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I have an old ACER came with windows 7, I stopped using it because it got to slow. I also have its twin, exact same machine same os etc. The second one I found out that I could clear the ram, and make it tolerable. I started the first one up to look for some files, it started the windows repair...

UrbanHunter posed a pretty valid question about this concept in the what's everybody doing thread. he used 1kw as a number, so lets start with that. For me it would be the freezer, first priority, compact as much in one as possible. If it was a localized event, I would use my 1500w inverter...

This may need to become a forum of off grid. There is little or no discussion of refrigeration, long term post collapse. other than the use of heat pump type refrigerators powered by electric or RV style ammonia absorption stuff. both work well but are not very user serviceable Decades ago I...

I was a kid when the news reported fuel rationing in the late 1970s , Coming adult 1984 was on a lot of peoples minds, as well as in Canada, especially the west, the National energy policy Crashed the economy. I don't remember what the panics were about during my younger adulthood but the next...

welcome to a vast trove of knowledge and kindness, like any large family sometimes we squabble a bit and usually make up. our mods are really good and fair, keeping things where they belong etal enjoy your interactions here, lots to learn and lots for you to contribute.

Yesterday I went to start my vintage JD 820 the real deal not euro trash, or more politely BIG twin Diesel to plow the 18'' dump over the last day and a half. the tractor had a small gas pony motor that spins the diesel. pony wouldn't fire, I drained the fuel out of the carb, and then tryed to...

I have some steam power ideas that I would like to bounce off of people who have actual stream power experience, not a bunch of why it is not viable internet theory. Any real world empirical data would be appreciated. I want to probably convert a salvage reciprocation engine to make a low...

thought that I would post a few picks of what I have developed for taking care of my firewood supply The Chinese tractor and 3 pth skidder, the second picture kind of shows the load carrying brace to the main hitch, so that the 3 pth hydraulics dont' have to take the shock of skidding the log.

I built this saw pre 2012 in case the world ended on schedule. I would imagine most front flywheel exercise bikes are very similar, This one my former wife found at a second hand store, I think she paid $5 or $10 for it, not much at all. the rest is stuff that I already had, but I have some...

In an emergency situation, it is possible to transfer heat from an outdoor fire to an indoor space using a thermo-siphon water coil or if you have the resources antifreeze coil, a coil of copper tubing hooked to automotive heater hose will bring a 55 gallon barrel of water to a boil in a short...

This is once again the year of the tiger, as was my birth year, and that I am simply Èmbracing my fierce ness.

LadyLocust's what would you ask thread reminded me to do this. As many have probably gathered I heat with wood, so that's not a problem, and have a 13KVA pto genny, so if the down is localized, I just burn some fuel and do things in bunches. But if it is wide spread, i would not want to make a...

The trucking and construction industries have been using engine start modules for a few years with pretty good results, basically a capacitor group to replace one of the group 31 batteries in a class 8 truck/ tractor . A guy on you tube has done a fair bit of experimentation and shows...

There are a bunch of u tubes that describe flushing , what I would guess are cell shorted automotive batteries with, baking soda/ water and then water. they then refill them with Epsom salts, trickle charge them and that seems to work, My question is since one has to drain the acid out anyway...

a couple of years ago my nephew and I built a wood fired forge, using materials that were handy, it went together fairly easily, and works fairly well, we never got it hot enough to forge weld, but the flip side of that is you don't burn the carbon out of you iron if you leave it in too long, my...

I mentioned electrical circuit load testing in another thread, the reason for load testing is that a corroded wire will show power with a normal test light and continuity with a multi meter, but will often drop off or not carry enough wattage under load. This test is for low load circuits, for...

And it is really good at evading me or do we just not have the interest here?

Hey kids ,I have been absent for a while, how is everyone doing?

A short that I rescued from PS

well other than the dangers, in a post crash world steam seems like a viable solution to the loss of mobility or traction power. Going back to horses or Oxen is romantic, but a lot harder than it appears from the outside. Steam can be dangerous, but it was the precursor to internal combustion...