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teach you.
A LOT of the items on this page WILL work just PERFECT with my previous
show about How to Power Your House From Your Car ! You can listen
to this show RIGHT NOW (below) and get started while you are waiting for
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How to Power Your House from Your Car with
an Inverter
This is one of my most popular shows. If you are wondering
where to start? Start HERE! How to power lights,
TV's, Radios, Refrigerator, Freezer, charge your Phones, iPads,
Tablets, games, and how to have all of the AA recharable
batteries you could want and much more from a simple inverter
connected to your car.
Click this link,[
http://www.ush2.com/11012012.htm
] this guy powered his whole house from his Jeep during
Hurricane Sandy in October of 2012.
I am constantly getting emails and photos from people who use
the skills in this show to keep their family safe when others
are miserable.
Steven Harris on The Survival Podcast for 10th Time!
This is my most popular
show I have ever done in TSP
http://www.thesurvivalpodcast.com/episode-940-steven-harris-on-dealing-with-a-large-scale-blackout-part-2
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Harris Tip #1
Modified Sine Wave vs True Sine Wave Inverters ???
Why did I not mention true sine wave inverters in
my show ?? Because it does not matter. Modified sine
wave works JUST FINE. DO NOT believe all of the
stories on the net related to modified sine wave and electronics
and regular motors !! Electronics, especially laptops and
TVs run PERFECT on modified sine wave inverters. Take it
from me, I've done it since the early 1990's. I Steven
Harris, do not own one true sine wave inverter nor do I need to
spend 3x the money to get one. This web site is about what
WORKS.
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BATTERY SHOW #1 & BATTERY SHOW #2
BELOW
is EVERYTHING that we Talked about in the Battery Shows
ALL of the items are "Steven Harris Approved." I own
almost every single thing on this page. Buy anything with
CONFIDENCE that it WILL WORK and it will WORK GREAT.
Questions? Email me
support (at) KnowledgePublications (dot) com
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Cobra CPI 1575 1500 Watt 12 Volt DC to 120 Volt AC Power
Inverter $104.87
1500 watts is the major sweet spot for price and
output. For $100 to $130 you get 1500 watts of output.
This is about the same output as one circuit in your house.
Its more than enough power. If I run an electric chainsaw
on mine when mobile, it'll power most stuff in your house just
fine. Keep in mind that 1500 watts is a lot of power and
it will suck down your batteries quickly, but if you only need
15 minutes to brew a pot of coffee, this will give you enough
juice to do it quickly. This inverter also has the voltage
and wattage LED display on the front.
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Cobra CPI 2575 2500 Watt 12 Volt DC to 120 Volt AC Power
Inverter $165.19
If 1500 watt inverters are out of stock, then get
this one if you must. Some people want to over size, and
this one will do that. This inverter is physically bigger
than the 1500 watt inverter, you'll need 0 AWG wires, 3 foot
ones, no longer. However, your application might demand
something bigger than the 1500 watt inverter, so I put this up
here as an option for you. This inverter also has the voltage
and wattage LED display on the front.
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Harris Tip #2
Cobra VS Whistler & Other
Inverters.
Both are low priced inverters. I'm using
the 400 & 800 watt Cobra in my video, and the 1600 watt Whistler
in the battery video. Both have really great reviews and
some negative reviews, mostly from people who don't know what
they are doing and plug a coffee pot (huge load 1100+ watts)
into a 400 or 800 watt inverter and expect magic to happen.
One of the big difference is that most ALL inverters can handle
a surge of TWICE their power rating. So 400 can handle
800, 1500 can handle 3000 watts etc... Difference
between the two is the amount of time. The Cobra manual
says the surge time is 0.1 Seconds. In reality, its
probably a second or less. The Whistler is known for
handling up to a FULL 10.0 seconds of surge. This is all
over the net, but funny, not in their manual. I have to
call the factory. This can make the difference between
starting your refrigerator or freezer and not starting it.
Both are very good low end inverters that will work fine for you
in most situations.
Xantrex made a good inverter, but they discontinued their whole
line I was using and are only concentrating on more high end
inverters now. Duracell liked Xantrex so much they
licensed their design and manufacture them under the Duracell
name....but they are just not available in volume, only here and
there. So I'm stuck with owning, testing, using and
presenting to you the Cobra and Whistler inverters.
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Whistler Pro-800W 800 Watt Power Inverter $49.01
Its my professional judgment that 800 watts and
1500 watts are where the sweet spot is for price and
performance. For $19 more than a 400 watt inverter you get
twice the output. This helps you with surges from
refrigerators or freezers and running a higher output from your
car IF you have to. Notice this inverter can be screwed
down. This inverter does NOT have a display on it.
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Whistler Pro-1600W 1,600 Watt Power Inverter $128.39
1500 watts is the major sweet spot for price and
output, and this one is 1600 watts. For $100 to $130 you
get 1500+ watts of output. This is about the same output
as one circuit in your house. Its more than enough power.
If I run an electric chainsaw on mine when mobile, it'll power
most stuff in your house just fine. Keep in mind that 1600
watts is a lot of power and it will suck down your batteries
quickly, but if you only need 15 minutes to brew a pot of
coffee, this will give you enough juice to do it quickly.
This inverter also has the voltage and wattage LED display on
the front.
<HARRIS PHOTO> See what I do with this. Click here.
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Whistler Pro-2500W 2,500 Watt Power Inverter $191.17
Some people want to over size, and this one will
do that. This inverter is physically bigger than the 1600
watt inverter, you'll need 0 AWG wires, 3 foot ones, no longer.
However, your application might demand something bigger than the
1600 watt inverter, so I put this up here as an option for you.
This inverter also has the voltage and wattage LED display on
the front.
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Whistler Pro-3000W 3,000 Watt Power Inverter $299.00
I'm not really sure why you'd spend $108 more for
just 500 more watts over the 2500 watt inverter. I have
this to illustrate how you can use a little intelligence in
purchasing an inverter to get the most ability for the best
price. This inverter also has the voltage and wattage LED
display on the front.
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Duracell 400 Watt DC to AC Digital Power Inverter $39.73
I like the Duracell inverters because they have a
display for the voltage and wattage output but there are decent
400 watt inverters everywhere, at Walmart too. This one is
Harris Approved. Use it as your 2nd inverter on your home
battery bank (2 is 1, 1 is none) or use it on your small battery
bank system. It'll do just fine. On my home battery
bank, this one is ON all the time, the 1600 watt inverter is
OFF, and an LED light is always connected to this one and ON all
the time so I can find it when the power fails. The 400
watt inverter comes with BOTH the cigarette lighter plug cable
AND the battery clamp cables.
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Duracell 800 Watt DC to AC Digital Power Inverter $69.99
IF this is SOLD OUT on Amazon, get the Cobra ABOVE!
The 400 watt one is only $10 less, this is 800
watts and is a much better buy, runs at 150 watts through the
cigarette lighter or 800 watts when clamped on the battery.
Leave the car idle and you can run your refrigerator or freezer
(one at a time) on this inverter. The BEAUTIFUL thing
about this inverter is the display, it gives you the voltage in,
out and POWER (in watts) that you are drawing at the time.
