Alternate energy, Peak oil, solar, economic collapse, 2012

[lookingforthemeaning]

very nice video. all the info is correct and accurate. for the size of the geny set i would put 5-6kw as the best size watercooled is a bonus(can easily be converted to make hotwater at no extra fuel cost)

a gasoline system could also be easily modified to run on woodgas. iam at the mo looking for a small watercooled 4 stroke with 5kw for a 2nd genset to run on woodgas and drive a asyncrongenerator

[tjy3388]

what wattage was the solar panels?

[MrEnergyCzar]

I think you can put shielding up for an EMP attack on the inverter and batteries...the panels might get fried....I'd rather have it than not...I have net-zero solar home and system...

[fstwrtr]

Not to be a wet blanket but,

Like a moth attracted towards a light bulb, fire that thing up in an urban area and you become an instant celebrity, and community center.. complete with stalkers.. you really want that much attention drawn towards you?.. Also, an EMP will render all of this useless,

[SurvivalReport]

Some folks aren't ANYWHERE near urban areas or masses of system dependent people. That's Rule #1 and the best rule for your survival :) Highly unlikely EMP would affect the diesel genset, which is why that's a key part of the system. Inverter, charge controllers, panels yes would likely go. You can always keep spares though. People need to realize that with a battery bank, you are NOT running your genset constantly. I can charge our bank from the genny in a very short period of time.

[RCvolunteer1978]

An EMP can only effect the equitment that is running at the time of the 6 second spike but extra spark plugs and other Diesel parts can be replace if needed

Bio-diesel has fewer parts can broke down

[RCvolunteer1978]

Diesel Allison also John Deer Bio-Diesel is higher price but spare parts can be gotten and/or made easlier

[fstwrtr]

you are correct, A FEW people arent anywhere near urban areas( including myself ). whats more HIGHLY UNLIKELY is the people currently enjoying life away from the masses would continue their quiet independence from the masses. can you picture TENS OF MILLIONS on the move? that #1 rule means nothing when SHTF..But I digress... Nice little setup, it would be perfect for a power outage, nice convenience... but useless when SHTF. how many refugees camps will fit on your property?

[RCvolunteer1978]

during Andrew It was 14 family members on the smallest peice of land and 3 bedroom 2 bath we lost five Family homes in Homestead Fla.

[SurvivalReport]

LMAO! I already have THREE set up! Want to come to camp 1, 2 or 3? Conspiracy folks need to get past always focusing on the bogey man and focus on what they can do to make sure their family survives. Their is ALWAYS a reason not to prepare, not to do anything. The "man" might come and get you, so don't put back food. Then you just starve like the rest of the idiots out there. Tin foil folks need to take off the foil and actually prepare.

[singful]

that is a small diesel. at work we use 3 900 kw inline 8s.

[SurvivalReport]

It's a 12KW Hardy/China diesel. It's more than enough for our needs.

[centervilletn]

ethanol generators are a great choice too..if that is you can opperate a still:)...

[centervilletn]

i want just enough electricity for a refrigerator....can someone make a reccomendation.. i plan to use electric fence chargers for lighting....passive solar heating (cansolair design)...

[RCvolunteer1978]

findout from the side of your Refigerator what would be the max load in amp /watts then on the safe side double it to find out How many 75 watt solar panels at Harbor Frieght or something from e-bay but it should be about 8 of them

[centervilletn]

those are all 6 volt bats...are they hooked up in parallel or series?...how many volts total?

[SurvivalReport]

24 on the first system shown, 12 volt system in the later videos- the smaller battery bank.

[steelhorses2004]

Awesome setup. What would a similar solar setup cost today? (excluding the generator)

[SurvivalReport]

EXCLUDING the genset ($4,200) you could do this same system now for around $16K Not bad really. A lot of components have went DOWN in price considerably in the last 10 years.

[SurvivalReport]

Thanks. That array was (14) Kyocera 130 watt panels. Not exactly a huge array, but not a small one either. It runs a 1,500 sq. foot house with all normal home stuff. It "could" run a window type AC unit but that would be a really large draw as most of them run at 15 amps or more. Runs a Conserv fridge, 2 computers, TV, 5 ceiling fans, washer, etc. with no problems. The two charge controllers are necessary for the size of the array. They will be upgrading to an MPPT soon. Thanks again!

[romorris]

Very Nice! To me I would guess that PV array shown would have roughly just over 1Kw of output. With that battery bank and that large Xantrex inverter it looks like you can run allot of things with this for extended hours and on demand moments of high amperage. Frig, TV, Radio, Freezer, other motors (grain mills) maybe even some AC. Looks like there are 2 charge controlers- I would guess one working as charge controler and the other as load diverter.I like - Great video - cant wait for part 2!!

[jokertim777]

nice system

[SurvivalReport]

Thank you. I'll pass that along to the owners :) Thanks for watching.