Are you prepared? Trying to be more self sufficient

Nice little system. 160 gallins of Amber m last brew

 

That would last me long time

 

Nice!

I had a 15 gallon 3 vessel electric RIMS setup with a home made raspberry Pi controller. But it was destroyed in a house fire last year. I am in a rental now, so I am not going full bore until I get another house.....

 

They may have put lights in I have not been there is yrs.

 

lol 5 gallon small batches will last most a good while. We need to brew stout next I think but we are in the middle of grape harvest which takes priority over brewing for now. Kinda hard to keep up with bottling at times for that matter

 

After wrapping it --- with whatever you choose (tape, twine, cloth, etc.) --- slide a wide band of wiring heat-shrink over it and shrink it. The heat-shrink is not the best for abrasion resistance; but since the cap will cover it (and be stationary), it should hold for a long time. No adhesive to worry about in the hot temps.

 

Very good idea I hadn’t thought about heat shrink. I applied gorilla tape if it doesn’t work I’ll try the heat shrink

 

Took another step along the journey today. This will be a huge help. Not new nor perfect but seems mechanically sound this should help a lot

 

Nice Tractor!

I started learning how to render beef tallow a few weeks back.

 

Pretty easy. We just did 3qts

 

Hope you guys are ok. Been watching footage of Ash ille area as we had some ties down there it’s mind blowing to see what’s happened.

 

Watching what has happened in NC and TN, is a reminder to stay up on your preparedness. Be safe everyone.

 

Yeah anything that reduces your dependence on gasoline/grid power/etc.

On a side note, lots of folks using HAM for emcomms. And Starlink.

 

Wife and I were members of our local CERT for a few years. Family Obligations had us step back this year with the hopes of coming back after we get the elderly's cared for.

Our area of Semi-Rurual AZ is perched right on the northern edge of the Phoenix Metro Area. 10 minutes to the south you are smack dab in down. 10 minutes to the north and you are in 1933 real quick. We have 10 gas stations but 5 of them are Circle k and under normal circumstances frequently out of gas. There are NO gas stations for another 30 miles to our north. In the event of a massive emergency (we don't really get hurricanes) there would be insufficient gas in the area to meet demand.

Our CERT has started replacing Gasoline Powered Generators with Solar Generators because they can be used in and around medical equipment and don't spark wildfires (big problem out here). This free's us up from being dependent on supply lines for fuel.

https://newuseenergy.com/pages/emergency-management

 

Yeah, that's one reason we have a PHEV. 40 miles of electric range if used for transport, 18kWh of battery that I can pull out using an inverter, gasoline if available. I can even charge it off the camping offgrid panels (if slowly).

 

I don't want to deal with gasoline

 

Honda makes an AWESOME Inverter Generator. And if you rig it up for Dual Fuel, you are miles ahead.

 

Anyone have a battery back up for their garage door opener?