Living Off grid over a decade now. It's very empowering to have more control of your life! The local TSC in tiny small town sells propane. Many came to depend on it. Last winter machine pump went out took 3 MONTHS to get new pump installed....the wood stove advice is 2nd to water in terms of preps if you live in area that has true winter.
It can be a vulnerability, yes. I actually may be having an issue with mine right now. It is not connected to the internet but.......it does update from my phone via bluetooth when I come near it.
I am so glad that you are getting ready and you think you be safe with your family. But the reality is if our grid and government falls. Our own neighbors will be the one attacking us because hunger and sin will guide them to take away what we have. So protect your soul , that is the only thing you can get ready for.
Protecting your soul is number 1 for sure. Build community with your neighbors and offer them help in areas where they don't have skill. Work together.
My grandpa gave me excellent advice when I was a teenager,,,, FYI I'm 62 now.. Never buy anything on credit,,, Never rely on anyone or ANYTHING but you're self !!! Because of that advice,,, I own everything I have free and clear,,, I have NO debt,,, NO electric problems,, water problems,, OR gas problems !!! Wind solar rain harvesting and Bio gas,,,, OH and diesel everything,,, pyrolysis plastic !!! THANK YOU GRANDPA !!!!
I use to think those folks that move to the mountains, have food stored, and have their own power source are just nuts. As I got older and see what’s going on, I now understand why they do it. I now have solar/ battery backup and stored water at my home. It’s good to always be prepared for anything. Don’t get comfortable.
Correct, congress set aside billions (7.5) to build charging stations for EVs, and so far ZERO have been built. I live rural and we go through about 200gal of propane each year for our automatic transfer generator to deal with the outages. This year we added 6*355W panels and 10kw of batter to further layer in backup systems.
Yep. That 7.5 will probably be embezzled in some way so that none of the infrastructure ever materializes. Awesome that you are adding to your systems!
Eric, thanks so much for the information... more reasons to prepare for what's happening now... We've started to make lists of numbers, account info etc... Yesterday we picked up 2 more IBC toats- I found a guy selling them for $95 near us, and TSC and many others are selling them for $595 or higher. Yes these are good quality clean, etc... We've been paying off all debit to be able to upgrade the solar, and other systems here, enlarging our garden, building a larger Greenhouse, adding meat rabbits to the mix, etc... We added a freeze dryer almost 2 years ago now, and absolutely love it... While we did experience the power outtages with the great snowpalipse having -5° temps here for a week wasn't what this house and pipes were designed for... we faired well, as we turned off our water [the water companies pump died, so no water coming in] we had plentynof water for animals, and our needs, and we have 3 composting toilets as well. With our Woodburner we were nice and warm, and even helped our much older neighbors, who didn't have any propane or a way to heat their home, way to cook or the like. God impressed upon us several years ago to start prepping for the realities of today! We still have a long way to go, however, we take what we see we are lacking during one of these events and more on these areas and keep working towards these needs. Again my brother in Christ- thank you for sharing these things. Blessings ❤
Very good information. Even if you don’t consider yourself a prepper, you should still be prepared for emergencies. We live in Dixie Alley and therefore have tornados come through frequently. Losing power is never fun. Thanks for the video!
We've not had a power outage in 2 years. Nonetheless we got a generator as we are dependent on power for water from our well as well as heat. Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.
Same here, would never linc any of my critical systems to where they could be accessed. To many people willing to choose convince over safety..... Jeff
I started with one power station I now have 4 with two expandable battery's. Start small like he said a 163 attacks is insane. Gee you would almost think its on purpose. I purposely bought Pecron power stations because no app and no WiFi.
Great video again! There are so many ways that life can be turned upside down. The more that people can plan for long term sustainability, the better off they would be for the short term interruptions. I see a lot of people become mentally stuck because they think they need to find a final solution right up front. Preserving a years worth of food doesn’t happen in a weekend. But neither does building a back up power solution or creating a second water source. Everything can be scaled to increase you capabilities over time. Prioritizing needs to the essentials first. Start with ensuring medical needs are met. A basic power system to cover short term refrigeration, lights for security, communications, and water transfer and filtration would be early goals.
Thank you. Absolutely correct, everything can be scaled. Some people just get scared at the amount needed and never start. If they understood that you can slowly add over time, the task is not so daunting.
One nice thing about where I'm at, backup water is the creek just down the road a bit. As a backpacker, treating water to make it safe to drink is par for the course. Now, would I be approaching this aspect of being anti-fragile differently if I lived in Phoenix? Yes I would. But thankfully, one nice thing of my part of the PNW is ample rain feeding reliable year round creeks.
