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darz5150
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# Posted: 18 Aug 2024 11:53pm
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Yah. I will try to post pics later of it lit up. I throws out a LOT of light.
My wife actually just used the power out port to charge her phone. Worked well. I will try to plug in some USB led strings too.
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paulz
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# Posted: 19 Aug 2024 12:02am
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Grid charge?
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darz5150
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# Posted: 19 Aug 2024 01:45am
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USB C charger. Can charge off the solar USB ports.
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gcrank1
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# Posted: 19 Aug 2024 02:08am
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I am so loving usb recharging stuff 
Just the other day my wife was wishing she had a small vacuum, I ordered tonight (amazon) a stick vacuum for the cabin that is usb.
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darz5150
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# Posted: 19 Aug 2024 02:53am
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First pics. Only lighting is solar yard lights and a wall mount.
Second pics. Looking across the creek. The tress on the other side are 30 yards away. I put a box by the light, so it didn't flare the camera.
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paulz
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# Posted: 19 Aug 2024 01:33pm
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Quoting: gcrank1 I am so loving usb recharging stuff Just the other day my wife was wishing she had a small vacuum, I ordered tonight (amazon) a stick vacuum for the cabin that is usb
USB vacuum, hmm.. might have to look into that. Right now I have a suitcase size Li tool battery unit, that works fine.
Got a USB bus right next to the cabin bank. Plugged in right now are: 1.hearing aids, 2.fan, 3.desk light, 4.bug zapper, 5. TV speaker, 6.Razor, 7.Tablet 8.iPhone 9. Wife’s junk 10. Outside motion lights
That’s in addition to all the DC stuff plugged right into the bank: water pump, modem, TV, ceiling lighs, camera, fridge.
And then the inverter: microwave, toaster, tool battery chargers, washing machine, misc. AC stuff.
Sorry, got off track there.. Lots of electrical stuff for off grid!
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gcrank1
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# Posted: 19 Aug 2024 02:22pm
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I figure the usb for the stick-vac will have plenty of time to recharge between our 'need to vacuum'.
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darz5150
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# Posted: 24 Aug 2024 04:01am
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Another update. My wife used this to recharge her phone. It worked very well.
I plugged it into the solar set up we use to power our gazebo. Only 45 watts of very old HF panels, and a 7 year old Never Start deep I battery, with a cheap charge controller with USB ports. The Swiss Tech unit recharged in a couple hours.
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paulz
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# Posted: 14 Mar 2025 12:02pm - Edited by: paulz
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And my wife came up with these, where I don’t know but I tried one this morning for the heck of it and they work. How or why I don’t know either. Just open the package and off it goes.
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jsahara24
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# Posted: 14 Mar 2025 12:18pm
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Quoting: paulz And my wife came up with these, where I don’t know but I tried one this morning for the heck of it and they work. How or why I don’t know either. Just open the package and off it goes
We use them during hunting season and they definitely help, this year we got some battery powered hand warmers so we'll see how they work next year...
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darz5150
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# Posted: 14 Mar 2025 01:44pm
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Quoting: jsahara24 we'll see how they work
I got some a couple years ago. They work amazing. Instant heat. 3 heat settings on mine. The high is hot.
The best thing is you can turn them off when not needed. Batteries seem to last pretty good also.
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FishHog
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# Posted: 15 Mar 2025 07:24am
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Quoting: paulz And my wife came up with these, where I don’t know but I tried one this morning for the heck of it and they work. How or why I don’t know either. Just open the package and off it goes.
Love them, use them all the time spring fishing and fall hunting. Pretty much iron powder that oxidizes when exposed to air causing heat. Can throw them in a zip lock bag and they stop reacting and use them again later. Won't last forever, but I use them in the morning, store and again in the evening.
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Fanman
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# Posted: 15 Mar 2025 07:55am
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The disposable hand warmers work pretty good but they have a limited shelf life, seems half the time I go to use one it's dead. If it's stiff and not flexible before you open the package it's no good.
They come in three sizes. The little "toe warmers" have adhesive backing, they also work great attached to the inside of your glove against the inside of the wrist where the arteries are close to the surface, heat there keeps your fingers warm without getting in the way. And a large size that I've never tried sold as a "chest warmer".
I have one of the old fashioned metal hand warmers that uses lighter fluid. I use it for flying my open cockpit plane in cold weather, putting it in the inside vest pocket of my jacket, makes just enough heat to take the edge off.
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paulz
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# Posted: 16 Mar 2025 08:32am
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Quoting: Fanman I have one of the old fashioned metal hand warmers that uses lighter fluid.
I like that… back to the semi-new world, I’m reminded that I got a couple of these back when I was an eBay user, why I don’t remember. USB powered, just plugged one in, good butt heater. Maybe keep the coffee cup warm.
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jsahara24
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# Posted: 17 Mar 2025 07:39am
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Quoting: darz5150 I got some a couple years ago. They work amazing. Instant heat. 3 heat settings on mine. The high is hot. The best thing is you can turn them off when not needed. Batteries seem to last pretty good also.
Good to hear, the ones I got can be recharged in the case that came with them 2 or 3 times I believe...... They will also charge up your phone..
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neb
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# Posted: 21 Mar 2025 09:13pm
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Heat powered wood stove fan. A pretty cool interesting gadget that runs off of the heat from wood stove.
If not familiar with them research them. They work great and cheap to run.
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paulz
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# Posted: 22 Mar 2025 04:29pm
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Quoting: neb Heat powered wood stove fan. A pretty cool interesting gadget that runs off of the heat from wood stove. If not familiar with them research them. They work great and cheap to run.
Great idea neb. Just ordered one. I did have a little usb fan behind the stove, worked good whenever I remembered to run it. This one looks like it sits on top of the stove, will be interesting to see how long it takes to turn on.
On another subject, I’m sick of these full page ads I keep getting on the iPhone on cabin forum. I have Adblocker app, doesn’t seem to help.
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paulz
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# Posted: 24 Mar 2025 10:45am
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Tried out the new fan at the house wood stove. Started spinning as soon as the stove top got warm. Neat, love stuff that works without electrical input.
Also seen is my ‘70s lava lamp. Also the heat makes the sparkles flicker, but light bulb still takes juice.
Anyway good idea on the fan, thanks. About 25 bucks.
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paulz
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# Posted: 25 Mar 2025 10:47am
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Back at the cabin, new fan took about half an hour to start spinning from cold stove. It doesn’t spin that fast or blow noticeable air around, but it’s dead quiet, gives a good indication of stove temp, neat to look at and best of all, no juice. Guess it does circulate the air.
I also drug out that lava lamp, neat to look at too. That was more labor. At the house it used an A/C incandescent bulb both for light and heat to flow the sparkles. I pulled that bulb holder out and fitted a usb led for light, and the stove heat got the lava going, close time race with the new fan.
Two neat new things to look at in the dark.
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