http://www.canadaprepared.com Beyond Surviving and On To Thriving! Fri, 23 Jul 2010 02:47:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Copyright © 2010 CanadaPrepared.com http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ guy@guymcdowell.com (Guy McDowell) guy@guymcdowell.com (Guy McDowell) Training, Preparedness, Survival, Self Sufficiency 1440 http://www.canadaprepared.com/wp-content/uploads/powered_by_podpress.jpg http://www.canadaprepared.com 144 144 Welcome to CanadaPrepared.com - Prepare for anything, need for nothing. Prepare for anything, need for nothing. This is preparedness living with a Canadian flavour. preparedness, emergency, disaster, relief, survival, survivalist, canada, self sufficiency, nova scotia, new brunswick, pei, quebec, ontario, manitoba, saskatchewan, alberta, bc, yukon, inuvut, newfoundland, labrador Guy McDowell Guy McDowell guy@guymcdowell.com no no http://www.canadaprepared.com/189/episode-26-about-solar-generators/ http://www.canadaprepared.com/189/episode-26-about-solar-generators/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:00:36 +0000 CdnGuy http://www.canadaprepared.com/?p=189 http://www.canadaprepared.com/189/episode-26-about-solar-generators/feed/ 4 27:13 Electricity generators are literally life-savers. Most home generators are gas, propane or diesel powered though. These can be loud, costly to run and, in a ... Electricity generators are literally life-savers. Most home generators are gas, propane or diesel powered though. These can be loud, costly to run and, in a real disaster, hard to fuel. If the electricity is down, how will the gas pump work? That's where a solar-powered generator comes in. You can buy pre-made ones for about $2000 USD or more, but that's just too easy. We're survival types! We can do it! And, in building one ourselves we'll also learn how to improve and fix it. Today's podcast covers some of the basics and talks about the parts I'll be using to build mine:  solar PV panels, a Pelican case, charge regulator, AGM (Absorbed Glass Matrix) batteries, DC/AC inverters and ballpark figures on what appliances draw and how that relates to your solar generator. All parts in, my solar generator will cost me about $1500 to build, but be able to power all the crucial electrical things in my house, during an outage. You can make a smaller one for less, using the same principles and a little research. preparedness, emergency, disaster, relief, survival, survivalist, canada, self sufficiency, nova scotia, new brunswick, pei, quebec, ontario, manitoba, saskatchewan, alberta, bc, yukon, inuvut, newfoundland, labrador Guy McDowell no no http://www.canadaprepared.com/178/episode-23-%e2%80%93-part-2-about-the-cost-of-energy/ http://www.canadaprepared.com/178/episode-23-%e2%80%93-part-2-about-the-cost-of-energy/#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 01:27:01 +0000 CdnGuy http://www.canadaprepared.com/?p=178 http://www.canadaprepared.com/178/episode-23-%e2%80%93-part-2-about-the-cost-of-energy/feed/ 0 30:37 Hydrocarbon fuels are exceptionally cheap and are the underpinnings of wealth. Consider the total amount of pollution we have and fuels we use area  very ... Hydrocarbon fuels are exceptionally cheap and are the underpinnings of wealth. Consider the total amount of pollution we have and fuels we use area  very small percentage of that. Wealth generator and minimal ecological impact. What more do you want? What does this have to do with preparedness? Well, once you appreciate how much a litre of gas can do for you, you'll realize it's really an inexpensive commodity that you should have on hand. Roughrider_fan's foray into island economics will highlight for you just what a difference a litre of gas can make. I decided to forego any introduction on this podcast to let Roughrider get right to the meat. I really enjoyed this one as it's a bit of a lesson in economics as well. I hope you enjoy it too. preparedness, emergency, disaster, relief, survival, survivalist, canada, self sufficiency, nova scotia, new brunswick, pei, quebec, ontario, manitoba, saskatchewan, alberta, bc, yukon, inuvut, newfoundland, labrador Guy McDowell no no