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What did you neglect in your preps?
- Thread starter Ken Ford
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Was just thinking about preps again, and I left off something I think every home should have, absent a whole house generator: One or more small, light weight lamps using an LED lightbulb.
One of the first things I did after setting up the generator to support our fridge was move such a lamp to our kitchen (part of the great room in our house), and plug it into the same power strip where I was powering the fridge and charging Ryobi batteries. Using < 10 watts of power kept us with enough light to be able to move safely around the biggest room in the house, including the kitchen, without using batteries or candles.
A nightstand or desk lamp is fine, as long as the light source is LED, so the power draw is low. Ours was the one we normally have on a side table.
Another possibility is an LED lamp with built in USB sockets, so the light source can also be used for charging phones and other USB devices.
One of the first things I did after setting up the generator to support our fridge was move such a lamp to our kitchen (part of the great room in our house), and plug it into the same power strip where I was powering the fridge and charging Ryobi batteries. Using < 10 watts of power kept us with enough light to be able to move safely around the biggest room in the house, including the kitchen, without using batteries or candles.
A nightstand or desk lamp is fine, as long as the light source is LED, so the power draw is low. Ours was the one we normally have on a side table.
Another possibility is an LED lamp with built in USB sockets, so the light source can also be used for charging phones and other USB devices.
what he said!!!
I have some fairly small led lamps that run on AA...I like those as I can get to them quickly, and the draw on the AA's is little, with multiple intensity settings, on low they will run for way more than 24 hours if need be....cheep too!!! light is your friend!!!
I talked with an elderly lady at church tonight as we were handing out meals for hurricane victims. She said she didn't even have a flashlight. Sometimes people don't know what they don't. I'm planning on possibly doing a class at church when things settle down with a list of basic supplies, where to get them and cost. It never crosses some people's mind that they can be involved in a natural disaster. I have given several people in my family battery powered lamps for Christmas in the past. Its usually not their favorite gift. My mother-in-law told my wife that she was very glad she had it Friday night. First compliment I've gotten from her in 30 years of marriage to her daughter. Haha.
I bought a pair of Midland LXT 500 series in 2014-2016, which accept 4-AAA alkaline batteries and barring surface barriers (line of sight) that can span quite a few miles. We got them just in case we needed them in a close-in area or the neighborhood.
Plenty of water. Not enough gas for the generator.
gotcha, well hell thats not a bad deal
It's a basic open screen filter.
There is a "first flush" pipe then it leads to the intake that has another screen with a dbl pantyhose internal filter. That one needs to be changed often. Works like a champ. 1/2" of rain is 1200 gallons. A medium rain will fill the tanks from empty.
Yes. It's asphalt shingles, but most of that junk hits the first flush and wouldnt make it through the pantyhose.
Combine this with a berkey and you're golden.
Considering setting one up next to the house to use for flushing toilets.