So you know if you are sipping power and can leave the car off
all night or if you are being a power HOG and have to leave it
idle. Nothing like instrumentation. (IF the 800 is
sold out,
get the 400 at the alternate link !!! -Steve ). The
800 watt inverter comes ONLY with the clamps that go to the car
battery. It does NOT come with cigarette lighter plug
cable.
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BESTEK 150 Watt Power Inverter WITH 2 USB 3.1A charger $21.09
This is one of the sweetest little inverters I
have found. It puts out 150 watts AC (the most you can via
just a cig lighter socket) AND it has TWO USB outputs and ONE of
the outputs is 2.1 amps (for iPads and new smart phones) and it
has a 1amp socket for all other USB Charging. Note: cheap
USB chargers are 0.5 amps, this one is 2.1 and 1.0.
If you can only afford to get one inverter, get this one.
You'll have to charge your phone / pad in the car and not in the
home, but that's better than no charge at all. You can
still run an extension cord from here to inside the house to run
some LED lights or SMALL fans. Don't even think of powering your
refrigerator or freezer from this, get the 800 watt one above.
If your car does not have a 12 volt power outlet that is always
on, then you'll need to get the RoadPro 12V Battery Clip On
Adapter Below (its $5.02)
<HARRIS PHOTO> See what I do with this. Click here.
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Harris Tip #3
NEVER EVER buy a worthless "Trickle
Charger".
NEVER trust the recharging of your battery bank just to a
"Solar Panel". Buy one of these REAL chargers.
Computer controlled, 3 stage battery chargers that have the
ability to FULLY charge and maintain a marine battery, car
battery, golf cart battery etc...
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Schumacher SE-1555A Automatic Elite Wheel Battery Charger $99.97
its NOT as big as you think it is, its only about
18" tall. It just looks like one of those big roll around
chargers, but that is what the output of this one is. 55 AMPS DC
into the batteries. Its a computer controlled 3 stage
smart charger. This is the one you get if you have 2, 4,
6, 8, 10 golf cart batteries in 1 bank and you want to put
energy back in them as fast as you can from a generator, or
other power source. If you just have 1, 2, 3, or 4 marine
batteries, you don't need this charger. This is also
available at Walmart, at Sears under the Diehard brand, but at a
higher price.
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Schumacher PSC-12500A DSR ProSeries 125/15-40/2 Amp 6/12 Volt
Automatic SpeedCharge Hybrid Battery Charger/Starter $91.10
The problem with the 55amp SE-1555A above is that
you can't pick it up with one hand. You can the 30 amp
xc103 below. I'm starting to think that this 40AMP
"PRO" series one Schumacher is selling is a very very happy
medium between the 30 amp charger and the 55 amp charger.
The 55 amp charger might work just great for home..but it stinks
for it to go into the tool box of your mobile battery bank I
tell you how to make. I think this might be the best
charger to go into your mobile power box.. .why is there a
charger in your mobile battery bank box ??? See what
I do in the video below... you will be impressed.
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Schumacher XC103 SpeedCharge Battery Charger with Engine Start
$72.08
This is the 30 amp version of the above, and its
small and light. One hand easily picks it up. Its a
computer controlled 3 stage smart charger. This is the
best charger you'll need if you just have marine batteries for a
battery bank. This is all MOST of you will need. It
is also the charger that I put in the rear box of my truck in
case I want to charge my mobile battery bank, or truck
batteries, from ONE ANOTHER, or from the house or a generator.
You'll have to see the video. Its very flexible.
This is also available at Walmart, at Sears under the Diehard
brand, but at a higher price.
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Schumacher SC-10030A SpeedCharge Automatic Charger and
Maintainer $78.65
If you can't get the XC103 30 amp charger above.
This is the SAME THING just in a different case. Its the
one they made before the XC103 and they are still selling it.
The BOTH have the SAME features. EITHER will work perfect
for you. If the XC103 is sold out, or you can't find it,
or if this is the only one you see in Wal-Mart, then its fine.
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Schumacher XCS15 SpeedCharge Ship 'n Shore Battery Charger
$46.62
Ok. So you are on a budget, and you have 1 new
marine battery or one old car battery. Get this charger,
its 15 amps, it'll charge your battery up. Then use a 400
watt watt inverter on the battery, the Road Pro clip on battery
adapter and the wagan 4 way outlets. Plug into here your
phone car DC charger, or into the inverter your phone AC
charger. You can also run some 5 WATT or LESS CF bulbs or
LED bulbs on the inverter for a long time. 1 battery, 1
charger, 1 inverter, some DC outlets and you'll have extra
battery for your phone, tablet, radio, SMALL TV (like 12", or 7"
or 4" screen) and a few small lights.
see the LED bulbs. I have not seen this charger on local store
shelves.
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Schumacher XC12 SpeedCharge 12 Amp Battery Charger $44.86
If you can't get the XCS15 above, then this 12
amp version of it will work for you just fine. They both
have a display on them and the same features, one is just for
the 'marine' market and one is not. So one is blue, and
one is grey. This charger is also 12 amps instead of 15,
but you won't notice the difference. I have NOT seen the
XC12 at local Walmarts.
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Schumacher XC10 SpeedCharge 10 Amp Battery Charger $39.74
If you are further down on a budget and want no
frills, then this charger will work for you. Its a 10 amp
charger and will charge up a marine battery all the way for you.
Its very budget oriented. This is also available at Walmart, at
Sears under the Diehard brand, but at a higher price.
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Schumacher XC6 SpeedCharge 6 Amp Battery Charger $29.77
This is even lower in price, its a 6 amp charger
and will charge up a marine battery all the way for you.
Its very budget oriented. Under NO circumstances would I
go lower than a 6 amp battery charger. DO NOT buy 1
or 2 amp 'trickle chargers' EVER. They are not intelligent
and they usually end up destroying a battery PLUS they NEVER
have the ability to bring a discharged battery back up.
This is also available at Walmart, at Sears under the Diehard
brand, but at a higher price.
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(QUIET) Marinco Battery Charger 2608A Marine $71.62
There have been a FEW people who live in
apartments and actually have their battery and charger sitting
next to their desk and they have complained about the fan noise
of the chargers. They are quiet, but you can hear them.
Some people have wanted a 100% silent, no moving parts charger
and this is one of those. It does not hum, it does not
have a fan. This one is only 6 amps, which is
enough to keep your battery charged. Its an intelligent 3
stage charger as well.
If you want its 10 amp bigger brother then click here.
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Harris Tip #4
Under NO circumstances would I go lower than a 6 amp
battery charger. DO NOT buy 1 or 2 amp 'trickle
chargers' EVER. They are not intelligent and they usually
end up destroying a battery PLUS they NEVER have the ability to
bring a discharged battery back up
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Optima Batteries 8052-161 D31M BlueTop Dual Purpose Battery
$224.46 (75Ah)
I think it would be better for you to get 2 GC2
Golf Cart Batteries, or a Duracell AGM battery, or a Duracell or
Energizer Marine Battery (all from Sams Club). However, if
you are forced to buy one here then this is the top of the line.
