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by PPrep
Tue Mar 18, 2025 9:57 am
Forum: New Members Start Here
Topic: I combed my hair,
Replies: 4
Views: 208

Re: I combed my hair,

Welcome to the forum; I'm also retired.
by PPrep
Tue Mar 18, 2025 9:55 am
Forum: New Members Start Here
Topic: Hello there
Replies: 5
Views: 201

Re: Hello there

Hi, and welcome to the forum. Hope you're enjoying being out of the rat race!
by PPrep
Sat Feb 15, 2025 10:25 am
Forum: New Members Start Here
Topic: DIY Faraday Cage for important electronic devices.
Replies: 9
Views: 761

Re: DIY Faraday Cage for important electronic devices.

With any kind of Faraday enclosure, the seal is all - important. The flap on envelope type Faraday bags needs to be well secured. Such bags can leak with a lot of use as the conductive material can wear. I've used a couple of 5l paint tins (new and unused from eBay), but found I needed to remove the...
by PPrep
Sat Feb 15, 2025 10:18 am
Forum: New Members Start Here
Topic: Hello from Manchester(ish)
Replies: 6
Views: 276

Re: Hello from Manchester(ish)

Hi, and welcome to the forum. Best wishes on your prepping journey.
by PPrep
Sun Feb 09, 2025 9:19 am
Forum: Medical and Healthcare
Topic: Bleach maker
Replies: 16
Views: 1124

Re: Bleach maker

Peter wrote: Sat Feb 08, 2025 2:51 pm How do you get CALCIUM hypochlorite from the electrolysis of SODIUM chloride ?.

I’m as confused as you are :roll: .
You don't as far as I know. I would buy calcium hypochlorite for water treatment.
by PPrep
Sat Feb 08, 2025 9:23 am
Forum: Medical and Healthcare
Topic: Bleach maker
Replies: 16
Views: 1124

Re: Bleach maker

Take all safety precautions when working with potentially harmful chemicals. I don't know whether there's some confusion, but I'm not discussing sodium hypochlorite here, and reccommend that you check what I say. Calcium hypochlorite is used in kitchens to disinfect surfaces and equipment, as an ing...
by PPrep
Mon Feb 03, 2025 10:04 am
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 12
Replies: 367
Views: 26793

Re: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 12

As far as the garlic is concerned - I decided to buy from proper growers this year, from now on I'll use my own harvest to replant, and I'll report on how that goes, this is a new area for me. When I had an allotment, I used to grow garlic successfully. The soil was heavy clay. One issue with the a...
by PPrep
Sat Feb 01, 2025 10:17 am
Forum: New Members Start Here
Topic: Hello - new member
Replies: 11
Views: 1050

Re: Hello - new member

Welcome to the forum.

You're really getting into it and know what you're doing. Best of luck!
by PPrep
Tue Jan 28, 2025 11:42 am
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 12
Replies: 367
Views: 26793

Re: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 12

We split all we grow between water bathing, dehydrating, pressure canning and freezing (we also have been experimenting with some of the old fashion food storage techniques). Some products we preserve individually, others are combined also we pressure can full meals which are great to use (as you p...
by PPrep
Wed Jan 15, 2025 11:08 am
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 12
Replies: 367
Views: 26793

Re: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 12

Also got a anker 4x usb mains charger ordered ... 4x usb outlets from one plug... why never mind shtf and or rota cuts everything seems to be usb charged these days most usb chargers will only have one output so one socket one item at a time... not good especially if youre power supply is time limi...