I will be showing you the steps I used to build my Wood/Biomass Gasifier. It was really a fun project and I would encourage anyone serious about preparedness to build one. Now in case you don't know what a Gasifier is...

www.instructables.com

Here is an industrial setup

 

[Grug Arius]

flame-tube with air manifold for gazifier

https://i.postimg.cc/vBGk6x9c/DSCN6680.jpg

I hav fitted a removable restrictor plate inside the flame-tube between the air inlets and the bottom of the tube where the shaker grate hangs (also not pictured)

 

[Grug Arius]

Solar power tip: ACTIVE COOLING improves net output, efficiency and service life of solar panels