Optima Spiral Wound AGM batteries are famous for durability,
long life and depth of discharge. Technically the blue top
is their marine battery, however for a home battery the blue or
the yellow will work fine. These batteries NEVER need
their fluid checked or filled. They are 100% sealed.
These are PERFECT for an apartment so you'll have no acid
issues.
Read what I have for the yellow top below, but a 31 Group Marine
Battery from Walmart will only cost you < $100. Its not an
AGM battery, but its a good flooded lead acid battery and will
do the job. Expect 5 years of life from it.
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Optima Batteries 8050-160 D31T YellowTop Dual Purpose Battery
$229.24 (75Ah)
The Optima Yellow top is for deep draining
applications like RVs and Cars with a lot of accessories on
them. These batteries NEVER need their fluid checked or
filled. They are 100% sealed. They are so 'acid
safe' that its legal to ship these on a plane.
You WILL find cheaper Optima batteries in Sams or Costco but
they are NOT the D31 series batteries I have here, they'll
have a smaller capacity and will be 55Ah or 38Ah
If you insist on getting a top of the line
battery that will last 10 years, that UPS will deliver to your
door step in 2 day for free (if you are Amazon Prime Member)
than this is the one. One of these and the chargers above,
plus a 400 watt inverter and some DC outlets will give you all
of the cell phone, ipad, small TV, radio, AA recharging you
could want for a disaster.
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Exide XMC-31 MEGACYCLE AGM-200 Sealed Maintenance Free (AGM)
Marine Battery $188.25 (83Ah)
Like the Optima AGM battery this is an AGM
battery so it is 100% sealed. are are 100% 'acid safe'.
This is also a Group 31 battery. The largest of the
standard battery sizes you can get.
This is a good battery that offers a little more capacity at a
little lower price than the Optima batteries. This
73 pound battery is an Amazon Prime item and it will get shipped
to you (if you are a prime member) for FREE in 2 days. It
will show up overnight for $3.99 extra and on Saturday for $8.00
extra.
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Moeller Injection-Molded Marine Battery Box (One 27, 30 or
31-Series Battery, 13.44" x 7.75" x 10.5") $17.10
If you have to have everything in a box and a box
for everything then you can put your battery in this box.
Its not that the battery needs a lot of protection, but it does
have side handles that helps you lift it, it also prevents
anything from shorting out the battery from the top, life if you
drop a wrench on it.
This box can be an exceptionally good option if you have a
'FLOODED" deep cycle or other NON-AGM battery in your house or
garage. You can strap down or tape down the box lid and
that can help keep little hands and paws away from the battery.
This would make a flooded battery more acid safe, but not as
acid safe as an AGM battery.
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Battery Cables 2/0 AWG in Red, Black, 6
inch & 12 inch
I show you how to make your own battery
cables with wire from home depot and connectors from an auto
store or on amazon (see below) however IF you do NOT want to
make them and you just want to buy them now, then buy these
cables, and I found them in RED and in BLACK for you.
These are 2 AWG cables. THEY ARE THICK and what you need
especially if you are running a 1000+ watt inverter. If
you are in a hurry, BUY the cables.
For connecting 6 Volt Golf Cart Batteries together you want 6"
cables.
Click on the cables below that you will need.
6 Inch 2/0 AWG RED Cable
6 Inch 2/0 AWG BLACK Cable
For going form 12 volt battery to 12 volt battery you want 12"
cables
12 Inch 2/0 AWG RED Cable
12 Inch 2/0 AWG BLACK Cable
If you are just running a 200, 400 or 800 watt inverter, you can
use the cheaper
Sealed Power 4 AWG 19 Inch Battery Cable $9.85 to connect
together your batteries.
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Grape Solar GS-S-100-TS 100 Watt Monocrystalline Off-Grid PV
Solar Panel $277.00
Listen Luke, this ain't your light saber.
It a 100 watt panel AT MOST, at high noon, in the summer time.
The 30 amp charge controller below is putting about 400 watts of
power into your batteries BUT IF you are going camping, or far
away, and your truck is going to sit and be your battery bank
then this will help charge up your battery bank all day long in
the sunshine without you having to turn on your vehicle to
charge the batteries. MANY MANY people wanted a solar
option so I am including this in the podcast and the video.
Lots of places to get solar panels on the net, but this is the
one I selected to use on the videos and in this project.
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Sunforce 60032 30 Amp Digital Charge Controller $99.04
This is the main charge controller that is going
in between the batteries in the front of the vehicle (and
alternator) and your battery bank in the back of the vehicle.
This will ISOLATE your back battery bank from your front battery
bank. (see video or podcast for why). This will also
very accurately and carefully charge your rear batteries with
the voltage from the alternator when the car is running or you
are driving down the road. Its a charge controller,
charging batteries is what it does. Available on net and
at Marine Stores at much higher prices.
<HARRIS PHOTO> See what I do with this. Click here.
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Sunforce 60031 10 Amp Digital Charge Controller $34.78
This is exactly the same controller as above but
this is a 10 amp charge controller. This is for the
solar panel that is on the truck to be used for charging the
battery bank. You COULD put a big DPDT switch in front of
the 30 amp controller and switch between the alternator and the
solar panel, but a good DPDT switch is at least $20, then there
is at least 6 connections on the switch and where to problems
come from ?? switches and connections !! I think its simpler
just to have 2 charge controllers. If the 30 amp takes a
dump you can also use this 10 amp one to charge the battery bank
from the vehicle.
<HARRIS PHOTO> See what I do with this. Click here.
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Sunforce 7 Amp Charge Controller $17.37
If you don't want to spend the $35 above for the
nicer charge controller for the solar panel, this is a good
simple one at half the price. Get this. It just as a
few LED's on it but it lets you know what is going on.
There are lots of generic < 10 amp solar chargers out there.
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Schumacher PC-6 120AC to 6A 12V DC Power Converter $17.54
Picture this. Your car is in the apartment
parking lot, you have a 120 foot 16 gauge cord running from the
inverter in your car up to your 3rd floor apartment (or maybe
240 feet !). You have LED lights, your phone
chargers and other stuff running on the 120volts...but for some
reason, you need 12 volts DC in the apartment. Maybe you
want to run a CB Radio, maybe something you have only has
a car charger on it. This is what you plug into the 120
volt AC cord running into your apartment/house so you can have
some 12 volt DC power.
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Azend Group Envizen Digital 7-Inch Handheld Digital TV/DVD
Player with Built-in Tuner, Carrying Case and Car Adapter $91.30
OMG this thing came with EVERYTHING. 120V
power, DC 12 volt cable, antenna, antenna adapter, video IN
cables (for game system) plus its a DVD player. I have
been looking for a portable TV for over a year, and they ALL
STUNK. I could not get one, could not recommend one till I
found, bought and played with this one. It draws ONLY 9
Watts of power. Its reception is "DARN GOOD" with
the little antenna that comes with it but I bought
THIS ANTENNA for $8.50 With the external antenna (the $8.50
one) this thing picks up a huge amount of channels, and the TV
even came with the antenna adapter to go from a large external
antenna (coax screw) to a push type F connector. This is
NOW MY Storm and Disaster TV. THIS SHOULD BE YOUR #1 STORM
AND DISASTER TV, and its a DVD player for the kids too. 9
WATTS...that is an insane small amount of power. The TV
also has an internal battery will last 2.5 hours...but with me
it'll always be on one of my external batteries. TV
will be your #1 source of news and information in a disaster.
