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It works quite well, I do have a fairly large battery pack to run things when the gen is off. The cottage can be heated by burning wood or using air_to_air heat pump on mains power. The kitchen has a wood stove that also gives enough heat to minimize outside power down to about 0C. Originally...

The few sources I got also referred it as "graft". Curious. All say it is a rarity, good work identifying it even if with some time.

Thx, I am somewhat at loss to understand how grafting produces a genetic cross but I guess that is a minor detail.

Now Google did not know that name, you don't happen to know the Sci one?

No, that is the price for parts to utilize the waste heat. The generator was more expensive.

I have at the cottage a 10kW 3phase diesel generator, runs the whole thing or just part (I am normally connected to the grid). I am taking the waste heat from water cooling to heat the basement, in practice I get about the same amount of energy as heat as I get as electricity. Not a difficult...

If I can (actually fairly easily) put a weeks summer trekking equipment and food to 15kg and about 50 l pack I would call that light weight. I know that spending enough money I can get it down to about 8-9kg. That means having no redundancy and no emergencies of any kind. If I can't easily...

The bulldog does not seem to agree?

So not much left of the original and you got a knife you liked. Did you ever think of purchasing the "right" knife in the first place? I have been quillty of similar modification and that got me thinking ...

Looks very much like some hunting swords. Depending on where one is and the season I would think that sufficient. For me the "problem" is that I was brought up using an axe, had I been a Sami I would be using a big Leuku happily. I understand that some people have tried using Kukris and...

A check on winter shoes, gloves and hats.

A proper bed for hibernation ...

It is not solid, I have understood it is gelled alcohol. OK as such and I have used various gelled versions and probably keep using them.

It looks like Hexamine is going to be phased out as fuel so what is the solid you are suggesting?

Those oils will get rancid after a while no matter what so some cleaning every now & then might be a good idea.