/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>138070

>>138082
Here's what you get ((Put several looking out through small holes in mailbox.))

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mini-D001-DV-Camcorder-DVR-Video-Camera-Spy-WebCam-DC-/270852282100

>>138048
The bat is probably wood or metal with a rubber grip. Invalid.

>>137764
use recycled jean insulation
>cheap
>ecofriendly
>Really good

>>131625
bamp for interest

>>124668
I'm not adding anything to this thread till the text is uncensored (Fuck SOPA), but here's a blump.

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HOW DO I CONTAIN THE SMALL AMOUNT OF BIOGAS I GENERATE?
>>123669 suggested to use a gas engine to convert the gas to electricity and heat. .. how do I contain it though? Cheapest and safest, considering I won't be producing very much methane really.

>>123723
will do!

>>123749
lucky aussie bastards. I've heard of buyback and rebates for solar panels in the US, but I'll have to get back to you on that.

>>124059
The point is to go off the grid completely for my scenario.

>>123675
Beautiful. Why isn't this in the louvre?
>>124253
You too. Saved both.
>>124080
In my scenario, I would be recharging a laptop and powering two 12V lights for about 2 hours a night max.

I gave that example to think outside of my scenario.
>>124069
TRUE. FORGET I SAID kW.
>>124064
I searched for LPG and CNG on wikipedia. Fuck. I assume it's Propane gas/Natural Gas, but what is L and C?
Pic is a potential hydroponic set up for the self-contained bio system. I'll reply to more tomorrow, but hold on.

>>123682
>Treadmill motors
>Treadmills cost like $500
>Most junk treadmills are junk because the motor blew
>shit.

>>123668
Yes. While there is no water there, The wind is vicious. So I'm thinking Solar, Biogas, and Wind. Does anyone have specific plans for a diy wind turbine?

Consider the self-contained bio system:

Graywater goes through a gravel filter and then into your flush toilet.

Food waste goes into a grinder and into the digester.

Flush toilet feeds blackwater into the digester.

Digester is a pressure vessel containing anaerobic microbes. It produces heat, biosludge, and biogas.

Heat: Run pipes between it and the pond to keep fish warm.

Biosludge: Clean(er) compost. Grow mushrooms in a closet. Raise black soldier flies and worms in a vermiculture box to feed the pupa/worms to the fish. Use as fertilizer.

Biogas: Water scrubbing cleans it up to 95% methane.

Methane: Operate any natural gas appliances. Home heating, air conditioning, water heater, and cooking. Recharge your batteries with excess gas via a gas engine (45% efficiency). Do this at night when its cold, so the 55% heat loss warms the house.

Edison cell: Nontoxic, will last 50 years, 6.6 Watts/$, and 80% efficiency. Use for lighting, pumps, and your computer.

Solar cell: You've already bought a 300 Watt panel; it comes with the air-to-water package. When you're not using it to make water, recharge the batteries.

Combining vermiculture with aquaponics creates a self-contained system. If you chose not to use your compost to grow fly pupa or worms for your fish, you will have to supplement your fishes algae diet with fish food or duckweed. Fish food costs money; duckweed costs space in your hydroponics you would have grown food for yourself.

If you chose to raise goats for milk and chickens for eggs, and use a dog to protect the animals from themselves and pests, you will have more poop to feed into the digester.

Note the standard 6-8 m^3 digesters used in India are $500 and release 300 m^3 biogas a year. Each m^3 of biogas, being 50-75% CH4, holds 5-7.5 kWh of energy. This averages to about 5 kWh a day. Compare to solar cells, which produce approximately 1 kWh per day per m^2 (a 150 Watt unit is about 1 m^2).

>>123626
Some quality art you got there, batman.

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3. Click on your info box.
4. Scroll down to contact info
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>>113636
do NOT do chinese. Look into either Korean or Japanese!

>>116399
Ok, so a couple things. One, don't use your email on /b/. Two, how the fuck does that work. Three, what is the functionality of making bra straps MORE difficult to take off?

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>>116116
hmmmm... ummm...
shit. I think i could use 300gal in 2 months, if i drastically reduced water usage. My showers could be just hair washing 5 days of the week and a full shower on Monday. My drinking water will be 5gal jugs (There might be a better word for this, I've lived my entire life calling them garrafones, so I threw in a photo)

>>115681
hahaha shiit

>>115590
I could see that happening
>>115582
ilold
>>115578
Benefited, yes, because society is setup to force us into a dependency on all of those things.
>>115577
With the pictured water tank (305 Gal, $219),
it would cost 19 cents per gallon.

>>115579
oops, ummm

11/10. Creosote Logged Logs on the land. probably shitty building material.