If the 7" one is sold out, get the 9" version here. This TV
will be your #1 TV, I guarantee it. I cannot say how
BEYOND IMPRESSED I am with this thing.
<HARRIS PHOTO> See what I do with this. Click here.
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Roadpro 12V Battery Clip-On and Cigarette Lighter Adapter $5.02
If you have a car old enough it might not have a
12 volt power outlet in it that is on all the time, it might
require the key to be in the 'on' position, which draws a lot of
other power, so you don't want to do that. You just open
your hood, clamp this on your car battery and you have a
cigarette lighter power outlet ready to go. Plug in the
inverter, run the power cord inside the house, plug in your cell
phone and LED lights and small fans and you have light,
communications and cooling.
A nice version of this can be found at Radio Shack as well but
it costs 2x as much.
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Wagan 4-Way 12V Automotive Socket Extender $10.46
Invariably you are going to plug in more than one
thing into your car's 'cigarette lighter' or 'power port' and
you are going to want a very good, strong and sturdy power
outlet. You plug this into your car outlet and now you
have 4 heavy duty power outlets. This has been one of my
favorites for years, it features big contact plates inside that
are all nickel plated and the case is made of a strong plastic.
Only place you might find this (other than here) is at Harbor
Freight.
<HARRIS PHOTO> See what I do with this. Click here.
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PowerGen Dual USB 2A 10w (fast) Heavy Duty Ouput Car Charger -
White $9.99
This is made by the same company as the charger
above, this is a 12 volt charger to charge your high power USB
devices from your car. This too has a 2amp and 1amp
charger ports on it. I use this all the time, it
charges my android phone very well, make sure you have
plenty of cables (and spares) from the cables I have listed
below. Also, I prefer my chargers to be WHITE so I can
find them in the dark / low light easier than a black charger.
Click Here for the Black Version.
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Lights of America 4-Watt Power LED G16 Globe Bulb, Bright
White $9.65
4 Watts is MORE than enough in a dark room.
This has a light output of about 240 lumens, that's brighter
than many 80 lumen tactical lights. When you use this bulb
you are SIPPING energy off the inverter and the car battery.
That is what you want to do. You are not trying to light
the whole darn house like it was before the blackout. You
want 'enough' light in the room. Put one of these in 5
rooms and you're drawing 20 watts. This LED bulb will do
it well. I've used it for several years. This is an
excellent "Room Light" Note: on Amazon it says its a 2
watt light, its really a 4 watt light. See below for real
2 watt LED lights.
<HARRIS PHOTO> See what I do with this. Click here.
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7 Watt LED Bulb, Warm White $10.99
This LED bulb is about 400 lumens (4x brighter
than above) and its almost what I could call 'too bright'
because its using 7 watts when you could be using 2 watts.
However if the above light is sold out, get this one, its a good
bulb and it'll really light up a room. Might be a better
bulb to use if you had to work on something like a car. If
you had to use an incandescent bulb to make this much light,
it'd be about a 60 watt bulb. So this is very efficient.
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Home Design, Juicy, 15 Inch Tall, Desk Lamp, Chrome/White
Acrylic Details $21.92
I have a lamp here...sounds silly. Lots of
people don't have 'lamps' or the lamps are not suited for taking
a low wattage LED or CF light bulb and putting "Light On The
Table." So I searched high and low for the right type of
lamp to use a low wattage light bulb in an emergency and this
gooseneck lamp is perfect. It can shine light on
something, or sideways or bounce it off the ceiling. This
is keep it simple at its best. This lamp is also available
at Wal-Mart and other stores for the same price or cheaper.
Keep your eye out for stuff like this at yard sales or thrift
stores. This light is sitting on my desk right now as I
write this.
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Bayco SL-512 12-Volt 13-Watt Fluorescent Work Light $12.54
For Home Battery banks, I always want the smart
charger ON, maintaining the battery 24/7 and I usually want you
to have a LIGHT ON powered by the battery 24/7. When the
power fails, its easy to find your battery bank. You might
not want to leave an inverter on all the time to power an LED or
CF light bulb, in that case, this light works on direct 12
volts. It'll stay on all the time and if your inverter
takes a dump, wire gets loose, something goes wrong, you have a
light AT your batteries that you can use to diagnose what is
wrong.
<HARRIS PHOTO> See what I do with this. Click here.
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Equus 3721 Battery and Charging System Monitor $16.74
I like simplicity and this is simple. Its
on EVERY battery bank I have ever done and friends and students
have done. It just sits there plugged into a cigarette
power outlet on your battery bank and it tells you at a glance
with RED, Yellow or GREEN PLUS what the state of your
battery bank voltage is. Plus it has a great backlit LCD
display volt meter giving you a very accurate voltage
reading...but with just a quick glance at it as you are going by
it you know that you are in the green. If you see this
turn yellow or red, you know something is draining your
batteries. This use to be available at Walmart, but now
they have a new one I don't like as much.
<HARRIS PHOTO> See what I do with this. Click here.
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E-Z Red S101 Battery Hydrometer $8.64
A volt meter might fool you, a charger might fool
you, but there is one thing that will never fool you as to if a
flooded lead acid battery is charged, and that is a Hydrometer.
It measures how 'thick' or 'heavy' the acid in the battery is.
You pull the caps off each cell, and suck up the acid into this
gauge (not batteries needed) and it tells you the state of
charge of that particular cell. If all cells are REALLY
charged, it will so it. If you have a bad cell, it will be
very evident when you use this. A battery
with a bad cell will not be very good for you. This tool
is especially important if you are using 'harvested' batteries
or older batteries of an unknown source.
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Plews 75-030 Auto Shut Off 2 Quart Capacity Plastic Battery
Filler $13.88
This thing makes LIFE so EASY when it comes
to filling up a battery! It automatically STOP at
the right level. You cannot overfill the battery.
The STOP at the end of the filler SHUTS OFF quickly so there is
NO DRIPPING battery acid!! Yeah. You get the unit
over your battery vent, you push down, your distilled water
flows in and it stop at the right level and it does not drip.
How much easier could you want it to be. This is a
must have item especially if you have golf cart batteries.
If you have Sealed Lead Acid (SLA) batteries, or Gell Cells or
AGM batteries, you do not need this. Only deep cycle
marine batteries, car batteries and golf cart batteries.
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Superior Pump 91250 1/4 HP Thermoplastic Submersible Utility
Pump $47.99
This pump only draws 460 watts so it will work
off an 800 watt inverter or bigger just fine.... or you can
carry buckets up the stairs. This is an over 30 gallon per
minute problem solver!! Lets see you do 6 five gallon
pails of water up your basement stairs a minute.
