First Winter Power Outage 2014

Hey guys, we lost our power during some high winds. Here is some of what we did during that time. Thanks for watching, and God bless.
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[@angelinthedark5]

Your a great dad and husband, I think its wonderful that you have the knowledge to keep the house up and running and comfortable for your family during that situation. God Bless

[@shawhit3462]

That was fun! It is like camping out without the being in the woods part....Loved the rainbow. I really love that you care about your family and have learned to be prepared. You are a great example of how to be prepared to nurture, shelter, protect, validate, affirm, love and cherish your household with provision in any situation. Keep teaching other households how to do it!

[@brendahere]

That porch is a real blessing to your family. It was a great idea to add on.

[@TheEmptynester]

That was a great video. So sorry, help never arrived, But thanks for reminding me to buy candles. LOL. That came in handy when we has an ice storm a few years ago.

[@hysusfed007]

all your video's are great thank you so much.

[@thefeistyone7178]

The double rainbow was stunning. Appreciate your humor as well. (:

[@songbird7777777]

Thanks, John!

[@JohnSolar283]

Good run John. Nice it really never phased the kids.

[@hk45shooter]

Good vid. Reminds me that I need to get more prepared. Thanks for sharing, take care.

[@elliottstreamliner]

I don't know how I found your channel but it's great. Nice to see people put some humor into their vids when talking about preparedness topics.

[@RYEINDUSTRIAL]

thanks for posting the video. practice makes perfect.

[@kctelli1]

i love your sense of humor!

[@buddylight2191]

When I bought this house for the first two years we continuously lost power for various lengths of time. SO I went and bought two generators. Since I bought the generators we hardly ever loose power, but when we do fire the generators up the power comes right back on as soon as there running.

[@rivergal47]

Thank you! Informative and entertaining as usual.

[@denmason]

Love your videos. Keep up the good work.

[@bamamubs4723]

jnull0, this video is one of your best!!!

[@grms45]

you seem to be a very nice guy. I wish you guys well and hope you get everything fixed up the way you want it. GOD Bless

[@628DirtRooster]

Power outages makes it like camping.

[@dwightmorris1024]

Thanks for the video. I guess the coffee was not up to snuff ?

[@JustinCaseSolarPower]

LOL i had a great laugh. redcross lol butane blow torch. Always good to have a plan. thx J :)

[@sssshhhh101]

I'm sure glad your power outage was of minor consequence for you and your family. It looks like it was a good test of the systems you'll use when and if. I've been urging family to have a "power outage weekend." That'd be where they go through the weekend without utilities.. Just to see how well they really are prepared. I think all preppers should do it from time to time just so they know what they should do, and maybe even find a weakness in their preps. Thanks for the video. Peace.

[@RPMIDAHO]

i am glad i subd your channel recently i enjoyed the vid it was entertaining and gave me a lot of info to consider in my home i live in a area that has many power outages in the winter time we live in an open area in the mountains and get tons of snow and wind so i am trying to be better prepared thanks for the vid

[@acscolo]

I have a Subaru engine on my tiller. I like Subaru engines. Also this power outage is a good live test for your prepping systems.

[@bearzhere]

Always something to learn! I am curious what you can run off your generator vs how much gas you use. We had no power for 4 hours 2 days in a row due to elec co working on lines. No problem if you are prepared! Thanks for sharing Lil Bro! HUGZ

[@buzzsah]

A good time to test and iron out the wrinkles in the system.

[@pammiedoodle8693]

OMG, I laughed so hard when you mentioned waiting for Obummer! I'm sure he was about to roll into town when the power came back on, so he just turned around and went back home.

[@radicaldanzero]

Yeah, you could build a charcoal gasifier and hook right up to that generator. :)

[@TessCooks4u]

John, great video. Looking at a generator BM 10000 from Sams for 800. Not too bad. What do you think? Not educated on generators. What extension cords do you recommend? Your input is greatly appreciated.

[@jnull0]

Hey Tess, I am not a generatorologist either..lol. It has been my experience that items like that sold at Sam's are usually good quality items, so if your gut instinct is good I say go for it. The cords I use are called 12/2 with a ground for most household items, and 10/2 with a ground for things that use a lot of power. Larger cables helps keeps things from over heating. Hope this helps. J

[@AnnBearForFreedom]

jnull0 a 12/2 cord with a ground is also (perhaps more recognizably) called a 12/3 cord. Ditto, 10/2 and 10/3. Gauge/number of wires, is how that works. Its a shame Mr. O didn't show up....although I rather suspect you woulda crapped your shorts if he had, LOL. Glad your first power outage of the season was only just a shakedown outage and not a huge problem. Prep on!

