tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003348645601520194.post2865813270615184600..comments2023-10-21T16:38:35.007-05:00Comments on Thoughts from Frank and Fern: The Versatility of ThingsFrank and Fernhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15570058990887565563noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003348645601520194.post-43005428592765016562015-08-19T21:27:27.869-05:002015-08-19T21:27:27.869-05:00You're going to need to do some research. Do y...You're going to need to do some research. Do you want a 12 volt system or a 24 volt system? Are your appliances 110 or 12 volt? <br /><br />Here's the basic scheme. You need to figure up the watts used and your solar panels need to produce more watts than the watts used. You're obviously going to need a charge controller. Next you'll need batteries to store the energy coming from the solar panels, going through the charge controller and stored in the batteries. Now you've got your power.<br /><br />Here is where it's important whether your appliances are 12 volt or 110. If your appliances are 110V you will need an inverter, and you'll need the appropriate size fuse to go between your batteries and your inverter.<br /><br />Now you need to plan on cloudy days. You'll need some way to keep your batteries charged when the sun is not cooperating. In an emergency, you could use your car. Most choose to use a small generator. You also need to use the appropriate size cable connecting all the gizmos I just mentioned. <br /><br />You're going to need to do some research. I'm sorry there is not an easy answer. There is a big difference between the power needed for a 21 cubic foot freezer and a 3 cubic foot freezer. There is running watt usage and starting watt usage. <br /><br />Good luck.<br /><br />Frank<br />Frank and Fernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15570058990887565563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003348645601520194.post-25323406808396231442015-08-19T21:18:41.033-05:002015-08-19T21:18:41.033-05:00I drank apple cider vinegar for years until it sta...I drank apple cider vinegar for years until it started bothering my teeth. I may just have to try it again. Thanks!<br /><br />FernFrank and Fernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15570058990887565563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003348645601520194.post-10387654236016527042015-08-18T20:30:14.084-05:002015-08-18T20:30:14.084-05:00I'm not sure if this is the right section in w...I'm not sure if this is the right section in which to post this, but what is a good small, portable solar panel and all of the extras to be able to use it? I want to be able to power my new gas stove, (It turns out it needs electrical power to work, even though before I special ordered it I was told it didn't.) mini-refrigerator, and deep freezers. I do not need to power them all at the same time; I'll take turns with them. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003348645601520194.post-44798481349443745622015-08-18T09:33:29.949-05:002015-08-18T09:33:29.949-05:00I don't milk goats, but do have arthritis in m...I don't milk goats, but do have arthritis in my hands that restrict the amount of manual labor I can do. Drinking apple cider vinegar has helped more than anything. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003348645601520194.post-12670334143871580442015-08-16T18:45:15.501-05:002015-08-16T18:45:15.501-05:00martha stewart long ago did a program about her sm...martha stewart long ago did a program about her smokehouse, which her brother built for her.<br />there is also some sort of beetle that attacks meat in smokehouses, i've read. also long ago so don't remember.<br />frugal gourmet made a smoker out of a metal garbage can. deb harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05110992898072146282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003348645601520194.post-61456356642761889482015-08-16T15:44:21.460-05:002015-08-16T15:44:21.460-05:00I'm familiar with HARRP, it used to be a popul...I'm familiar with HARRP, it used to be a popular underworld topic. They do have a research facility at Galena, Alaska, or they did. HARRP is an interesting topic.<br /><br />I'm not familiar with the time travel subject. I've heard absolutely nothing and know absolutely nothing about it. But you are right, the military does have technology that most are not aware of.<br /><br />I also agree, there is more to Jade Helm than what we know. Even if it is just an exercise, they have military bases that they can do stuff like that on, or multiple military bases at the same time. Jade Helm is something sinister, we just don't know what yet.<br /><br />It's not just DHS that's stock piling ammo, almost all of the alphabet soup agencies have purchased excessive ammo. It's kind of like Jade Helm, we might not ever know why, but I'm sure it's not for reasons of good. Our government is up to something.<br /><br />Let's see, military exercises and excessive ammunition, I don't think they're trying to come up with a new cake recipe, do you? Maybe some type of yellow cake, maybe. Our very near future could be very interesting. My free advice? Prepare for the worst, accept whatever we get, and never get on the bus.