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by nickdutch
Mon Nov 14, 2022 11:57 am
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 9
Replies: 2108
Views: 112090

Re: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 9

Just ordered cartridge gas cylinders for indoor cooking. So I can use my paraffin stuff and ethanol stuff outside (such as for boiling water for washing and washing up and the occasional bit of cooking if the weather isn't too stupid. And the gas inside. And then just use the oil lamps and paraffin ...
by nickdutch
Mon Nov 14, 2022 11:51 am
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 9
Replies: 2108
Views: 112090

Re: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 9

Just to clarify from my previous post, I made a mistake. I searched amazon for mountain house and got ReadyWise stuff and just bought that (half asleep and thinking I had mountain house) and want to save up for more of their offerings. It was their freeze dried veg. So if I have good rice stocks, th...
by nickdutch
Fri Nov 11, 2022 1:20 pm
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 9
Replies: 2108
Views: 112090

Re: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 9

just ordered the £180 something pack of dried veg from mountain house on amazon.
by nickdutch
Fri Nov 11, 2022 8:48 am
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: water
Replies: 7
Views: 470

water

Ordered enough water purification tablets to last for 2000 litres which should be ok. I have a local stream and a distiller. Hopefully that will be enough. Now its just a question of going back to food stores.
by nickdutch
Fri Nov 11, 2022 7:43 am
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 9
Replies: 2108
Views: 112090

Re: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 9

Had ordered two hurricane lanterns, one leaked and the other didn't arrest the flame with he flame arrestor so I got a rather scary flame that didn't do me any good. So they got chucked and I have ordered two mason ball jar converter tops which turn the mason ball jar into an oil lamp and I have ord...
by nickdutch
Tue Nov 08, 2022 8:04 am
Forum: Equipment
Topic: Paraffin and Alcohol Heating.
Replies: 6
Views: 738

Re: Paraffin and Alcohol Heating.

I haven't yet tried used veg oil. I have seen people using pressure kerosene stoves to make a roaring flame that way, but some seem to have more sucess and some less. My instinct would be to mix the veg oil with paraffin, kerosene or diesel probably about 50 / 50 (just a guess I havent explored this...
by nickdutch
Fri Nov 04, 2022 7:25 am
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 9
Replies: 2108
Views: 112090

Re: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 9

Just bit the bullet and ordered a 2Kw petrol generator. Should be enough to fill a gap when we have the power cuts this winter. So to recap. Paraffin heater and bioethanol fireplace for heating. Paraffin stoves for hot water for washing, 600WH "solar generator" to store power for short ter...
by nickdutch
Thu Oct 27, 2022 11:42 am
Forum: How are you preparing
Topic: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 9
Replies: 2108
Views: 112090

Re: What Preps are you doing this week? Part 9

Ordered 600W solar generator power pack for storage with 100W solar panel. Found a good supplier of C1 grade paraffin, ordered 2 types of paraffin cook stove. Got plastic sheeting to make another layer of insulation on the windows when the winter comes proper. Also tape and the like to fit it. Order...
by nickdutch
Tue Oct 18, 2022 1:54 pm
Forum: Equipment
Topic: Paraffin and Alcohol Heating.
Replies: 6
Views: 738

Paraffin and Alcohol Heating.

Hold on the subjects of trying to provide some heating for the house and during the winter during the power cuts I was previously very obsessed with bio ethanol which I still am to a certain extent. However I have recently discovered that these days you can buy paraffin heaters of a Japanese design ...
by nickdutch
Sun Mar 22, 2020 9:50 am
Forum: Equipment
Topic: Toilet Ppaer
Replies: 5
Views: 1823

Toilet Ppaer

Bidet bottles are available on ebay for a fiver.