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Entries for the ‘Disaster Preparedness’ Category

Solar Panels: Top 5 things to check before you buy

Jun.07, 2011 in Disaster Preparedness, Energy Saving, Gadets & Tools, Solar Electricity, Solar Energy

I share the top five things that are good to know when buying your first solar panels – from my own experience of lurking to find the best deal over a few months

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WATTS the deal? Figuring out your home’s power usage

Oct.12, 2008 in Disaster Preparedness, Energy Saving, Energy Theories, Gadets & Tools

Simple ways of figuring out power (watts) / electricity usage for your home appliances and devices using the simple power formula trick

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Kill-a-Watt – Interesting energy gadget

Oct.11, 2008 in Disaster Preparedness, Energy Saving, Gadets & Tools

How to use the kill-a-watt energy measuring device to figure out electricity usage in your home or office.

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Blackout! The reason for this blog…

Oct.05, 2008 in Disaster Preparedness, Solar Electricity

Why this blog was born… why Typhoon Ike spurred me to look into independent power generation for future disasters

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