Winter storm & power outages, oh my!

[DoggyDaddy]

Just fired up the anthracite stove I installed this summer.

Screw cutting all that damn firewood. Screw messing with kero or gas.

I can get 40 pounds of these Dinosaur Turds for $13 and it lasts forever. And because it’s hard coal, it doesn’t smoke the neighbors.

Bonus is making the environmental ninny’s lie when they say that no one burns coal in Marion county anymore.

https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/premium-nut-coal-1100817?store=618&cid=Shopping-Google-Orgainc_Feed&utm_medium=Google&utm_source=Shopping&utm_campaign=&utm_content=Organic_Feed

When I was a kid, dad had a lot of friends that were greenhouse owners. Some of them had coal fired boilers to keep the greenhouses warm and he would occasionally get a small load of anthracite coal from them. It would be in decent sized chunks - maybe 8"-10", and we would burn it in our fireplace. Usually we'd have a regular wood fire but then add 2 or 3 chunks of the coal at night and it would burn all night long.

 

[rem788]

Give Indy Propane a call. I changed to them a year and a half ago and they have real time monitoring of my tank and fill it between 20-25%. Even have a budget plan but you have to wait until summer to sign up. You can tell them Ron Hamersley referred you...maybe I'll get a kickback!

Thanks. I have already started shopping around. I will give them a look.

 

[greg]

 

[greg]

When I was a kid, dad had a lot of friends that were greenhouse owners. Some of them had coal fired boilers to keep the greenhouses warm and he would occasionally get a small load of anthracite coal from them. It would be in decent sized chunks - maybe 8"-10", and we would burn it in our fireplace. Usually we'd have a regular wood fire but then add 2 or 3 chunks of the coal at night and it would burn all night long.

Some refer to that coal as “Premium Nut Coal” and some TSC carry it.

 

[BigMoose]

Some refer to that coal as “Premium Nut Coal” and some TSC carry it.

The one in franklin does

 

[TheGrumpyGuy]

The one in franklin does

Looks like the one in Greenfield does too

 

[ghuns]

Brrrr. -12° at the ranch this morning.

Even our cold/snow loving bernedoodle mutt wanted back inside immediately after doing his biddness.

 

[d.kaufman]

Vehicle definitely hasn't liked being started the last couple days

 

[ghuns]

Vehicle definitely hasn't liked being started the last couple days

It took the entire 20 mile drive to work this morning for my car's temp gauge to hit its normal reading. And that was driving in sport mode and starting out in a 40° garage.

 

[Cameramonkey]

It took the entire 20 mile drive to work this morning for my car's temp gauge to hit its normal reading. And that was driving in sport mode and starting out in a 40° garage.

No doubt. I let mine warm up a bit before departing. (I park outside and its -2 here)

It was blowing reasonably hot given the OAT. Got to the first stoplight and after 30 seconds of sitting, the air through the vents was barely lukewarm. Even though the temp gauge showed it was warmed up, there wasnt enough coolant flow to heat the air fully.

Once I accelerated it immediately returned to hot air.

 

[d.kaufman]

It took the entire 20 mile drive to work this morning for my car's temp gauge to hit its normal reading. And that was driving in sport mode and starting out in a 40° garage.

My drive to work is pretty short but even with letting it run while scraping the frost and driving in the needle barely made it off cold

 

[bwframe]

Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb issues executive order to expedite transportation of propane in the Hoosier State

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb has issued an executive order to help expedite the transportation of propane in the Hoosier State. The order, which was filed on Monday, will make drivers a…

fox59.com

 

[bwframe]

I have a 200 watt Renogy solar set-up on my cabin in Alaska. Plan on installing the same system on my house here in Indiana. It would be enough to run some led lights and charge phones. I would also use it to power my amateur radios.

My solar set up(just 2 100 watt panels connected to a couple of 31 batteries...batteries also act as backups for my diesel truck) is simply to run an inverter for the router, charge headlamps, phones, and a laptop. Generator for everything else(2 generators actually).

Honestly I need to get a 12V USB station, as almost everything I charge and use with that setup could still be used without the inverter and its fan wasting as much. Now that I thought of it....just ordered.
Amazon product ASIN B0BM3S5463

Assuming your battery storage is warm, how are the solar panels effected by extreme cold? Extended extreme cold?

 

[smokingman]

Assuming your battery storage is warm, how are the solar panels effected by extreme cold? Extended extreme cold?

Cold they seem perfectly fine with, the shorter days in the winter though do slow them down by up to 1/3 vs summer hours of sunshine. Also,you are correct my batteries are in the house and heated at the same temperature as my living room(high/low vented utility/pantry room).

 

[SnoopLoggyDog]

Cold they seem perfectly fine with, the shorter days in the winter though do slow them down by up to 1/3 vs summer hours of sunshine. Also,you are correct my batteries are in the house and heated at the same temperature as my living room.

That has our observation with solar panels as well. Our battery is under the cabin. As long as it is full of water and it is getting a little charge in the winter, it does fine. We also have the problem of the snow in Alaska covering the panels, when we are not up there.

 

[jamil]

That has our observation with solar panels as well. Our battery is under the cabin. As long as it is full of water and it is getting a little charge in the winter, it does fine. We also have the problem of the snow in Alaska covering the panels, when we are not up there.

Just curious. What's this?

 

[SnoopLoggyDog]

Just curious. What's this?

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Metal cat on a hot tin roof. Wife is a crazy cat hoarder.

 

[jamil]

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Metal cat on a hot tin roof. Wife is a crazy cat hoarder.

Oh. Such a difference the angle makes. lol.

 

[d.kaufman]

Figured I'd throw this here since it involves inclement weather

Subaru WRX Sliced In Half After Trying To Pass In Front Of Snow Plow

A Subaru WRX driver in New York learned a lesson about AWD the hard way and was lucky not to suffer any serious injuries. A snow plow sliced the car in half.

www.motor1.com

 

[SnoopLoggyDog]

Looks like we can expect an ice storm on Tuesday. Oh joy!