OMG... if you have a sump pump then you know exactly my feeling
when I say that NOTHING will screw up your day FASTER than sump
pump that is NOT working. I have a 1/2 HP sump in my
basement, but that's mounted permanently all the time. If
that one stops working then I have this great little 1/4 HP sump
pump to drop in the hole (well) to pump out the water.
This pump has a 1 1/4" inch pipe thread on it plus it has an
adapter that comes with it so it can pump to a garden hose.
This is the #1 best selling sump pump on Amazon. If you
don't have a back up sump pump, get one ! Get this one or
get one at Harbor Freight. They are TOO MUCH at Home Depot
or Lowes. Also, if you need to fill up your
emergency water barrels in your pickup truck from a lake, river
or stream.. this IS the pump to do it with from your inverter.
If this sump ran for 30 seconds, every 15 minutes (in a storm)
then on a typical marine battery it would last for over 2.5 days
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Makita UC3530A Commercial Grade 14-Inch 15 amp Electric Chain
Saw with Tool-Less Blade And Chain Adjustments $199.99
You now have a mobile battery bank in your truck
(from video above) and you are trying to get out of Dodge to get
to your mothers, your children, you wife or to the hospital and
the road is blocked!! Now you know why Steven Harris says,
"When a disaster happens, you are stuck right where you are."
but Steven Harris told you how to make a mobile battery
bank and now he's telling you that this electric chain saw and
your mobile battery bank and 1500+ watt inverter will run this
chain saw incredibly awesome and you can cut up any tree in your
path, get a rope on it, and pull it out of the way with your
truck, and you can get to where you need. NO GAS needed,
NO oil mix, no pulling and pulling and pulling. Just plug
it in and rip through the wood with your inverter and battery.
Truly, this is the closest you are going to get to a light
saber. I own and use multiple electric chain saws for 20
years. I love 'em.
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MinnKota MKR-19 Circuit Breaker 60A Waterproof $35.94
We are going to run a twisted set of thick wire
from the front battery of your car / pickup to the battery bank
in the back. If that set of wires gets hit by a high rock,
or curb you are going over or it gets shorted together you'll
have a dead short on your vehicle battery and the wire will glow
red and melt and short circuit worse and easily cause a vehicle
fire. Instead of putting in a fuse, also listed here, I'm
using this circuit breaker. That way if it shorts, the
breaker will switch everything off. Its water proof so it
can go under the hood of the car. Amazon and the internet is the
only place I've seen this.
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Coleman Cable 16-Foot Heavy-Duty Truck and Auto Battery Booster
Cables with Polar Glow Clamps, 4-Gauge $39.95
There is hardly anything worse than a cheap pair
of jumper cables. These are heavy duty 4 gauge jumper
cables. These are 16 feet long, go to this page and you
can select from the drop down menu a pair of 25 foot cables.
I suggest the long ones. I show how to use jumper cables
and your car to recharge your battery bank in the Battery Bank
Video (above). Not only can these be used to charge your
home battery from the car, but if the car battery is dead, you
can jump the car from your marine battery you have at home.
Without a pair of jumper cables, your car and your battery bank
are 2 separated worlds that cannot help each other.
Connect them together and have 2 is 1, 1 is none.
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Bucket Boss Jumper Cable Bag $12.30
Jumper cables are made of copper, and copper
likes to corrode and when it does it does not make as good of a
connection as when its fresh and clean. Keep your valuable
jumper cables you just purchased out of the rain and weather and
keep them protected. Get this nice simple bag that keeps
them all wrapped up and stored easily so when you need them you
can get to them fast and use them and KNOW they are going to
work and are in good condition.
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3M Scotch Super 33+ Vinyl Electrical Tape, .75-Inch by 66-Feet
$4.74
Next to duct tape, electrical tape fixes
everything. If you solder two wires together and don't
have the time or desire to put heat shrink tubing around them
then you wrap them up tight with electrical tape. It'll
work and work good. If its a connection for a few months
or a year or two...electrical tape will work, if its a
connection you are making for 10 years..then use heat shrink
tubing. Available at all hardware stores or big box
stores.
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American Terminal AT-31604 60-40 Rosin Core Solder (4 Ounces)
$7.25
How can you solder two wires together without
solder. Since I had the irons and the heat shrink tubing
here, I put the solder here as well. Might as well get all
the stuff at once.
Available at all hardware or big box stores. Make sure its
ROSIN CORE or you'll have to get solid solder and a thing of
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Neiko 175 Pieces Solderless Wire Terminal & Connection with Wire
Stripper Crimper Tool $11.38
This video, podcast and page is all about
batteries and inverters and with those you have wire. This
little kit is a great option for putting 2 wires together if you
are not going to solder them and then shrink wrap them.
This is normally a neater connection than a wire nut, but not as
fast to do. Its a good kit to have incase you are going to
have to make some modifications or fixes. Way more money
for this at Radio Shack. Harbor Freight might have
something like this. I used this kit several times while
making the battery bank videos, especially for hooking up a cord
to the light base for the LED light in the mobile battery bank.
Its a bargain and a huge time saver. If you are going to
make a mobile battery bank, as I say in the video, get TWO of
these kits. They will save you a fortune over buying these
at Home Depot or Ace Hardware!
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Iso-Tip #7971 SolderPro 50 Butane Soldering Iron $25.95
This is probably one of my favorite soldering
irons, its also at Radio Shack. You can see the propane in
the clear bottom. I almost never use an electric soldering
iron any more because I don't want to wait for it to warm up.
This warms up in seconds, ready to go in 10 seconds or less,
puts a lot of heat onto what I solder, which now is mostly
wires, and not delicate circuit boards. This is the
perfect soldering iron to have in the field. Runs on cans
of butane you use for any cigarette lighter that you get from
Walmart or anywhere.
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Weller P2C Butane Soldering Iron $32.79
Weller is known for the finest soldering irons in
the world. They make a VERY nice butane one that you see
here. If you can't get the one above, then get this one.
Or if you just prefer Weller, get this one. This does not
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Shoreline Marine Battery Marine Terminal Kit (Red/Black) $8.06
Marine batteries usually come with either 2 posts
or 2 posts and 2 screw downs. Either way, with inverters
we are usually hooking up to the screw downs, so if you need
more, you just put these around the posts and you have them.
These terminals are bare metal (not painted) and therefore you
can also CLAMP onto them with big CLIPS that are on 400-800 watt
class inverters, or with clips that you might have going to a
standard cigarette lighter power outlet. Like the RoadPro
one on this page. Also available at Walmart in the auto
section.
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Sealed Power 4 AWG 19 Inch Battery Cable $9.85
In my video, I show you how to make cables, but
if you don't want to do that and just want cables to but 6 volt
batteries in series to make 12 volts, or if you want to put 12
volt batteries in parallel to have more capacity (more Ampere
Hours), then these will work fine.
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Neiko Wire Nut - Connector Assortment - 107 Pieces, with Plastic
Storage Case $8.49
2 is 1, 1 is none and 107 is plenty.
Invariably something is going to go wrong, something break or
come loose and you are going to have to join some wire together
quickly to get it to work, or to run a power line someplace or
whatever. Duct tape, zip ties, bungee cords and WIRE NUTS
are your friend. No quicker way to make a good mechanical
connection between two wires than wire nuts. This is a
great assortment at a great price. Won't find 'em this
cheap in Home Depot.
