tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812565194883305916.post4471637934461156446..comments2024-03-11T05:18:42.782-05:00Comments on Cheap-Ass-Living: The List (part 2)Tex Dakotahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12305385304114703534noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812565194883305916.post-69406736655585043142013-01-21T12:50:26.288-06:002013-01-21T12:50:26.288-06:00Durn, forgot to mention an idea read on another bl...Durn, forgot to mention an idea read on another blog.<br /><br />Solar sidealk lights, those post thingies you stick in ground along your walk so you can see it at night. An idea was put out that removing the bulb changes the function to a solar battery charger.<br /><br />Be sure to select a model that has removeable batteries in the 1st place, some are built in and can't be removed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812565194883305916.post-82496430055725397382013-01-15T07:33:42.151-06:002013-01-15T07:33:42.151-06:00Also take a look at concrete block rocket stove de...Also take a look at concrete block rocket stove designs on the internet. Here is one from the Instructables:<br /><br />http://www.instructables.com/id/concrete-rocket-stove/<br /><br />Neat thing about them is they can be taken apart and thrown in the brush if you leave for long periods of time. Nothing to steal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-812565194883305916.post-29360799415792158472013-01-11T15:41:19.289-06:002013-01-11T15:41:19.289-06:00More good stuff Tex! Looking forward to installme...More good stuff Tex! Looking forward to installment #3.<br /><br />A note on the grill/camp stove/stove fuel sections. If not already familiar with them, people should do a quick google of "TLUD stoves". A TLUD (Top Lit Up Draft) stove can be built for next to nothing using scrap tin cans and a really good one can be built for a few bucks more. These things burn very cleanly and efficiently and can use just about any solid fuel including wood pellets, sticks and twigs, even dry leaves. A neat feature is that in addition to producing clean heat for cooking, they can also produce bio-char (charcoal) as a side product. I got my feet wet by building one using only a soda can and a soup can. Very instructive and even useful. Since then I've built a number of bigger ones and routinely use them for outdoor cooking. Haven't bought charcoal or propane (for cooking) in a couple years. The "soup and soda can" stove is described in this pdf:<br /><br />http://people.morrisville.edu/~ballarbd/Woodgas/WoodgasCampStove.pdf<br /><br />A thorough discussion of TLUD technology along with lots of links are included in this pdf:<br /><br />http://www.bioenergylists.org/files/TLUD%20Handbook%202010-02-21.pdfNicusnoreply@blogger.com