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after your july fire fight posting i kicked myself for storing 2 empty amerex 240 extinguishers for years in garage that is only heated with wood as needed. both extinguishers are now filled and up at house where we heat with propane and wood. your post alerted me to a greatly underused asset i already owned. when the freeze ends in spring or when garage is being heated they will be right by the welders. this recent post and the one in july were very helpful. keep up the good work and thank you.
About Electricity: to me this is a critical skill set. I really recommend getting an Arduino kit on amazon with a breadboard, capacitors, resistors and some sensory input devices. This will help you learn about electricity in a safe way. These devices run on 7-12vdc and can be ramped up to near 20vdc.
Most kits come with lessons that are simple to implement. You usually start by attaching a LED to 3vdc source with a 220 Ohm resistor, and move up to building water level warning devices, motion detectors, and all kinds of early warning system goodies.
It’s not just about having “enough” electricity it’s also about using only what you actually need instead of wasting it.
While I admit to being fascinated by electronics, I would wonder if the long term post collapse will feature much in the way of electronic gizmos… A number of scenarios involve the failure of the grid by way of EMP etc, and the only surviving electronic devices might well be a few isolated items squirrelled away in ammo cans. Is the learning and development of low tech skills actually a better use of my time? Like anything, the right answer likely involves a balancing act.
I think there are a couple of areas post-SHTF-event where electronic skills could come into play – solar/power systems, security systems, communications, powered firearms optics, etc. Granted, if you don’t have any of those to begin with, or a major EMP event hit the entire planet, then having the skills wouldn’t matter as much, but I can see electronics skills having a useful life of several decades after society collapses.
Yes and no. To me, it’s about layers when it comes to skills. Even in an EMP scenario, having the skills to be able to listen to shortwave and AM with a simple diode and a wire is a good skill to have. The odds are batteries will survive, simple LED’s probably will too. Don’t think WiFi and iPAD, think small flashlights and building post EMP power generators to charge batteries. Anyways, just my 2c.