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Anytime Tools 48 pc HEAT SHRINK TUBING WRAP SLEEVES ASSORTED
SIZES $6.99
Well you've soldered two wires together, instead
of using a wire nut, because you wanted a really good mechanical
high current connection. Now you need to cover up that
exposed soldered wire so it does not hit something. Slide
over a piece of this heat shrink tubing and heat it with a
match, or a cigarette lighter or your butane soldering iron
above and it will shrink and hold your new connection and
insulate it as good as its going to get. Very overpriced
for this stuff at Radio Shack.
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Ancor Marine Grade Electrical Heavy Duty Tinned Copper Lugs (all
sizes and prices)
You need pretty much 3/8" hole for everything we
do on this page. You'll need (qty 2) 0/2 Gauge to connect
from terminal to terminal for each set of golf cart batteries.
You'll need 4 of them to connect a 12 volt battery to a 12 volt
battery. You'll need 6 gauge to connect the battery
in the front of your pickup to the battery bank in the back of
your pickup. You get the 0 or 2 AWG wire and the 6 AWG
wire from Home Depot or Lowes. They'll cut it for you in
the wire department, just tell them how many feet of it you
want.
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Allway Tool Inc. Mp Stainless Steel Mini Wire Brush Smb
Wire/Scrub Brushes $5.53
You can't hook up your mobile battery bank to the
front of your vehicle to be charged unless the battery terminals
and the nuts and bolts there are nice and clean, or you won't
get a good connection. This wire brush makes quick and
easy work of cleaning up the battery terminals under the hood of
your vehicle. You can also buy these in the paint section
of Home Depot.
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Midland 75-822 40 Channel CB-Way Radio $76.24
In the video I show you how to take DC power from
your car or mobile battery bank and how to run that 120 volts
from the inverter through a LONG extension cord onto your
kitchen table or living room. There you hook up lights,
small TV, AA battery chargers, radio etc... However.. .if you
have something that is ONLY 12 volts DC power, and your car is
300 feet away by extension cord, use the
Schumacher PC-6 120AC to 6A 12V DC Power Converter $17.54
(above) and convert that 120 volts coming from your car back
down to 12 volts so you can run something simple like this CB
radio inside your house. Also.. .if your father in
law is at your place, and he ONLY has his car charger for his
phone with him...he can recharge his phone at your place during
the disaster. That Power supply has a lot of uses...
and this was the CB radio I have in my disaster kit that I have
used extensively and used in the video as a 12 volt DC power
example. Make sure you have a GOOD
external antenna like this one if you are going to get the
radio, it will screw into the handheld unit where the DC cable
is.
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Equus 3300 Hands-free Digital Multimeter $10.92
In the mobile battery bank video (above) I have
you connecting the
WAGON 4 WAY DC OUTLET (above) to the mobile battery bank.
To do this, you have to clip off the DC plug and
crimp on wire connectors (above) and when you do this you
don't know which of the terminals is positive because the wires
are black. So you have to use an OHM meter to check the
continuity of the wire to KNOW which one is positive, it takes
10 seconds and is easy, I show you in the video but to do that
you need just a simple, plain, easy to use, inexpensive
multimeter and this is one of those. For about $11...you
can't go wrong and it won't let you down.
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Startech HC102 Self Adhesive Cable Tie Mounts (Pack of 100)
$10.24
In the videos I use these all over the place to
hold down wires and to keep them from flapping around, to run
them around the box and to just keep everything nice and neat.
These are adhesive and you can put a wood screw right through
the center of them and into the back of the board on the bottom
of the lid on the mobile truck battery box. Get them
at home depot or Lowes in smaller quantity (and more expensive)
or buy a bunch right here, get some of the zip / cable ties
below as well.
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TEKTON 6233 Cable Ties, 4 inch, 500-Piece, 5 Colors $5.48
I think I paid half this amount for 20 or 50 of
these at Home Depot to make my videos...and here you can get 500
of them, in 5 colors for just about $5. Don't even bother
burning the fuel or the time to go to the store to get them, get
a 10 year supply of them right here and color code your battery
box with these. These 4" ones are smaller and work
PERFECT for the cable tie mounts above.
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Allstar Performance Universal Two Wire Connector with 12" Loop
$4.40
I use this in the video for the mobile battery
bank solar panel. I put one of these connectors on the
battery box, and one on the solar panel, and then I make solar
panel DC voltage extension cable with 12 gauge red and black
wire (twisted in a drill) and put these connectors on them so
its easy to plug in my solar panel to the truck, and to have it
on any side of the truck I want... I have 25 feet of wire to
work with. You'll need THREE of these to do the mobile
battery box. Two are needed for the project, you need a
third incase you mess one up :) Nah...just get 2 of
these. You'll be fine.
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RoadPro RP73002 10" 12V or Battery Dual Power Portable Fan
$22.22
If you listened to me on the TSP show on
Battery Banks (above) you heard me clearly say, that you heat or
cool THE PERSON. You don't heat or cool a whole room just
to cool you. A fan blowing on your face works great for
keeping you cool, especially when you are running on 1 Marine
Battery for your Home Battery Bank. In the Home Battery
Bank Video I show the simplest battery bank which is DC only, no
inverter. This fan will work great for that application.
Its a DC fan....just for you. It also run off D cell
batteries so you can use the NiMH Charger (below) and the
Tenergy D cell NiMH rechargable batteries in it and move it
around. Keep it simple. If you are not going DC only
and using an inverter, I suggest you get a 120 volt version of
this fan.
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10" Swivel Battery Operated Fan with AC Adapter $29.99
This is the same thing as above but it is a 120
volt AC fan AND its a D Cell battery fan, and it takes 8 D cell
batteries. So this would be a good fan for an
emergency. I really think you can get a good 6" or 10" AC
fan cheaper from a local store, but its winter here and there
are no fans on the store shelves.
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Powerex MH-C800S Eight Cell Smart Charger $54.95
This is by FAR my favorite charger, and its a
premium one and it does not GOOF UP. It charges each
battery individually, so you can put in 1 battery, 2, 3, 5, 7 or
8 at once. When you put it in, it starts to charge it. It
takes about 1 hours to charge one battery, but you can charge 8
at a time. 8 in 2 hours is about as good as 4 in 1 hour
for me. Also, there is an LCD display for each battery, so
you know when each one is charged. There IS a more
expensive version of this
one that does charge all 8 in 1 hour
BUT THIS one here is my favorite. The 1 hour charger has a
huge power supply that comes with it. This one has a nice
small 'wall wart' power supply. Jack Spirko has stated to
me on the air that this is his FAVORITE AA/AAA Charger as well.
Its Jack and Steve approved !!
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(8 AA Batteries) Sanyo NEW 1500 eneloop 8 Pack AA Ni-MH
Pre-Charged Rechargeable Batteries $19.70
This link will let you buy 4 or 8 or 16 or 20
batteries at once, all at a discount. DO NOT buy the
charger they have. I don't like it. DO NOT by the
"XX" batteries, I have not put those though the ringer like
these ones. I have exhaustively tested the eneloop
batteries for years on my lab bench and in all of my personal
gear. They are the batteries I carry the most. These
eneloops can be charged and used up to 1500 times each.