Have you done a video about printed resources/books you have for homesteading? I know I rely too much on online resources than I should. I’m still working on watching all of your older videos you made before I found your channel.
As an IT security professional, the less you connect to the internet the better. If you do want to use these creature comforts, invest in proper home routers with security updates.
This is why having a DR contingency plan and testing it multiple times a year is critical for hospitals, and many of them do not have one in place. Backups are great, until you have to use them and that's all you have.
If we have a major grid-down situation in a major city, it will turn into a crap show very quickly. People who live in apartments and "modern" subdivisions just don't have the capabilities needed to deal with a situation of any magnitude. Apartment dwellers can't have solar, can't have generators, and can't store firewood if they happen to have a fireplace. If they happen to have a south facing balcony, they can have a couple of solar panels and maybe a Bluetti to run some small appliances. I have no expectations of having enough solar to continue living like I do today. Any scenario that has the grid down for an extended time is going to get very ugly, very quickly, and I live 20 miles from 300,000 urban dwellers. We have enough solar panels to keep our freezers running. We have 2 Bluetti power stations. One large and one small. We have 2 gasoline generators. One is a Honda inverter. Very light and very quiet. The other is a Multiquip that is larger and heavy. We generally keep 20 gallons of gas. We have a fireplace and enough wood split to heat our home for 2 years. It won't keep the entire house toasty, but it does do a good job of heating the main living areas. We can run an electric blanket using the Bluettis. We have a year-round creek and a 2.5 acre pond on our farm. Water can be boiled, and fish can be eaten. We have 2 12v water pumps to move water into buckets for transport to the house. We have about 2 years worth of canned, freeze-dried, and frozen food on hand. As you said, you can't run out today and get this prepared. This level of preparedness takes years, unless you have unlimited funds, but you have to start somewhere.
what about the cerbo gx ? isnt that a vulnerability in the solar system ? can the solar system be rendered useless through a malware in the internet connected cerbo-gx device ?
The issue comes up with the firmware updates. My Cerbo actually recently stopped reading battery SOC. This caused the inverters to shut down thinking my batteries were too low. I had to do a firmware update with my phone via bluetooth to get it up and running again. There is too much "computer" programming built in nowadays....not just simple electronics.
It is a separate grid. Texas is no less vulnerable than anywhere else. The cyber and physical attacks on the grid and water were in other places around the country.
So what are you saying here, if our own government says we were attacked by hostile foreign government, it was actually them who did it? And they are pinning it on these other government because why?
Don't you think you're such a clever monkey. Your EV won't work nor will your solar system if they have chips in them or have to be updated EVER.@@tbone9405
Takes money and lots of it to be prepared for all scenarios. Home on it's own land for starters. Further from town the better. Solar panels and batteries are not cheap. Access to water is a must. Wood stove or fireplace is a big plus. An area to grow vegetables, chickens for meat and eggs. Huge investment that most people can't afford. I still paying on a Bluetti solar generator with 6 kilowatts of storage. 4 grand right there. Poof! This ain't counting the windup radios, CB radio, mini solar generators, 4patriots emergency food kits, bug out bags, water distiller, water storage. I am more prepared than most in my town and I know I am not fully prepared let alone self sustaining. Plus I am over 60 years old. 🫤🫡 Hopefully within a year or 2 we can sell our urban house and find a place in the country we can afford. After we get all set up and prepared for the worst, I probably have a heart attack and die. 😂
The Chinese do work to incorporate a back door into their electronics but they are limited by tech companies’ own red teaming employed to protect brand integrity. Also, frankly, the Chinese work at a strategic level and they don’t need your phone (for example) if they can steal millions of call data records, US tax and personnel records, 23andMe genealogy records, etc. In this instance, the Chinese are into our utility SCADA and overhead communication systems and can turn off regions rather than individuals, which best meets their strategic requirements. That ain’t great for us overall, but it does mean that these small scale energy production systems are actually quite valuable for resiliency even in a global crisis.
After working for the power company as an electrical engineer for 26 years I have a couple of comments based on my experience. For one thing the "power grid" is never "upgraded". Each utility is continuously upgrading and replacing defective equipment as well as making improvements on their portion of the grid as needed. Also it is not possible to take down the "grid" with a cyber attack. Electrical equipment in the power companies does not function through the internet. Yes I believe we are headed for extended blackouts and perhaps total loss of power because that is part of the agenda that I can not talk about without getting this comment deleted.
