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- Fri Jan 02, 2015 4:43 pm
- Forum: New Members Start Here
- Topic: prepping for being snowed in
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4106
Re: prepping for being snowed in
For solar chargers, I have a Freeloader Pico which works quite well for me (Samsung Galaxy S5). You can see them at http://www.solartechnology.co.uk/solar-chargers I can't promise it will work for a daily charge (especially in the winter it takes a couple of days to get up to capacity) but I keep it...
- Thu Oct 30, 2014 11:03 pm
- Forum: Equipment
- Topic: Log splitter
- Replies: 1
- Views: 720
- Fri Aug 08, 2014 4:23 pm
- Forum: Water
- Topic: How do I know which water source is ok to purify
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3961
Re: How do I know which water source is ok to purify
Personally in that situation I wouldn't drink anything (collected from external sources) that hadn't been through at least a 3 stage filter. Activated carbon is cheap enough to pick up, opinions vary on when it is 'used up' but I would think that something like a gram a litre would be a fair estimat...
- Fri Aug 08, 2014 3:59 pm
- Forum: Water
- Topic: Acidic distilled water caution.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1800
Re: Acidic distilled water caution.
Your logic sounds pretty good to me! I use reverse osmosis (RO) water for my aquariums, pure RO can cause PH swings especially if a tank is planted. During the day when plants are releasing oxygen, the PH increases (to a point) and during the night when this oxygen generation stops the PH can plumme...
- Wed Mar 05, 2014 3:27 pm
- Forum: New Members Start Here
- Topic: Newbie from Oxfordshire
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2465
Re: Newbie from Oxfordshire
Cheers for the PM nickdutch, won't allow me to reply atm (guessing as I'm still a n00b on the site?) so don't think I'm ignoring you!
- Thu Feb 27, 2014 4:51 pm
- Forum: New Members Start Here
- Topic: Newbie from Oxfordshire
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2465
Re: Newbie from Oxfordshire
Thanks both
@nickdutch - noticed the 'areas' on other peoples signatures, is there a thread on how this works and the intention behind it? I think I get the general impression and it interests me
Cheers.
@nickdutch - noticed the 'areas' on other peoples signatures, is there a thread on how this works and the intention behind it? I think I get the general impression and it interests me
Cheers.
- Thu Feb 27, 2014 12:13 pm
- Forum: New Members Start Here
- Topic: Newbie from Oxfordshire
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2465
Newbie from Oxfordshire
Hi all, New to the site, just wanted to introduce myself quickly. I guess you could say I'm a newbie to prepping, but always had a real concern for being prepared - mostly on the smaller scale. I would say I have a fair-to-middling knowledge of general survival skills, which is one of my main intere...