Emergency Power/Storms/Prepping etc

[dudemaar]

That looks fantastic!

Thank you. was a little charred on one side, but was delisisio

 

[dudemaar]

I trade for lemons.

 

[IReallyLikePizza2]

 

[IReallyLikePizza2]

Used to have Starlink mounted on the service entrance weatherhead, decided to move it to the other side of the garage. It wasn't possible to have it on this side of the garage before because of a big oak tree I had in the front, however I removed that after a hurricane

Now the utility can't complain, it gets less wind, its lower down, and when the snow/ice melts off it doesn't drip directly onto the service wires





Used some 5/8 lags, bishop tape and roof patch













Drilled the hole for the cable today. Covered with Bishop tape and roof patch until the cable gland gets delivered

 

[fergenheimer]

Instead of covering my faucets with the cheap foam things that are questionable, I am using the Freeze Miser devices that drip automatically when the WATER itself gets cold



So far, working as expected. Very happy. This also saves the pipe

I always wondered just how much water the FreezeMisers used so last Tuesday I found out. My cattle trough was empty and I attached a FreezeMiser to the fill hose. The trough is about 100 gallons and filled up over night. We were in the 20s each night but 100 gallons is more than I would have expected.

 

[IReallyLikePizza2]

That seems like way too much, mine didn't use anywhere close to that much water

 

[fergenheimer]

That seems like way too much, mine didn't use anywhere close to that much water

That's what I thought but we were below freezing for a long time. My other one just drips onto the ground and the ground is not overly muddy.

 

[IReallyLikePizza2]

This aint gonna leak!

 

[biggen]

I just looked up the cost of Starlink. Did they go up? They want $120/month for my address! I got a Tmobile hotspot plan for backup that I put the SIM in my router so if my Wow fiber goes down it switches over to TMobile. That’s only $12.50/month for 30GB.

Edit: Oh I see they have a roaming plan for $50/month for 50GB. I guess if one couldn’t get any of the terrestrial cell phone plans this would be a good alternative. Or if you really wanted to have your bases covered with multiple backups.

 

[IReallyLikePizza2]

I just looked up the cost of Starlink. Did they go up? They want $120/month for my address! I got a Tmobile hotspot plan for backup that I put the SIM in my router so if my Wow fiber goes down it switches over to TMobile. That’s only $12.50/month

Roam is now $165/mo which can be paused! They did introduce a 50GB Roam plan for $50 though, good for backup

I think its gone up a few times. I just keep it paused. If we had a storm I'll just unpause and pay, well worth it then! Also fun to play with, so oh well