What I Learned From Helene • Hurricanes, Generators, & Content
Well this has been a strange month.
⏳ Timestamps ⌛
00:00 - Hurricane Helene
06:18 - Generators & Prepping
What I Have Learned
07:22 - Be Responsible.
10:29 - Basic Elements of Preparedness
11:47 - Generators
12:51 - Traditional vs Inverter Generators, & “Pure” Energy
14:50 - Benefits of Electric Generators
15:21 - Pros & Cons, Electric vs Gas Generators
16:28 - Redundancy Matters
17:05 - Generators Are Meant To Be Used
17:51 - Must Haves In A Solar Generator
19:00 - KiloWatts vs KiloWatt Hours (Output vs Battery Life)
19:41 - My Current Solar Generators And How I Used Them
21:55 - Don’t Buy At Full Price
22:49 - What I Would Do Differently, & What I Want Next
24:38 - Larger 240V Units & Home Backup Systems
25:23 - Watts, Amps, Volts
26:39 - Gas Generators
28:08 - Food
28:36 - Water
29:48 - Other Solar Brands
30:11 - DIY Solar & Backup System
31:05 - Content
⚡ Links ⚡
Good Channels That Cover Solar Generators And Beyond
The Solar Lab (Edutainment Style Solar Generator Reviews)
/ @thesolarlab
Jasonoid - Solar Power, Batteries, and More! (Some of the most in-depth solar generator reviews and tutorials around.)
/ @jasonoid
DIY Solar Power with Will Prowse (Some MORE of the most in-depth solar generator reviews and tutorials around, with tons of videos on DIY systems and other preparedness stuff as well.)
/ @willprowse
Everyday Solar (Solar Generators, Panels and Wiring, Backup systems, etc.)
/ @everydaysolar
HOBOTECH
/ @hobotech
JOHNNY'S WEEKENDS-Power Your World!
/ @johnnysweekends
City Prepping (Solar Generators, Prepping Tutorials, Ongoing News Coverage, etc.)
/ @cityprepping
Self Sufficient Me (Not mentioned in the video, but I love this dude’s videos on gardening lol.)
/ @selfsufficientme
Technology Connections (The only man capable of making drop cords interesting. More generally topic-adjacent edutainment videos anyway.)
Videos On Solar Panel Wiring
• Solar Panel Wiring Basics | Maximizing Eco...
• Series vs Parallel Solar Panel Wiring Basi...
• Series VS Parallel! A Beginner's Guide for...
How To Survive The First 90 Days After SHTF
• How To Survive The First 90 Days After SHTF
DIY All-in-one Solar Systems and EG4 (vids by Will Prowse)
• EG4 6000XP All-in-one Solar System: 6,000W...
• $749 EG4 All-in-one Solar System: 3000W In...
• New! EG4 PowerPro Budget Model: 14.3kWh Li...
• How to Build an EG4 30 kWh LiFePO4 Server ...
Some Comparison Videos
• Best Solar Generator for 2024 (The Ultimat...
• How to Pick the BEST Portable Power Statio...
• Top Portable Power Stations 2024 - (Ecoflo...
What Are Amps, Watts, Volts and Ohms?
https://science.howstuffworks.com/env...
Total Harmonic Distortion & Pure Sine Wave Inverters
https://www.setra.com/blog/what-is-to...
https://www.inverter.com/pure-sine-wa...
🎶🏅 Music Credits 🏅🎶
First track is of course “Wandering Flame”.
Second track is a remix of Besaid Island.
• Besaid (Final Fantasy X) - Extended Orches...
Final track is an unreleased song by yours truly. (Made in FL Studio, not no stinkin’ “AI”.) Been awhile since I dropped anything but I’ve got a load of tracks near the finish line and I’m definitely planning to release some soon after a channel split. Please be excite.