(See the YouTube video here.)
Wallke X3 Pro Rider's Manual: RiderManual-WallkeX3Pro.pdf
Tail Light / Brake Light
Handlebar Bike Mirror
Bike Bag for Rear Rack
ABUS Granit 6500 Folding Lock
Wallke website: (click here) discount code: desertprep
(See the YouTube video here.)
Download the worksheet I developed for designing my own solar porojects. The sheet accounts for all the parameters critical to ensuring your system will have the capacity to reliably power your devices through good and bad weather, and with the runtime and reserves you specify.
Design workbook for Excel:solar-system-calc.xlsx
DC Power Analyzer
AC Electricity Usage Monitor
This project is free to use.
(See the YouTube video here.)
Design Worksheet - Excel worksheet used to spec the project for your needs. Plug in the
items that you want to run, your geographic location, and the expected no-sun days. The sheet
will recommend battery capacity, invertor size and solar panel requirements your project will
require.
(Excel 2010 version) DesignGuide.xlsx
Wiring Diagram - Complete wiring diagram needed to build your own high-capacity solar generator. (w/new fuse block) DIYsolar4a_diagram.pdf
Wiring Diagram - Complete wiring diagram needed to build your own high-capacity solar generator. (w/old fuse block) DIYsolar4_diagram.pdf
Parts List - Complete parts list with links to items on Amazon.com DIYsolar4_parts.pdf
This project is free to use.
(See the YouTube video here.)
Affordable, weatherproof, self-contained, solar-powered HAM or GMRS repeater. This unit can run indefinitely without grid power and in adverse weather.
Parts List - Complete parts list with links to items on Amazon.com DIYsolarRept-parts.pdf
This project is free to use.
Minimal solar unit for dedicated fridge, freezer or other specific device. (due March 2021)
Project Worksheet - Excel worksheet used to calculate size and quantity of batteries, panels and inverter for your project.
Produces component requirements to reliably sustain your equipment, so your project can be a complete success.
Plug in the power and reserve parameters – the sheet will give you the component requirements for your project.
SolarDesignSheet.xlsx
(See the YouTube video here.)
In this video, I detail the two-pack "gray man" system my wife and I will rely on should we have to abandon our home and run. In keeping with my commitment to you, I do a lot of homework and plan these projects carefully, so you have the best-possible starting point for your own projects. If I've done my job, the video will both validate and refute some of your beliefs, and perhaps present new ideas you haven't considered.
Item List - Complete list of the items I've chosen with links to items on Amazon.com
GrayManBagList.pdf
I always carry a small selection of items for everyday use.
I don't like having anything I don't use or won't be vital in a potential emergency, so you'll find the list short and lightweight.
These are the items that I have on my person to compliment what's in my Get Home or Bug-Out bags.
(video coming end of February 2021)
Item List - Click here for my recommendations, with Amazon links and prices as of February 2021.
For your convenience, I've collected all the knives and tools I use, along with my recommendations for the most useful and practical. I balance practiaclity agains price, and often fin lower-cost alternative are better choices that the premium-priced versions.
Item List - Click here for the list, with Amazon links and prices as of February 2021.
Note: These lists are provided for your convenience in sourcing the exact items shown in the videos. I'm not sponsored by anyone, so I purchase all the items used and my opinions are from my personal experience and evaluation, not driven by sponsor obligations. Amazon is the most convenient source of nearly all the components I use, and provides affiliate tools that reduce the workload in creating the lists. The affiliate relationship does support the channel, providing a nominal commission on purchases you may make from the lists I provide. This does NOT affect the price you pay for items you order.