<br /><br />FrankFrank and Fernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15570058990887565563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003348645601520194.post-19801594439800517812015-08-16T15:43:51.979-05:002015-08-16T15:43:51.979-05:00Hi Frank...I would try to hook up with you on face...Hi Frank...I would try to hook up with you on facebook, but you don't seem to have a last name as best I can tell. It was a nice article about bracing for impact and I agree with it. There are a number of things that could trigger it, including default on the national debt as well as the things you mentioned. The military has technology most people are not aware of and some of it most people would not believe to be possible. That is not a guess, it is a fact. They can control the weather, including initiating major earthquakes, they can create and steer hurricanes to a target and--don't ask me where they got this tech because I don't know, but I have personally seen it in operation and know it exists--they have tech which allows them to travel through time, in both directions, and it is not hard for them to do. He who controls your past also controls your future. Yes, as you said it is too late to stop what is coming and the form it will take is anybody's guess. But they are not running Jade Helm for no reason nor did they build that massive network of underground cities and bunkers for nothing. DHS did not purchase around a billion rounds of hollow point ammo for nothing--they don't even need ammo, they aren't cops or military. The only possible targets for all that ammo is us. The government knows something about the future that we don't know and it's nothing good. We are all in big trouble and when it hits it will hit big and last a long time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003348645601520194.post-56073261403046761092015-08-16T15:19:56.629-05:002015-08-16T15:19:56.629-05:00I think the conditions of the world are making a l...I think the conditions of the world are making a lot of us think about how we can do the same things differently. Looks like you have at least figured out a temporary solution with dreams of something more permanent. Remember dreams really do come true, they just usually involve a lot of work to get there.<br /><br />Ah, canning salmon, boy does that bring back wonderful memories. I canned almost 100 pints of salmon a couple of summers in a row when we lived in the Bristol Bay area of Alaska. That was my very first canning experience, and resulted in some really good food. Thanks for the comment and the memory.<br /><br />Fern<br />Frank and Fernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15570058990887565563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003348645601520194.post-26774276561936754552015-08-16T15:15:42.141-05:002015-08-16T15:15:42.141-05:00I have seen pictures of your canning kitchen, Ilen...I have seen pictures of your canning kitchen, Ilene, and that's a great idea. We don't have anything else set up to can or cook on besides the stove in the kitchen at this time. We're working on it, though, and time will tell. Our freezers are out in the un-airconditoned and unheated garage. That's the only place that has enough room. Things aren't always ideal, but we do what we can, right? Thank you for sharing.<br /><br />Fern<br />Frank and Fernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15570058990887565563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003348645601520194.post-6010199783633677552015-08-16T15:12:41.181-05:002015-08-16T15:12:41.181-05:00We would like to know how to cure bacon, Leigh, an...We would like to know how to cure bacon, Leigh, and I have looked at a bunch of recipes, YouTubes and sites. I would like to be able to use only salt and smoke, but no sugar. I think we'll have a supply of salt and smoke much longer than sugar. I will definitely look for a post on your blog on how you smoke hams. That will be very interesting. Thanks for sharing.<br /><br />Fern<br />Frank and Fernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15570058990887565563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003348645601520194.post-66578995809466983102015-08-16T07:37:30.145-05:002015-08-16T07:37:30.145-05:00Hi Fern,
Funny that you should mention an outdoor ...Hi Fern,<br />Funny that you should mention an outdoor kitchen as your goal. Me too! We upgraded to a larger All-American pressure canner, got the propane cooker set up outside, a table and tarp (windbreak) and that did us for canning salmon a few days ago.<br /><br />But it sure would be nice to have something more permanent set up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003348645601520194.post-8583222133343162952015-08-16T05:50:27.849-05:002015-08-16T05:50:27.849-05:00Good post. Like you, I tend to look at things wit...Good post. Like you, I tend to look at things with an inquisitive eye as to how ELSE they could be used. These habits we are all developing will be good ones to have, even if the S doesn't HTF. <br /><br />I draw pictures for Hubs, too. He likes to say, "It won't work" when I try to tell him about something I'd like to build. So it falls on me to prove that it will before he even will consider bothering with it. I think this habit of his is tantamount to sheer avoidance sometimes, but it does make me think about what I want and exactly how I want it.<br /><br />My canning kitchen is in our attached garage, which is not heated or cooled. Gets a little hot in there, but it's a lot better than heating up the whole house and wasting electricity to cool it down again. I'd like to have my freezer out there but the heat makes it have to work harder so I have it in my office. Yeah, it's in the way, but I haven't been able to think of a better option. RockWhispererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04204125716550161500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003348645601520194.post-75008525211685242132015-08-16T05:20:53.451-05:002015-08-16T05:20:53.451-05:00Excellent post, Fern. As a people we are so condit...Excellent post, Fern. As a people we are so conditioned to think we need to get all the specific, individual things for whatever. Thinking outside the box doesn't seem to come naturally for most folks. <br /><br />Dan and I talk about our outdoor kitchen from time to time but it doesn't seem to have reached the top of the to-do list yet. Current discussion is about a smoker for hams!Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.com