[@TessCooks4u]

John, Thanks, yes that helps a lot. Not sure where you are located but we are in Central PA and I have a feeling (not good) that we are in for a challenging winter. We have 3 (300 gallon aquariums - our babies and love) plus refrig and freezer. Want to be prepared. Gping to Lowes to check out the cords. I also believe I will invest in the generator......will tap us but think it is worth it. Luv your vids. You talk the talk and walk the walk. Most don't. Luv.....

[@themightyparthos]

Jnull is correct, the longer the cord and the thinner the wire will heat up quicker. Keep the cords just long enough to do the job with little excess and use industrial cords is what i do. As far as the generators go, just do a web search for customer reviews (such as on amazon or ebay) for any news on the particular model you are looking for. Figure in all you will "need" to power in the way of wattage and go over that. Or if you have the "disposable" income, go nuts and buy a 12000 watt power station. lol

[@davidjones1393]

GREAT JOB

[@ppger44]

Its amazing to think that when power goes out from the grid, you could walk out of the house and see that nothing changes for the livestock. You still have wood collected for cooking and heating the house. The electronic age we are in is BS! Just read a book during these so-called emergencies. I like that you have a solar setup though to keep the kids happy playing internet games. Do you home school your kids?

[@WillowsGarden]

Lol, just wanted to let you know that if you don't live next to a golf course, you haven't got a prayer for the Prez showing up! Take care and God Bless!

[@RomoJack]

Gosh you need to get that battery sorted out. Glad you're okay and it was nice to see preparedness working in the real world.

[@normancrown9965]

When is a prepper always a prepper !!

[@MouseToes]

Do not drink anything watching this video or it may come out of your nose. Excellent video.

[@thebernieoshow1152]

Ha ha - great video John -

[@shericurry4226]

How could someone not like free information?

[@KatahadinKookingMamaHomestead]

John just love this vd.This will show others what to do in a shtf situation.Two thumbs up to you.Your just a dude.But you got your head on straight.Lol at the president will show up or red cross.That was to funny .hope all is well with you and your fam

[@IllumTheMessage]

Whew..... thought for a few seconds there you forgot to put your arms up. You did it though. Disaster avoided.... (take care buddy).

[@jackfoo2]

you can revitlise a deep cycle or car battier by over charging it. you tube had videos on doing it it is worth a try considering the cost of new

[@geraldb4201]

we lost our power up here in central maine last weekend we had a good snowstorm dumped a foot of snow in our area put the power out on sunday afternoon and it stayed out till tuesday afternoon sure glad we have a woodstove to heat the house along with oil lamps and battery powered radio the only thing that sucks is lugging water need a bigger generator to run the well pump ours runs on 220 volt and the generator isent big enough for that but it will run the fridge and the freezer and most everything we really need but i only like to run it a few hrs at a time like cycle it on for a few hrs and off a few hrs really saves on the gas it uses with cycleing it i can get a full tank of gas go use for 3 days or running it non stop about 14 hrs

[@409mark]

being a man of a little extra girth myself l wasn't to happy to see you running l felt your pain dude

[@BittyBooBrown]

I just can't believe Obummer didn't show up or fema LMAO. Glad yall were well equipt brother God Bless!

[@PopleBackyardFarm]

neat rainbow

[@RCvolunteer1978]

it is 72 hours for the Red Cross to get started

[@buddylight2191]

I have two generators so I always have a back up.

[@DoesEqualityExist]

That is a damn nice shirt.

[@joecoool100]

You could rob a car battery out of one of your vehicles in a pinch......also you should build a "hush box" around your generator to keep some of the noise down....just thinking

[@Sergejoncas]

for me in a week 30 hours no power and 2 feet of snow we made it thanks for sharing

[@Dstuff44Duval904]

That generator is pretty loud.

[@sherryb1159]

are you in the ozarks im near jeffs place charles edward

[@OldProudVeteran]

Glad you where able to make it through without the red Cross. I am sure if it went one more day you would have gotten your ham sandwich. LOL Thanks for sharing, Amazon has some really good cords, and power strips that are heavy duty, and for use with generators. Stay safe, prepare, god Bless

[@DuWayneOdom]

What kind of boots were you wearing during the last sitdown portion of the video?

[@fattymoko]

in metros we prepare for outages by changing out batteries every year but we also have our outdoor charcoal and wood grills (large and small), lanterns, and small butane stoves for indoor cooking. Each butane cartridge lasts about 4 hours, enough to cook entire meals and heat up water for coffee and tea so you can cook for all your needs on less than $2.00 a day. It's not free fuel of course but it certainly is handy especially when the weather outside is terrible. Of course we have water, food and paper supplies to last us weeks. And, our NOAH weather services warns us of impending storms days in advance. One thing that I do keep with fresh batteries all year round are AC/DC powered fans. During our tropical storms it can get muggy and hot and then come the mosquitos! So we always keep mosquito/insect punks and citronella candles and the fans at the ready for whenever the wind dies down. Our power outages have never lasted more than a day and a night with the usual ones lasting about 4-6 hours. As soon as the power goes out, we head for the shower because we're on an electric grid, hot water goes bye bye within a few hours. Luckily at work, we're on gas so sometimes during storms we just wait it out at work! I like that we both pretty much head for our grills when we have to cook during power outages. We grill several times a month even when we don't need to because it makes the food "holy crap" good. It's nice to see that you've taught your brood not to panic during power outages because storms are nothing to fear for the well prepared! Talk about all the creature comforts at home! You really do prep well. Great job! Your family is very fortunate!