It has been the youtube algorithms that have deleted my comments in the past when ever I mention certain words. I will add another comment with some detail and see if it gets through. @@CountryLivingExperience
The agenda I am referring to is from the world economic form and the united nations. Every detail of what they are planning was written in the agenda 21 document and subsequent related documents. It was a very large document and I don't think it is easy to find now. They have since came out with agenda 2030. All of the things happening that seem crazy and random are related and move us closer to their plan for humanity. I am fairly sure that if I give references this comment will be deleted but I will attempt to give a site that has all the references you will need. in the next reply.
Great ideas! (NERC is also associated with FERC. This is the government agency that regulates the interstate transmission of electricity and other energy commodities. They are usually pronounced like "Nirk & Firk")
Living Off grid over a decade now. It's very empowering to have more control of your life! The local TSC in tiny small town sells propane. Many came to depend on it. Last winter machine pump went out took 3 MONTHS to get new pump installed....the wood stove advice is 2nd to water in terms of preps if you live in area that has true winter.
It can be a vulnerability, yes. I actually may be having an issue with mine right now. It is not connected to the internet but.......it does update from my phone via bluetooth when I come near it.
I am so glad that you are getting ready and you think you be safe with your family. But the reality is if our grid and government falls. Our own neighbors will be the one attacking us because hunger and sin will guide them to take away what we have. So protect your soul , that is the only thing you can get ready for.
That is the number one prep. I don't see our creator healing this land it requires repentance which requires a behavior change.
Protecting your soul is number 1 for sure. Build community with your neighbors and offer them help in areas where they don't have skill. Work together.
Great advice everyone needs! Grid WILL go down, it's not a question of if, it's WHEN!
My grandpa gave me excellent advice when I was a teenager,,,, FYI I'm 62 now..
Never buy anything on credit,,,
Never rely on anyone or ANYTHING but you're self !!!
Because of that advice,,, I own everything I have free and clear,,, I have NO debt,,, NO electric problems,, water problems,, OR gas problems !!!
Wind solar rain harvesting and Bio gas,,,, OH and diesel everything,,, pyrolysis plastic !!!
THANK YOU GRANDPA !!!!
Grandpa sounds like he was a very smart guy.
@@CountryLivingExperience living through the depression will do that to a family !!!
I use to think those folks that move to the mountains, have food stored, and have their own power source are just nuts. As I got older and see what’s going on, I now understand why they do it. I now have solar/ battery backup and stored water at my home. It’s good to always be prepared for anything. Don’t get comfortable.
There is a great book that really opened my eyes to our power grid, Lights Out by Ted Koppel.
Thank you for making your videos. As a Christian, I appreciate all your witnessing.and value your tips on homesteading.
Amen
Correct, congress set aside billions (7.5) to build charging stations for EVs, and so far ZERO have been built.
I live rural and we go through about 200gal of propane each year for our automatic transfer generator to deal with the outages. This year we added 6*355W panels and 10kw of batter to further layer in backup systems.
Yep. That 7.5 will probably be embezzled in some way so that none of the infrastructure ever materializes.
Awesome that you are adding to your systems!
Eric, thanks so much for the information... more reasons to prepare for what's happening now...
We've started to make lists of numbers, account info etc...
Yesterday we picked up 2 more IBC toats- I found a guy selling them for $95 near us, and TSC and many others are selling them for $595 or higher. Yes these are good quality clean, etc...
We've been paying off all debit to be able to upgrade the solar, and other systems here, enlarging our garden, building a larger Greenhouse, adding meat rabbits to the mix, etc...
We added a freeze dryer almost 2 years ago now, and absolutely love it...
While we did experience the power outtages with the great snowpalipse having -5° temps here for a week wasn't what this house and pipes were designed for... we faired well, as we turned off our water [the water companies pump died, so no water coming in] we had plentynof water for animals, and our needs, and we have 3 composting toilets as well. With our Woodburner we were nice and warm, and even helped our much older neighbors, who didn't have any propane or a way to heat their home, way to cook or the like.
God impressed upon us several years ago to start prepping for the realities of today!
We still have a long way to go, however, we take what we see we are lacking during one of these events and more on these areas and keep working towards these needs.
Again my brother in Christ- thank you for sharing these things.
Blessings ❤
So glad y'all listened to the Lord's leading. It is very nice to be prepared in order to help out friends and neighbors.
Very good information. Even if you don’t consider yourself a prepper, you should still be prepared for emergencies. We live in Dixie Alley and therefore have tornados come through frequently. Losing power is never fun. Thanks for the video!
We've not had a power outage in 2 years. Nonetheless we got a generator as we are dependent on power for water from our well as well as heat. Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.
