Looking Into Solar Backup

by suburban | Sep 16, 2010 | Bug In, Energy, Preparedness, suburban survival, Urban Survival

So, I have been look­ing into solar back­up sys­tems for sev­er­al low volt­age pieces of equip­ment.  I’ve been look­ing into this now for prob­a­bly about a year.  Of course, I’ve done noth­ing about it part­ly due to cost, and part­ly due to the fact that... Read more

Apartment Prepping for Fall and Winter

by suburban | Sep 1, 2010 | Bug In, Cooking, Energy, Gear, Light, Preparedness, Self Reliance, Shelter, Stoves, suburban survival, Survival Gear, Urban Survival, Weather

Well, the end of August is com­ing, and the weath­er is start­ing to change a bit; evenings are get­ting cool­er, and days are start­ing to get a bit short­er.  This to me is a clear sign of a few things.  One, some of my Bug Out Bag con­tents need to be... Read more

Simple Inexpensive Lighting When There Is No Power

by suburban | Jul 16, 2010 | Bug In, But Out Bag, Energy, Gear, General, suburban survival, Urban Survival

So, I was walk­ing through Wal­mart one day get­ting ready to pick up a new foot­ball to play catch with on a camp­ing trip, when I walked past the out­door patio stuff, and it hit me… Cheap light­ing for home.  Renew­able, too… Hmmm… Solar lawn light­ing.... Read more

DIY — Solar Water Heater for Your Bug Out Location (Parts 1 — 28) — Updated with 29+

by suburban | Jul 6, 2010 | Bug Out Location, DIY, Energy, Health, Hygiene, Preparedness, Water

Quite by acci­dent, I came across video num­ber sev­en of this series… I quick­ly found this project fas­ci­nat­ing and had to share it with every­one… Fol­low­ing these words you will find 28 YouTube videos chron­i­cling the project of build­ing a solar... Read more

DIY — Making Bio-diesel In Your Kitchen

by suburban | Jun 29, 2010 | DIY, Energy

So here is a post from a blog about mak­ing your own Bio-diesel.  I do not use diesel fuel, and I am not an advo­cate of mak­ing flam­ma­bles at home, but my under­stand­ing is that bio-diesel is pret­ty sta­ble.  Check out the post here:... Read more

DIY — Converting a Lawn Mower Engine Into a Generator

by suburban | Jun 24, 2010 | Bug In, DIY, Energy, Preparedness

This is by far one of my favorite DIY projects.  I have yet to do this, but I think that it would be good to know how to do in a pinch, or to just keep in the garage in the event you need­ed to pull it out and uti­lize it.  I have seen mul­ti­ple ver­sions... Read more