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Choosing a Portable Generator with Shawn Mills – Epi-3338

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Today Expert Council Member and professional engineer Shawn Mills joins me to help you sort out the right portable generator for you needs. Of all my preps over the last 20 years the ones that have most saved my ass are my generators. No prepper should be without a generator or two. Tune in today to find out which ones are right for you. Shawn has worked in and around the power generation industry since 2000 and decided shortly after the Great Recession to build a lifestyle that was more self-sufficient. He has lived on his off grid homestead with … Continue reading →

The Sportsman 1000 Watt Generator is on Sale at Home Depot for 150 Bucks

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Steven Harris alerted me to this and I have to say this little generator is both Spirko and Harris approved.  The price is stupid low and this little generator has a lot to like about it.  I am so impressed with the price on this generator I just bought one as a third level back up.  The price is again just stupid cheap for what you get.  In fact I so believe that this generator belongs in your preps I am preempting item of the day today to promote it. As always I give full disclosure of any commission I … Continue reading →

Power is Down but the Podcast Rolls On

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Weather isn’t that bad so I assume some dingleberry hit a pole or something. Power company says we will be down until about 2:30. I have Shawn Mills on for an interview at 1:30 so that dog don’t hunt. Back up power FTW! I find it ironic that I did a Basics of Prepping Show Yesterday. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Episode-1907-Jeff Yago On His New Book “Lights On”

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Jeff Yago is a well known writer for Backwoods Home Magazine, Mother Earth News, Self-Reliance Magazine, Homepower Magazine, and others. His articles cover all areas of solar power, emergency backup power, battery power, and energy conservation. I have asked Jeff back today to discuss his new book titled: Lights On, which was just released on Nov 1 and is now available from all bookstores, Amazon, and World Net Daily bookstore. Jeff believes most preppers are limiting their backup power preparations to only generators, and power outages are becoming more often and lasting longer, which will easily exceed your stored fuel … Continue reading →

Episode-1040- Steven Harris on Battery Back Up Systems Part 2 of 2

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Special Note – Steve put all of the info in these two shows and more into over 5 Hours of professionally produced HD Video that walks you though every single thing about batteries and back up systems you could even want to know. For all TSP Members these videos are available for only 24.95 at Battery1234.com. Steven Harris returns to TSP this time to discuss battery back up systems. As is typical with Steven he did so much research and prep that we had to break this into two episodes. Today we cover everything you will need to know to … Continue reading →

Episode-1005- Steven Harris on Everything Generators Part 2 of 2

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Special Note – If you don’t get over to Solar1234.com during or after this interview you are cheating yourself out of a HUGE range of resources that Steven Has Made Available to you that go along with an clarify many things in these two episodes. Steven Harris returns to TSP this time to discuss generators and I mean everything generators. As is typical with Steven he did so much research and prep that we had to break this into two episodes. Today we cover fuel options and multiple ways to set up fueling and tie your generator into your home … Continue reading →

Episode-1004- Steven Harris on Everything Generators Part 1 of 2

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Special Note – If you don’t get over to Solar1234.com during or after this interview you are cheating yourself out of a HUGE range of resources that Steven Has Made Available to you that go along with an clarify many things in these two episodes. Steven Harris returns to TSP this time to discuss generators and I mean everything generators. As is typical with Steven he did so much research and prep that we had to break this into two episodes.  Today we cover the 7 main types of generators, their uses, determining your needs and where to source generators … Continue reading →

Episode-794- Chad Kuntz on Back Up Generators

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Join me today as I welcome Chad Kuntz an Electrical Engineer with 10 years of experience working for large utility company building substation generation facilities with back up power redundancy. Today he joins us to discuss generator systems for our homes, sizing a generator to your needs and deciding between DIY vs. professional installation depending on your ability and system requirements. Personally I have found that most sales people who call themselves “experts” or “consultants” in the generator industry tend to attempt to sell you the largest system possible vs. address your actual needs.   So I am very happy to … Continue reading →

Wagan 400-Watt Power Dome EX – Power Inverter Test One

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This video will be the first in a series of test I will be doing with the 400 Watt inverter function of the Wagan 400-Watt Power Dome EX. In this test I ran a Sony Vario Laptop playing a DVD and a Seville Classic Tower Fan on Medium Speed.  The Laptop was run with out the battery to insure the results measured the actual power draw.  In an actual power outage of course you would not do that. Some additional tests will measure the PC doing various tasks both with and with out the battery, running a DSL modem, running … Continue reading →

Episode-453- Listener Phone Calls 6-11-10

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So it is another call in Friday despite the fact that the ass clowns doing directional boring shut down the neighborhoods power for a few hours.  Today the show was delayed, though I could have broadcasted on back up power it would have been hard to do a listener call show with out firing up the generator and waking up my night shift working neighbor. Anyway we are back and ready to go, the final three calls by the way came in just this AM after I posted an alert on our Face Book Fan Page, if you are not … Continue reading →