[@DeanO]

un-plugged is a good thing. Great to see your system

[@clmierau]

I'm sure that the power came back on because Barry heard that you were in trouble. I sure that's the reason.

[@kittensugars]

LOL. You will be fine...better off than most. I think maybe for a future project; consider security for your generator and well and garden..... Speaking strictly SHTF scenario, I mean. You have dogs, guns, and booby traps? :D This was funny, AND educational, thanks!

[@IllumTheMessage]

I was without power for 48 hours from hurricane sandy. Great learning experience. I learned that even if I have natural gas it doesn't help the heat situation because my furnace requires electricity. So I suggest having a couple backups. A propane one and a kerosene one. Both are not much money. I use my kerosene heater when it get's real cold now just to make sure it is still in good working condition and my fuel is good. Other than that the rest of my preps worked great. BTW a head lamp seemed silly but was extremely useful.

[@morningmayan]

Stay warm!

[@denasewell]

love this guy!Great to see you Linda!Hope all is well !

[@DriveShaftDrew]

dont know if this will help but were in canada codes may be different from area to area but a good rule of thumb that ive always went by when it comes to wire sizeing seeing others need to know and i may be wrong is: 14 gauge good for 15 amps up to 50 ft then need to size up to 12 gauge good for 20 amps so depending on the distance of the run will depend on the wire size need to keep your amperage if you size up every say 50 ft you wiill get full amperage at the other end of your wire so 14 gauge 15 amps /12 gauge 20 amps /10 gauge 30 amps 8 gauge 40 amps 6 gauge 50 amps 4 gauge 60 amps 2 gauge 80 amps 1/0 gauge 100 amps 2/0 gauge 200 amps hope this helps some one figure out what you need for wire sizes good luck all and just tryying to help do not take reponsibility for any mistakes made by my self or others just trying to share what i know works for me here in canada also john you could set up a main off grid power panel near ur generator so just filp a switch and house gos from hydro to backup power no needs to worry about which cord will power what just unplug what you dont need powered good luck

[@Sheila6325]

Wow! That's a great way to calculate it. I always seem to get frustrated when it comes to this, and I have no idea why. I just purchased this monster of a cord, for a weed eater, and I swear I could light up Washington DC with the thing, and it's so heavy, that I can hardly lift it. Actually my sons girlfriend picked it up for me, but I told her to make sure it's right for the weed eater, and she spent over $55 for it!!!! Never would I do that. This tip is going to not only save me money in the future, but my back too, from future oversized cords too. Thank you so much.

[@DriveShaftDrew]

Sheila6325 glad it helps out

[@Andrew82688]

Double rainbow omg omg omg it's a double rainbow. It's do beautiful!!! Anybody else remember that video from a few years ago?

[@buddylight2191]

How many watts is your generator? Edit never mind I seen it now.

[@thefaeryman]

you could use the 220 ac plug on the generator to feed your main panel. turn off the street main, and breakers that you don't need to power and there is more safety. install a 50 amp outdoor outlet box and 6/3 with ground cable back to panel with a 50 or 60 amp breaker. then you just need a cord from gen to outlet. another way is to have an off grid subpanel that all the important circuits go to. that way down the road when you have more off grid power, it can be run off grid and the rest on grid like dryer and hot water or sauna. but the outlet to the main panel is the easiest thing to do and it's a safe way to run what you need.

[@SiCkDiAbLo]

Did Obomo ever show up??

[@thesaltinusall2]

Lol

[@swampratman2000]

i was praying FEMA would show up you were looking famished

[@normancrown9965]

I would like to know what state you live in

[@aries37]

I see 3 that rainbow may be a triple

[@Harley13411]

Hey John, did you splice your wires on your eep lights? i have the same system and wish the wires were longer.

[@jnull0]

I have not made them longer yet. I agree they need to be a little longer, if I was going to splice I would use some 10 gauge speaker wire since the system is not pumping alot of power for led lights. Thanks for watching bro. J

[@Harley13411]

Thank you.