That's a lot of charging. They have the PERFECT chemistry
for a AA NiMH battery. You can trust and depend on these.
If you want to buy Duracell AA NiMH batteries, buy
THEM HERE. DO NOT buy the Energizer brand of NiMH
batteries, they all STINK and are antiquated NiMH technology.
Shame on the pink bunny.
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I would really really prefer to stay 100% with AA
batteries and NOT use AAA batteries, but some handy things (like
head lamps - see below) use these AAA's and they are just too
awesome to not use them. Also many of the inexpensive
tactical lights use AAA batteries so they are handy for that
purpose. Try to buy things that use AA batteries instead
of AAA. Its not that AAA's are so bad, its just that the
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Tenergy V-9688 Super Universal LCD Battery Charger with USB Port
$31.99 * NEW
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This charger does AA to D cell size, plus 9 volt
batteries. I do NOT like it as much as I do the POWEREX
AA/AAA charger above. I only use this one for charging D
cell batteries, and it can take a good 8 hours, more or less
depending on the state of charge of the battery, to charge up D
Cell NiMH batteries. Again, if you are just starting
out, get the Powerex above and the Sanyo Eneloop batteries, if
you really must have D cell batteries than get the batteries
above and this charger. It'll make a good backup AA
charger for you as well in case you break, bash, smash, flood
your other one. 2 is 1, 1 is none.
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Storacell by Powerpax "AA" 12 Pack Battery Caddy, Yellow - Holds
12 "AA" Batteries $4.95+
These are the most awesome battery holders I have
ever come across, I use them all the time, AA, AAA, C, D, 9volt,
CR123, you name it, they have holders for the batteries or sets
of the batteries. Want to hold 12 AA battts ? they got it, want
to hold 6? or 4? they have it. This link will
give you an entire page of ones to choose from. Stay with
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Most of you know I'm not a big fan of energizer,
but they have it 100% Correct in this 7 LED headlamp. Its
has red LEDs and lots of bright white LEDs for near and far, it
has 4 different modes it switches between and it has a REAL
PHYSICAL SWITCH. So when its OFF, it is really OFF.
Its not 'on' but drawing a small amount of current waiting for
you to press the 'on' button. That is called a 'soft
on'. This head lamp has a HARD Switch that turns stuff
100% on or 100% off. It has low light mode for long
battery life and it has a LIGHT 'EM UP mode for plenty of light
NOW. Its made for contractors so its durable as heck and
can take a beating. It does run on 3 AAA batteries.
I wish it was AA's, but its not. So make sure you get some
of the Eneloop AAA rechargeable batteries above. This is
an excellent "Small Light" and the bright mode is good, but not
quite emergency light bright, but close. If you are
running AAA battery items in a small 'kit' then this is the
perfect light to go with the Maglight XL-200 AAA Light below.
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Maglite XL200 LED Flashlight, Black - Brightest Maglight in
Existence $34.45 *NEW*
Like the above energizer head lamp, this flashlight runs on 3
AAA batteries. Its the brightest maglight flashlight
made and its very small and hides in the bottom of your pocket
until you want to light up something like its daylight.
This would make vampires run for cover and smoke. Its 172
Lumens...most tactical flashlights use to be 80 lumen.
This is over double that. I've been using this flashlight
for the last 7 months on a daily basis and have fallen in love
with its quality and its performance. I run this on 3 AAA
eneloop batteries all the time. This main use of this
light is for 'finding a lost child'. Its too much light
for normal stuff. Its an emergency light. If you are
running AAA batteries in a small, portable kit, then this is the
perfect flashlight to compliment the Energizer Head Lamp (above)
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Fenix HL21 White LED Headlamp, 1AA, 90 lumens $30.92 *NEW*
Simple Simple Simple is what this is. 1 AA Battery, 90
lumens (more than bright enough) and a simple ON/OFF and only 1
Strap, and the diffuser flips over the light if desired for
close up work. The Energizer Head Lamp (above) and the
Maglite XL200 (above) are BOTH AAA battery powered. I
wanted you to have a AAA headlamp and flashlight option and I
wanted you to have a AA headlamp and flashlight option. So
I found and got this AA headlamp and it has been a real trooper
for me. Its going with me when I travel. One thing I
LOVE about it, its got a 3 Lumen mode on it (just necessary
amount of light) and it'll run for about 53 hours on 1 AA
battery in that light mode. This headlamp will work good
(2 is 1, 1 is none) with the MagLite 2AA and 3AA flashlights
(below)
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Well I had to put a AA flashlight in the mix and
here it is. The 2 AA flashlight I use the most, the
maglight LED flashlight. It has a dim mode, a bright mode,
a flashing mode and you can unscrew the cap off and use the cap
as a base to hold up the flashlight like a candle stick and the
bare LED lights up the whole room like a candle would, but it
does it for 31 hours on low on 2 AA batteries.
The important thing about this is that it SIPS energy (for 31
hours) on low and it will provide 'enough' light in an entire
room or more than enough light when directed onto something,
plus its got its bright mode for finding something outside in
the dark. This is an excellent 'Small Light' and a pretty
'emergency light'. Its an ok 'room light' because the cap
comes off and its like a candle.
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MagLite SP23MRH 3-AA Cell Mini LED Flashlight $21.95
*NEW*
The 2 AA maglight directly above is awesome, its
great, its fine. This one is brighter and it uses 3 AA
batteries instead of 2 so its got more brightness, its got
longer battery life (because it has 3 batteries) and its a bit
longer (by one cell) than the one above. Also, on
Amazon its only available in camo color, but that's cool.
This is a 3 Watt LED light just like what is in their 3D cell
flashlights, except it will use your AA recharable batteries,
and your alkaline batteries and your AA lithium batteries.
If I had to pick the 3 cell or the 2 cell, I'd take the 3 cell,
if weight was imperative like it is for some hikers, take the 2
cell one above. This is an excellent 'Small Light' and a pretty
'emergency light'. Its an ok 'room light' because the cap
comes off and its like a candle.
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Mag-Lite ST3D016 3-D Cell LED Flashlight, Black $25.25
* NEW
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We increasingly live in a AA / AAA battery world
and we have a great deal of valuable & reliable tools that use
these batteries. a AA NiMH can have ~2200mah of capacity,
the above NiMH D cells have 10,000mah and a Duracell D cell
alkaline is about 14,500mah and in 8-10 years (the date on the
battery) it will still have 82%-85% of its energy if stored at
room temperature. So if there an a battery you have to put away
and not use it till you darn well need it then its a Duracell D
Cell Alkaline battery. So here is the awesome flashlight
to go with the batteries. This is an "Emergency Light" It
also qualifies as a "Room Light" because the cap comes off and
it stands up like a candle.
