My electric scooter and car jump starter?

Some times you have to think outside the Prepper box

Ya I can here you all laughing now! 

But this could be a good prepper item.

I love my little electric scooter. It fits nicely in a folding chair bag so you can carry it over your shoulder. It goes 10 to 15 mph. And it is small enough for Faraday set ups.

 Soooo....***wavey lines wavey lines*** I am going into story mode.....

I go to a really large music festival every year, 20,000 people camping on the beach for 4 day of amazing music 24/7.  But going back and forth to the different stages and the camp site gets exhausting. Don't get me wrong the walking is along the beach so it is a lovely walk...but if you forget something and you have to make that trip back it is a pain in the ass. 

Bikes are great to but to cumbersome when you are at one of these things. 

So I decided to buy one of these little electric scooters....It was perfect for me. ...but then there was the issue of power to keep this thing going. (it still is a regular scooter without power so I could always just scoot) . But this bad boy when going runs 10 miles an hour.

So I charged up my car jumper and packed my mini car inverter and off I went.

And it worked better than I could of imagined. With one single charge on my car jumper...I was able to light the camp site...mix daiquiri's with a small blender, curl my hair with a curling iron,  keep all the phones charged and keep this thing running the whole time...it was used by everyone all week for ice runs, to picking up people from other camp sites down the beach...our man friends used it to pick up ladys in distress. So in the end it was a success!

I promise there is a point to all of this.....bare with me.

Soooo  I was at one of the solar sites (it is also a festival about going green) and the guy looked at me and pulled out his scooter.  One difference, he modified it.  He had a small solar panel mounted to the front Solar Panel Charger for a Scooter Battery that is12V .  Said it runs just as good and  never has to worry about running out of a charge!!  He trumped me for sure! I loved it!

Maybe not as cool as this one. But mine with solar cost a total of $130 and this one is $1700!  And mine is a hell of a lot lighter...and if you want a wider standing surface you can always add a board.

So why am I telling you all of this??? Because I am a prepper....and this thing has possibility's.

Remember,  some times you have to think out of the box when it comes to prepping.

Thanks for reading this long winded one 

Song for this post is going to be a classic one  John Lennon - Watching The Wheels\

 

Inverter! get one!

Inverters!  Get one!
Inverters convert DC to AC (that is power talk) and do not confuse with AC DC!

Ok as we know I keep it basic and simple no fancy talk or technical. I am learning and to much info for me comes in and goes out like the speed of light (yes I am blonde).

So this small post is about the start of alternative energy. Wind, solar, a car engine, what ever it turns out to be. As far as I can tell you will need an inverter.

I will address the power source in another post, Wind is simple to make and even peddle power is a  a small juice option. Water power if that is an option and solar (which I have yet to find a cheap way of doing this but the government has programs to help convert your house now, I am waiting on this myself, a lot of red tape)



First you will need a battery (this will be an easy find in a shft situation) But batteries do run down I will address how to get them to last longer in a later post.

 

But to use the energy that is in that battery or many battery's you will need an Inverter for your tools, lights, appliances, what ever you need to plug in

you have your small ones 200 watts 

 

and you have your larger ones 6000 watts

a 200 watt one you can plug into a car lighter and these cost around 25.00 on amazon. You can always do a make shift thing to have this work directly to a battery by spicing the wires. Now this is not a lot of power. But if there is none you will at least be able to power a drill or saw for a short periods. Or an ipod ect. It is a start and it is better than nothing.

 

Now just to give you some clue what things use, power wise Click Here

Now the more watts you want the bigger the inverter you will need and the more money it will cost

Now if you have more know how than me this may help Click here I would print this for your binder to have for a just in case you have to figure out how to do this. I have looked at tons of them and think this is a really good step by step can do if you put your mind to it.

Ok that is the basics on the must get an inverter. At least a cheap one. I will post how to's on wind power in the near future.

but for now time of an end of post song.OK don't tell me you did not see this one coming :)

AC/DC - Flick of the Switch