[@OurBucketListHasHoles]

Thanks I needed that laugh 😉

[@Steelslinger]

I would have gone to the neighbor and got some of that gold in pot at the end of the rainbow. As for the prez, you were third on the list. The list goes golf, fundraising, everything else. Sometimes he shakes it up fundraising, golf, everything else. Sadly he seldom gets beyond #2 on his do list.

[@normancrown9965]

Follow the rainbow to next door find the pot of gold

[@radicaldanzero]

Hey man, I know you are friends with me and my wife on facebook. Look at my videos on running my 4kw generator on charcoal. It isn't very expensive and you never need gasoline. Keep safe and warm.

[@themightyparthos]

My thoughts and prayers are with you and yours through your ordeal. I hope the president will send the help that you desperately need! LOL, now that i got the BS out of the way.. French press is what i use daily, the wife has a keurig, but my press makes superior coffee. Sometimes getting back to basic is better than some of the modern crap we have. Well wishes from the west coast as you deal with what would be a Kalifornia bugout.

[@TheModernOffGriders]

OMG don't panic we are sending everyone well almost everyone there crying to much because they lost the elections SO HANG IN THERE BUDDY

[@chris6833]

Dude, you need to call him on your Obama-phone...it's like the equivalent of the bat phone. LOL

[@ImASurvivorNThriver]

Glad ya'll made through fine. :-) Whaaaat??? FEMA didn't help you guys out??? I am shocked! NOT!!!!!! LOL

[@sweetheartsmom]

John, stupid question but are you teaching your children how to wire a solar system, cook outside, start fires, raise and butcher livestock?

[@jnull0]

I haven't taught them about the actual wiring of the batteries and panels yet, but yes to everything else. We try to keep our place going as a family unit. Our saying is "everyone in the family takes care of everyone in the family". J

[@sweetheartsmom]

good for you!

[@Woodsygirl62]

PSA!! PSA!! Barry is MIA.. heard he went to a new golf course in Venezuela... he didn't do an air drop?? Booger. LOL

[@stevenhall9349]

Cottenballs and vaseline works real good

[@westgl2006]

Dont get rid of that dead Battery, you can Re-NEW it and it will work for a long time. you have to pour out the acid into a pail, then use water and baking soda to to clean the inside of the battery, dump that and use/fill with a mixture of Alum (Note: Alum is a pickling spice & Non Toxic) and distilled water. Link search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=AwrTHROkzX1UxV0AGZNXNyoA;_ylc=X1MDMjc2NjY3OQRfcgMyBGZyA2Noci1ncmVlbnRyZWVfZmYEZ3ByaWQDVEJ4MHVBZkpUTXVJLnJWQWxiVGluQQRuX3JzbHQDMARuX3N1Z2cDNARvcmlnaW4Dc2VhcmNoLnlhaG9vLmNvbQRwb3MDMARwcXN0cgMEcHFzdHJsAwRxc3RybAMzMQRxdWVyeQNjb252ZXJ0IGJhdHRlcnkgdG8gYWx1bSB5b3V0dWJlBHRfc3RtcAMxNDE3NTMwODY2?p=convert+battery+to+alum+youtube&fr2=sb-top-search&fr=chr-greentree_ff

[@planters55]

Well the big man will not come over now with your lunch meat sammy .that'LOLs your luck !.

[@veldasanders-snyder8906]

Arkansas Flood 2007 Red Cross put my Daughter at a summer camp with No Food No Water and Never Came Back to ck on her at all. Thank Goodness I had friends in town to help her. Cause we where flooded in and could not get out. So thankful for stocking and storing. Also Our oldest daughter and husband and 2 grandsons where stranded and needed fund thank goodness for a pastor that helped them because we are still waiting for Red Cross 1987. Do not like Red Cross!

[@valeriewolfset214]

J, it's now Nov 25th 2017, did President Obama (I think he's out of office now) come by with Red Cross and FEMA with blankets, ham sandwich and beer ever show up? Just curious. LMAO funny and great video.

[@59chevt]

Barry would have helped but he just had to play golf.

[@Bigpoppa-gi4dc]

this guy is ready and the comment about the red cross and president Obama was hillarious...did FEMA show up?

[@robinbartley4758]

You crack me up.. You can only count on Obama to screw things up not help. LOL

[@TessCooks4u]

I am truly surprised that Mr Obama did not get up from his comfy office chair and help you out! Really, how rude! :)

[@themightyparthos]

Don't be silly! There are no office chairs on the golf course, just armored golf carts.

[@2daleech]

PRESIDENT OBAMA W/ A HAM SAMMICH...........FOOTCLMFAO...GOT UP....FELL OF AGAIN...OMG...MY SIDES ARE HURTING...TEARS....CAN'T BREATHE...EPIC.....SO EPIC.

[@reneebrown5598]

Lol

[@OurBucketListHasHoles]

ROTFLMAO LOLOLOLOTFLMBO