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Coast HP17TAC High Performance Focusing 615 Lumen LED Flashlight
with Tactical Strobe $66.55
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If you do want to play the brighter is better game, then this
flashlight from Coast will do it. Preppers, the $25
maglight above is PERFECT. It will light your house and
work area just fine. If you are Law Enforcement or Search and
Rescue then you might consider this flashlight because it too
uses 3 D Cell batteries but its 615 Lumens, about 3x more than
the maglight flashlight. This light also focuses from a
bright FIELD of light, lights a whole room up EVEN, to a spot
light that goes the distance. For preppers on a budget,
don't get this.
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Rayovac Sportsman LED Lantern $28.79
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There are 825 reviews of this on Amazon, 782 are 5 or 4 Stars !!
You need 3 types of lights. 1. Small Light: 1/2 watt or less (30
lumens or less) flash lights for doing small things.
Reading, looking in drawers, walking around the house etc..
2. Emergency Light: 2, 3 watts or more LEDs, 80, 180, 250,
400 lumens for finding lost children in the night type of stuff.
3: Room light or Area Light. Something you can put in a
room with 4 people and light the place up decently because you
are going to be there and you have energy to spare. If are
charging D Cell batteries from your car, you have energy to
spare. This lamp uses 3 D cell batteries and will use the
D Cell Tenergy batteries above just perfectly. This is a
'room' type of light.
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Coast 4 D Cell 375 Lumen LED Lantern w/ Varible Brightness
$37.99
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I had to put this up here because the light is so awesome.
The Rayvac is awesome too, and at a better price. The
advantage of the coast is not that its brighter, but it is, but
its got a varible brightness knob on it. You can turn it
up and down to any brightness you like. Historically
I have always liked Maglights, Rayovac Lights and I've been
using Coast lights since 2006. Coast is an even
higher quality than maglight, but don't forget, maglight is more
than good enough. This lantern also uses 4 D Cells where
the Rayovac uses 3 D cells.
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New Trent iTorch IMP52D 5200mAh External Battery Charger for
ANYTHING USB! (Improved version with 15% more compact size at
5200mAH than IMP500) $32.95
This is a portable rechargeable lithium battery,
you charge it up from your car or home and then you can later
charge up your phone or ipad from it. Its a HUGE battery.
An iphone4 has a battery that is 1420mAH, this is 5200mAH.
That's over 3.5x as big. A smaller cell phone would have a
750mAH battery in it, so you can recharge that with this about 7
times. I like this one, its the right size physically, its
big brother at 12,000mAH is a lot bigger, and I think its
too big, but it'll power your iphone for an entire week.
This is something I use about once a week, because that is about
how often I forget to plug in my android phone at night to
charge it up, so in the morning when I'm leaving, I need
something to charge the phone as I'm out and about.
Your cell phone or smart phone is a life line of communications,
contacts, information and tools. This will keep your phone
running when a disaster happens as well as allowing you to store
energy for your cell phone during an extended disaster.
Before I started using this one, I was using this
DURACELL ONE for about 1.5 years, I had 2 in my truck all
the time, but this one is my favorite one now for the price and
size, the Duracell ones were only about 1800mah. 5200mah
for $34 is better than 1800mah for $19
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US Wire 74100 12/3 100-Feet SJTW Yellow Heavy-Duty Lighted
Extension Cord $54.99
The above is the 100 foot cord... if you need a 50 foot cord
then get the
50 foot 12/3 cord for $34.95
One 100 foot cable and one 50 foot cable should
be good for most people, that way you can run up to 150 feet any
way you want. You might run 50 feet into your house and
100 feet into your neighbors house or you just might need all of
the distance for yourself, especially if you have an electric
chainsaw (which I love, because they are so simple, and always
work without gasoline). If you must have a
25 foot cord there is one for $22.92 but I do not think its
necessary, for that short of a distance a 14/3 orange cord will
work fine. Most of you will be FINE with 14/3 orange
extension cords from Home Depot but if you want the premium and
the best, then this is the extension cord for it. It is
very durable with a thick cover. Yes.. I own all of these.
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Coleman Cable 02309 16/3 Vinyl Outdoor Extension Cord, Orange,
100-Feet $26.95
This is a 16/3 16/3 16/3 16/3
CORD !! It is THIN and LIGHT. At walmart they have a
120 foot version of this cord and its green. This is
designed for a LIGHT LOAD, thus, you don't need all that copper
and weight. Usually this is used for electrical law
equipment, like a weed whacker, they don't take very much power.
If you have an 800 watt or 400 watt or 150 watt inverter, its
not sending out very much power either. Why do you need a
thick cable to run from the inverter on your car and into the
home ? You don't. For those light loads this cord
will work fine. It's lighter and longer and cheaper.
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Coleman Cable 8-Outlet Power Strip, Heavy-Duty Design, with 6-Ft
Cord $22.03
I have been using this outlet for at least 8
years. It use to be at Walmart, but its not anymore.
Its just an awesome outlet strip with 8 outlets on it. 3
of them are widly spaced so you can get big wall wart
power plugs into it without blocking other outlets! Its
got a nice heavy cord that wraps around the whole thing neatly
and its a nice bright neon green so you can easily find it in
your box of emergency supplies when you are getting it out in
the next blackout. This is a piece of quality that will
NOT let you down.
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Coleman Cable 3-Prong To 2-Prong Adapter, Grounding Outlet
Converter, 2-Pack $4.38
You cannot have ENOUGH of these. I have one
plugged into the end of almost every extension cable. If
you are doing something improvised at someone's house with
power, half the time they still are in the dark ages and only
have two prong outlets. My laptop power supply ALWAYS has
one plugged into it. It does not need 3 prongs. I
commonly use 2 wire extension cords when I travel for my laptop
and other electronics and these allow anything to plug into
these nice thin, easy, low power cords to get electricity.
If you think you need 4 of these, then get 8. The only
thing more expensive than these at about $2 each is NOT having
one when you need it.
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Leviton 692-W 15 Amp, 125 Volt, Triple Cube Grounding Adapter,
White $4.21
Take one of these and plug it into the 2-Prong
Adapter (above) and plug that into the 15 foot extension cable
(below) and you have all the outlets you need from your
inverter. You are using just a few hundred watts, the thin
extension cable (below) can easily handle that, now you have
plenty of outlets to plug in your cell phones, ipads, androids
and other small electronics to get charge them up. Like
the orange T adapter, you can plug as many of these into
themselves as you desire to have all the outlets you want.
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Stanley Cord Max 15-Foot 3-Outlet Indoor Extension Cord, White
$8.97
This is cheaper at Walmart or Target, even Home
Depot or Lowes, but I use the heck out of these. They are
all you need for running electronics from an inverter.
This one is 15 foot, which is the size I usually get. They
also come in 6 and 9 foot at the stores. Want to
light a place up? I string a bunch of the 6 footers
together (with the ends tied together) and then I plug in LED
light bulbs (with an adapter) into the cord and I have an LED
light bulb ever 6 foot and you can string this up in a room off
the floor. Use this cable with one of the 2 prong adapters
above and you can run your laptop to any outlet you desire, if
15 feet is not enough, use 2. I use this in air ports when
I travel all the time. There is never an outlet
close enough.
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If I was in a country where it is legal to make moonshine
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