True. I’ve attached a watt meter to my fridge and other appliances to get the actual watts used so I could make a grid down plan. In cooler months the fridge averages 50 watts per hour. Warmer months it’s 63 watts per hour. Not bad at all. Freezer is 38 watts per hour. 60” lcd tv and satellite...
Have taken my off grid solar electric system off line so I can add solar panel on/off switch (recommended by Kendive after he inspected it) (safer and quicker than unplugging cables) and add 630 more watts of solar panels facing east and west for more input earlier and later in the day (main...
FWIW, my 16 year old Kenmore fridge that I keep set at 37 degrees will go from 37 degrees to into the 4x degree range after 2 hours of no power. That gives me 2 hours to plug it into my solar generator that I keep charged.
Finished 30 cal and 303 cal for the casting season. Ended up with one 30 cal ammo can of 30 cal casted and two 30 cal ammo cans of 303 casted. Drained the melting pot of Lyman #2 alloy, refilled it with 20/1 lead/tin alloy and started casting 44 cal gas check bullets.
Earlier I’d gotten a...
As you know, I’m in northern Santa Rosa Co in EREC territory. Saturday the fiber optic was run from the road pole to my house. Yesterday it was run inside my house and initiated. Inside installer was friendly, professional and knew what he was doing and worked with you to install as close to...
You can sell as NFA. You can remove and destroy the brace and notify ATF it’s no longer a SBR and then sell as a pistol. Personally, I’d enjoy them for the time being and wait until the outcome has been finalized. It’s still in the courts.
I basically took water for granted (we do have a water filtering kit and a creek about 3/4 mile away) until we were without running water a few days due to a leaking hot water tank. We have septic tank, but I was surprised how much water is used for flushing, even with yellow let it mellow...
220gr Sierra Match Kings, 2.2" oal, 3' from chronograph, temperature 70-80 degrees, Wolf KBV223M primers (similar to CCI 41's)
Bought a bunch of pulled 220gr SMK years ago and shoot about half subsonic Blackout and half supersonic .308. Yes, the 10.5" and 10.3" bbls are two different ones, not...
Other than one shot in the yard, haven’t shot it suppressed yet. Found in setting “2” that nothing would blow the bolt back enough to properly lock bolt open on the last shot unsuppressed so have been shooting supersonic unsuppressed with setting “1” to lock back bolt on empty mag. Suspect...
Took my new to me BRN-180SH 300 Blackout to the neighbor’s range for testing and sighting in. Using some of my existing Blackout loads, I found a couple it liked. I then set out a steel target and had fun just smacking steel. Figured out the adjustable gas system. I did find it shot smaller...
My turn to gripe. I have solar electric panels on my house. The electricity supplier instituted a solar recovery charge to make up for lost revenue. The monthly solar recovery charge is now higher than the value of the electricity my house makes!!! My electric bill would be lower if I did not...
It’s more tiring as I’m constantly moving my arms, but by using two molds I fill one up while the other cools and the lead solidifies. As fast as I set one down to cool, the other is ready to open, drop the bullets and cast again with. Don’t have room for two separate pans, so I dump all into...
Since my Swiss photos were so well received, here’s a few more:
1st Lt kepi
Officer’s Dolch Mit Schlagband
Lastly a collar patch of the Engineer Destruction Corps…blow up bridges, block roads, etc to slow down the enemy advance. I thought the symbols on the patch made sense and it’s just a...