Good advice on cheap solar!👍🏽 We don't need as much energy as we think to survive.
Very sound advice. Start small. With vital systems
Water
Heating/ cooking
Food
Electric
Emergency bug out bag/s
Thanks
It is probably wise that your local water situation is now set up with a generator. With power challenges few people think about water or sewage.
For sure.
Same here, would never linc any of my critical systems to where they could be accessed. To many people willing to choose convince over safety..... Jeff
Thank you
I started with one power station I now have 4 with two expandable battery's. Start small like he said a 163 attacks is insane. Gee you would almost think its on purpose. I purposely bought Pecron power stations because no app and no WiFi.
Great video again! There are so many ways that life can be turned upside down. The more that people can plan for long term sustainability, the better off they would be for the short term interruptions. I see a lot of people become mentally stuck because they think they need to find a final solution right up front. Preserving a years worth of food doesn’t happen in a weekend. But neither does building a back up power solution or creating a second water source. Everything can be scaled to increase you capabilities over time. Prioritizing needs to the essentials first. Start with ensuring medical needs are met. A basic power system to cover short term refrigeration, lights for security, communications, and water transfer and filtration would be early goals.
Thank you.
Absolutely correct, everything can be scaled. Some people just get scared at the amount needed and never start. If they understood that you can slowly add over time, the task is not so daunting.
Being a 'luddite' will come in handy for me. Good luck to the rest of you.
One nice thing about where I'm at, backup water is the creek just down the road a bit. As a backpacker, treating water to make it safe to drink is par for the course. Now, would I be approaching this aspect of being anti-fragile differently if I lived in Phoenix? Yes I would. But thankfully, one nice thing of my part of the PNW is ample rain feeding reliable year round creeks.
That is surely a nice part of PNW.
Yeah the price keeps going up and depleting our savings in order for us to survive.
Have you done a video about printed resources/books you have for homesteading? I know I rely too much on online resources than I should. I’m still working on watching all of your older videos you made before I found your channel.
Good point! I have not done that yet. I'll put it on the list of vids to make.
As an IT security professional, the less you connect to the internet the better. If you do want to use these creature comforts, invest in proper home routers with security updates.
Absolutely
This is why having a DR contingency plan and testing it multiple times a year is critical for hospitals, and many of them do not have one in place. Backups are great, until you have to use them and that's all you have.
Absolutely
Very true united states' is on the edge of collapsing so much going on the power outage starting a chain reaction with food and everything God bless
Preparation is good no matter what happens.
If we have a major grid-down situation in a major city, it will turn into a crap show very quickly. People who live in apartments and "modern" subdivisions just don't have the capabilities needed to deal with a situation of any magnitude. Apartment dwellers can't have solar, can't have generators, and can't store firewood if they happen to have a fireplace. If they happen to have a south facing balcony, they can have a couple of solar panels and maybe a Bluetti to run some small appliances.
I have no expectations of having enough solar to continue living like I do today. Any scenario that has the grid down for an extended time is going to get very ugly, very quickly, and I live 20 miles from 300,000 urban dwellers.
We have enough solar panels to keep our freezers running.
We have 2 Bluetti power stations. One large and one small.
We have 2 gasoline generators. One is a Honda inverter. Very light and very quiet. The other is a Multiquip that is larger and heavy. We generally keep 20 gallons of gas.
We have a fireplace and enough wood split to heat our home for 2 years. It won't keep the entire house toasty, but it does do a good job of heating the main living areas.
We can run an electric blanket using the Bluettis.
We have a year-round creek and a 2.5 acre pond on our farm. Water can be boiled, and fish can be eaten. We have 2 12v water pumps to move water into buckets for transport to the house.
We have about 2 years worth of canned, freeze-dried, and frozen food on hand.
As you said, you can't run out today and get this prepared. This level of preparedness takes years, unless you have unlimited funds, but you have to start somewhere.
Glad you have been preparing. It certainly takes some time.
what about the cerbo gx ? isnt that a vulnerability in the solar system ? can the solar system be rendered useless through a malware in the internet connected cerbo-gx device ?
Though it is connected to the internet, it does not need to be to do its function. In reality it is not even needed for a basic system.
The issue comes up with the firmware updates. My Cerbo actually recently stopped reading battery SOC. This caused the inverters to shut down thinking my batteries were too low. I had to do a firmware update with my phone via bluetooth to get it up and running again. There is too much "computer" programming built in nowadays....not just simple electronics.
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Key word Forever.
Amen
Is it true that most of Texas is on a separated power grid from the rest of US? Is that why Texas was so vulnerable?
