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Sick of the same old stuff? We didn't want any part of it so we dumped the system and built a little cabin in the woods of northern BC, Canada. We enjoy everything outdoors; hunting, fishing, gardening, raising animals and just general homesteading. We love building stuff and developing new skills (some of which are actually very old).
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This guy is a thief.. he stolen the original makers business.. then half ass copied the plans. Not even as good as the original makers.. then Price gouges the buyers...
in response to your statement, I think That when I started cutting steel back in the day it was not a good look. the ability to listen to others & their opinion instructed me In Prevent. if the broad fork was Meccanized on the front of the tractor arms you could dig in the cab wen it is Mockito time . Even bigger 6Feet .
Now all we need to do is Meccanize it by mounting it on the fount forks. off the tractor, & pushing it forward. to lift the cut & then move forward to rinse & repeat Until you have the ground cut the best result is by using the arms on the bucket to push it into three ground & as it aerates the ground back it lifts the soil & so on. hell, it's almost biblical almost Dubbing the size of the tool. With say a span of 6 feet, & the ability to cross that you have just lifted. cab all at the benefit. the big. casework in the mosquito mounts as there in the cab. the reality of developing the tools to get the job done. I take My hat off to you girls. well done excellent work.
I keep saying, use a sun tea jar with a spicket on the bottom .Wait until the cream rises then drain the whey out the spicket, leaving the cream in the jar...cheap, easy, practical
We have a natures head composting toilet off the side porch for easy emptying. Over winter it composts and is it’s pretty much dust when we go back in the spring. And for a sink we have a hand wash basin with a foot pump. It’s the cutest. The reservoir is at the bottom. lasts all summer
I'm all for this approach and totally agree with the sentiment, but being here in rural New Brunswick trying to do this right now; If you want to build, even a small camp (not even to national building codes), you need a development permit. To get a development permit, well... you need an "on-site sewage disposal system permit", that's a septic system to you and me. What if you decide to stick it to them and just do it anyway?.. Potential forced demolition of your new home. If folks have solutions to this in Canada that doesn't risk your family becoming suddenly homeless, please share!
steam power with tesla turbine, much easier, no piston engines, no gasification complexity and issues, yep cheap and easy, and any heat source, even concentrated solar
The nozzle you use is too big in my eyes. When the water hits the blade at 0 degrees, it is split in two at a sharp edge. Then it runs along the blade shape and comes back at 180 degrees. (small nozzle) However, if you now use a nozzle that is as wide as the shovel itself, the water hits the inner wall of the shovel and is thrown straight back. This is less efficient than when the water runs along the inner shape of the blade and is then thrown back. That's why I recommend a smaller nozzle. Because if you use the technique with a smaller nozzle, the shape of the shovel does it´s job and the the water, which is coming back, doesn´t hit the new coming water wich would be slowed down. Enclosed I am sending a video that should explain this. I'm not an expert on this topic, but I've been dealing with it a lot lately. So I can't guarantee my knowledge, but I still hope that it can help you. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bCpZ737mOWE.html
gasifier outlet -> Moisture catch can (air dryer) -> to a ISO/ Propane tank to collect the gas (careful with the pressure) -> fuel air regulator valve -> finally gas into the generator.
hydropower is perfect if you can use it the problem is that you need a decent drop on your property to create the necessary head pressure to operate any turbine, and even more if you are using a high-head low-flow design(which is often the more compact and powerful, though harder to keep clean, wonder if the first video that brought me to your channel should have included a centrifugal separator partway down instead of that screen in the intake sump...) it might be possible if you can set up a ram pump to get the required head with minimal flow, though the number of them required would be problematic and given mountianous water you could even easily collect some for use in your own domestic water(just make sure to have an adequate filter system(probably an intake UVC then sediment filter(oversize the filter to ~5x what domestic sediment ones would be for longevity, and maybe add in a spin down just before to help) then a carbon(might be part of your sediment if you get dual-mode carbon block filters) then RO then DI(you might bypass the DI or even the RO for non-consumption flow(like showers and toilets)(or just use the waste flow for that)) the fact that you have a clear stream with large flow and drops will be perfect for most water and power needs(plus you can take all that biomass into a bioreactor and use spare electricity to purify and crack the gasses into sellable pure butane/propane to get extra cash
It's 2024, and the conversion of carbon into electricity continues to astonish people. No surprise there, yet the anticipated levitating cars and fusion power plants that produce endless energy remain elusive. American calls itself number one, but behaves like a cave man.
You must know that that water pump will give you 45 psi for your shower if you run the hot and cold water through it, right, That why their used in RV's.
11:44 the water deep enough where he is standing.....you are right with the bubble's...an if it was about a foot or 2 deeper it would be +pressure at the top to instead of neutral pressure at the top an some what+pressure at the bottom 👍👍👍👍
Dude, it wouldn't be broken if your cabin was insolated and heated through the winter. What did you expect was going to happen? when you build cheap, expect things to break.
Nice cabin, but I noticed the lack of safety glasses being used. Splinters fly, nails and screws shatter. Especially dangerous is when using a cordless nail gun. I sold tools and equipment for 40 years, most injuries I saw were because, the operators weren't wearing safety glasses. Stay safe, Quincy, Massachusetts N.E. U.S.A.
My cabin is a modern fram on a concrete slab, runing water flush toilet , shower , washing machine full kitchen run off of solar , wood heat , lpgas cook range , celing fans ,. 520sqft.
1: The wood must be dry as possible otherwise you need a design more like allpowerlabs to compensate. 2: As suggested elsewhere gas to air ratio is wrong or even gas temp is to cool might need to be a tadd warmer perhaps it has to be in the sweet spot basically warm and no moisture output. 3: Loading the generator. Make a load bank that you can gradually increase to get it up to 50% or so then add your main loads or be ready to do a very precise switch between load bank to main load. 4: Charge controllers like the Victron have an advanced settings mode where you can adjust the charge current by software if memory serves. Hope this helps.
I have been trying to convince my wife to get some raised beds in the backyard for grilling vegetables. But thus far I have had no success in that regard
