Re: [Swlfest] Emergency Power

2018-03-11 Thread John H. Carver Jr.
*Ed, I use the simple poor man's method of making Faraday cages. A dead microwave oven is one and the other is a metal garbage can lined with foam, a tight lid and metal tape around the joint when the lid is in place. Both were hauled into town and a friend who is cellphone crazy helped

Re: [Swlfest] Emergency Power

2018-03-11 Thread ggjn
] Emergency Power Eric's seminar suggestion is a good one. Related is surge suppression; a discussion of whole house (shack) surge suppression would also be very useful. Ron -- Ron Hunsicker 1238 Cleveland Avenue Wyomissing, PA 19610-2102 610-478-0371 ronhunsi at ptd dot net "Democracy

[Swlfest] Emergency Power

2018-03-11 Thread Ron Hunsicker
Eric's seminar suggestion is a good one.  Related is surge suppression; a discussion of whole house (shack) surge suppression would also be very useful. Ron -- Ron Hunsicker 1238 Cleveland Avenue Wyomissing, PA 19610-2102 610-478-0371 ronhunsi at ptd dot net "Democracy dies in darkness"

[Swlfest] Emergency Power and Lighting

2018-03-11 Thread Eric A. Cottrell
Hello, The last Fest caused me to focus more on Emergency Power. The recent storms continue to cause Power Outages. Maybe portable power will be the subject of a talk next year? My past focus was more toward operating radios disconnected from the AC mains. I have a couple of flashlights at