011 Heating and Cooling in Blackouts or Electric Grid Outages - The Prepper Podcast
Summary: Today, I discuss ways of heating and cooling you, your family, and your home during electricity blackouts or electric grid failures causing electricity outages. We just had an Ice Storm. My Survivalist Blog Post on this: <a href="http://cleversurvivalist.com/2013/01/23/how-to-survive-the-heat-or-cold-with-the-power-out/" target="_blank">Survive the Heat</a>, <a href="http://cleversurvivalist.com/2013/01/23/how-to-survive-the-heat-or-cold-with-the-power-out/" target="_blank">survive the cold</a>, <a href="http://cleversurvivalist.com/2013/01/23/how-to-survive-the-heat-or-cold-with-the-power-out/" target="_blank">power out</a>, <a href="http://cleversurvivalist.com/2013/01/23/how-to-survive-the-heat-or-cold-with-the-power-out/" target="_blank">stay warm</a>, <a href="http://cleversurvivalist.com/2013/01/23/how-to-survive-the-heat-or-cold-with-the-power-out/" target="_blank">stay cool</a> Heat or Cool Self * <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&field-keywords=hard%20apple%20cider&linkCode=ur2&tag=cleversurviv-20&url=search-alias%3Dgarden" target="_blank">Electric blankets</a> * <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0001BW0PQ/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=cleversurviv-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=B0001BW0PQ&adid=014W6K19JG01TJPW5GC4&" target="_blank">Sleeping Bags</a> * <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0014EWWFM/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=cleversurviv-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=B0014EWWFM&adid=00AE3W28YR4Y5VMQQX7J&" target="_blank">Emergency Blankets</a> * <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ATSHMIQ/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=cleversurviv-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=B00ATSHMIQ&adid=1HAFEDN3WGHZ8BNYM6Q2&" target="_blank">Personal Fans</a> * Reduced clothing * DIY PERSONAL Air Conditioner * Frozen salt water in 2-liter bottles * Bowls of ice and salt pull condensation * Get close to it * Using your storm shelter, since it is near ground temp all year round! Heat or Cool Space Heating * 1 gallon propane heaters (Like the awesome <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002G51BZU/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=cleversurviv-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=B002G51BZU&adid=0FASKGY96TC2Z3EJJNWE&" target="_blank">Mr. Heater - Buddy</a> or the Mr. Heater - <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001CFRF7I/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=cleversurviv-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=B001CFRF7I&adid=0QPD4C8C656WNPP3VJCS&" target="_blank">Little Buddy</a>) * I recommend an <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000UC7966/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=cleversurviv-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=B000UC7966&adid=0MY73NQQC2AFK2506N61&" target="_blank">adapter for 5 gallon propane tanks to the 1 gallon connection</a> * Use the ones that sense oxygen levels, and would def. have a carbon monoxide detector * Knock over switch * Easy to keep propane at home and it stores almost indefinitely. * Propane space heaters are pretty good for a full room, equivelant to a large electric space heater * Could use electric space heaters if you have plenty of power (but they are power hungry and I have no recommendations) * Choose best room in house, convenience, sleeping, living * The more generator power you use, the more fuel you use * <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000C6N1IU/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=cleversurviv-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=B000C6N1IU&adid=18SJNW4PZ281FF3ZATFH&" target="_blank">Wood Stoves</a> (more efficient than fireplaces) * Fireplaces (inefficient due to air drafting in and up) * Wood stove inserts for fireplaces (<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004YEELPI/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=cleversurviv-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=B004YEELPI&adid=1GZ8T18HAZYKATEGY9XV&" target="_blank">Like this one</a>, but they are really expensive) * Fireplace <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00F0N14XE/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=cleversurviv-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as4&cr..."></a>
