Tag Archive: portable heater

Mailbag: off grid move plans with a Vardo

Just received a email from one of our subscribers  who has planned her off grid move soon.  She is moving into a Vardo.  I didn't know what a Vardo is until Googling around some.  There is a "tiny home" movement and small Vardo trailers are ...

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What works: Frozen pipes in house plumbing

When you live in a remote home off grid, you will gain an appreciation for life's simple pleasures like running water and indoor plumbing for bathrooms.  This is especially true when these things temporarily unavailable.  You never really plan on them going away, but when they ...

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Portable Heater, Insulated chickens, and a webcam

I've heard from several readers who thought it would be nice to view the web cam.  I've managed to arrange for public access to the web cam for a couple days.  The web cam does full pan and tilt, so you can move it around the ...

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Portable Heater Update

I had to make a change to the portable heater I recently placed in the insulated serama chicken shed.  The temperatures here in Washington took a dive Sunday.   Monday highs near 10F and nights down to 3F.  This morning my daughter complained it was too ...

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Portable heaters and crunch time

Last week I completed the new deluxe chicken shed for my daughter's special "smallest breed of chicken" called seramas was completed  This shed has to be heated since these chickens that came from Malaysia don't do well in freezing temperature. The Problem By last Tuesday, we had ...

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