Fall is officially here. Winter isn’t far behind. I just ordered a couple pallets of pressed sawdust blocks. Normally I’d have a fair bit of firewood laid up. With my current health issue that wasn’t going to happen. Fortunately, my budget is in pretty good shape right now so I’ve been able to buy my way into winter preparation. One nice thing about those fiber blocks is that they burn very hot and clean.
For some reason I feel the need to prep as if we are going to have extended power outages. Short outages are pretty normal but I have a feeling this might be a record winter.
Don’t forget a way to actually light that woodstove. Do I have a bunch of lighters and matches? Sure. In addition I keep some ferro rods handy. They are great as you can pluck them out of a bucket of water and still get them to spark. While that’s nice turning that spark into an actual fire requires some skill. I’ve practiced. Have you?
-Sixbears
Naw, why bother ? My plan is to just go stay at a Holiday inn LOL.
ReplyDeleteGot my solar issues figured out. It was a brand new DEFECTIVE charge controller !
The place that sold it to me had a no question asked return policy too , and no I didn't buy a controller from HF. It was a Nature's Power one from a bigger big box outlet
Glad you got your charge controller situation sorted. Quality control is lacking. They'd rather pay for replacements than proper testing.
DeleteI'm going to put a spare charge controller in my emp box along with a few other electronics.