It is a separate grid. Texas is no less vulnerable than anywhere else. The cyber and physical attacks on the grid and water were in other places around the country.
Until CNN, NBC, CBS, And All the rest are saying this my family will say not to day! 😮
That's sad.
Need to be mindful that even the solar equipment is made in China and if it connected to the internet it could be vulnerable as well.
There are plenty of European made solar equipment options
It doesn't matter where things are made. Everything is vulnerable to hack, emp, surge, pick your poison 😂
“Iran hackers” means your own government. Same goes for “Russian hackers”
So what are you saying here, if our own government says we were attacked by hostile foreign government, it was actually them who did it? And they are pinning it on these other government because why?
Good thing they are MANDATING the sale of EVs. They'll sure come in handy (as lawn ornaments) when the grid is down.
Lol. Yep.
lol, what do you thinks gas pumps run off of?
My EV charges fine from solar, can you make gasoline from solar?
I can always siphon the gas or pump it by hand while it is fresh or switch to diesel vehicles since diesel doesn't seem to go bad.@@tbone9405
Don't you think you're such a clever monkey. Your EV won't work nor will your solar system if they have chips in them or have to be updated EVER.@@tbone9405
The end of times is on our heals, we need to be prepared!
Amen
Takes money and lots of it to be prepared for all scenarios. Home on it's own land for starters. Further from town the better. Solar panels and batteries are not cheap. Access to water is a must. Wood stove or fireplace is a big plus. An area to grow vegetables, chickens for meat and eggs. Huge investment that most people can't afford. I still paying on a Bluetti solar generator with 6 kilowatts of storage. 4 grand right there. Poof! This ain't counting the windup radios, CB radio, mini solar generators, 4patriots emergency food kits, bug out bags, water distiller, water storage. I am more prepared than most in my town and I know I am not fully prepared let alone self sustaining. Plus I am over 60 years old. 🫤🫡 Hopefully within a year or 2 we can sell our urban house and find a place in the country we can afford. After we get all set up and prepared for the worst, I probably have a heart attack and die. 😂
It does take money and resources for sure.
"I got more here" facepalm. population is increasing, more energy used, less produced. win win there for sure. rolls eyes.
Chinese probaby have a kill switch in all these inverters big and small. Just sayin
Wild conspiracy, no evidence, just sayin'
Maybe, maybe not but that makes adding redundant systems important. Non-tech redundancy is crucial.
The Chinese do work to incorporate a back door into their electronics but they are limited by tech companies’ own red teaming employed to protect brand integrity. Also, frankly, the Chinese work at a strategic level and they don’t need your phone (for example) if they can steal millions of call data records, US tax and personnel records, 23andMe genealogy records, etc. In this instance, the Chinese are into our utility SCADA and overhead communication systems and can turn off regions rather than individuals, which best meets their strategic requirements. That ain’t great for us overall, but it does mean that these small scale energy production systems are actually quite valuable for resiliency even in a global crisis.
Go buy a new ev and plug it in and sit in the dark!
With some EV vehicles you can actually use the vehicle's battery as a back-up source and you know turn on the lights.
Oh, it'll happen. They create the problem of their solution. It's the technocratic way!
True
After working for the power company as an electrical engineer for 26 years I have a couple of comments based on my experience. For one thing the "power grid" is never "upgraded". Each utility is continuously upgrading and replacing defective equipment as well as making improvements on their portion of the grid as needed. Also it is not possible to take down the "grid" with a cyber attack. Electrical equipment in the power companies does not function through the internet. Yes I believe we are headed for extended blackouts and perhaps total loss of power because that is part of the agenda that I can not talk about without getting this comment deleted.
Thank you for chiming in. I won't delete your comment if you would like to talk about that agenda.
It has been the youtube algorithms that have deleted my comments in the past when ever I mention certain words. I will add another comment with some detail and see if it gets through.
@@CountryLivingExperience
The agenda I am referring to is from the world economic form and the united nations. Every detail of what they are planning was written in the agenda 21 document and subsequent related documents. It was a very large document and I don't think it is easy to find now. They have since came out with agenda 2030. All of the things happening that seem crazy and random are related and move us closer to their plan for humanity. I am fairly sure that if I give references this comment will be deleted but I will attempt to give a site that has all the references you will need. in the next reply.
Sorry the ref I gave has already been deleted.
@@dubrd5926 That's crazy
Not cool at all!
Great ideas! (NERC is also associated with FERC. This is the government agency that regulates the interstate transmission of electricity and other energy commodities. They are usually pronounced like "Nirk & Firk")
Thanks