72 Hour Kit

The $15 Dollar 72 hour food kit

4 February 2011

Have you ever driven home from work during a blizzard. It’s a white knuckle drive. You might have your kids in the back and you’ve thought about stopping at the supermarket on the way home but after detouring around all the accidents and sliding all over the road, you were just happy to get home [...]

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The Top 10 Things For Your Bug Out Bag

10 September 2010

The San Bruno, CA gas explosion and fire has really showed how important it is to have a Go Bag ready at all times. Some residents had no time at all but most had several minutes to get their stuff and go.
Gas lines are everywhere. Just about every neighborhood is plumbed for gas whether your home [...]

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How To Make a 72 Hour Battery Backup for Your Refrigerator

20 July 2010

We have an old refrigerator with top mounted freezer and I was wondering how big and inverter it would take to run it if we setup an alternative power setup. Using a Kill-A-Watt meter we found:
Just sitting there takes about 15 Watts (W)
Running uses 282 W and it runs for about 10 minutes to cool [...]

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