Articles · Topic
Articles about Winter
11 articles across 3 sections
Section
Self-Reliance
Winter Driving Preparedness
Cold-weather vehicle readiness and the stuck-in-a-storm protocol. Pre-winter vehicle check covering battery CCA, tires, antifreeze, and wipers. Winter tires vs all-season comparison. The six-step stuck-in-a-storm survival protocol. When not to drive.
Combined Heat and Power
Accounting for the reject heat that is most of the energy in any biomass generator. Reading the two efficiency figures correctly, sizing to year-round thermal baseload rather than electrical load, the seasonal mismatch, and the water hygiene obligations a preheat tank carries.
Living in Your Vehicle: Practical Guides
Practical guides for living in your car, truck, or van: staying warm safely, power, food, a dog in the car, parking, hygiene, and keeping the car running.
Sleeping Warm in Your Vehicle, Safely
How to stay warm sleeping in a car: the four carbon monoxide rules from CDC and CPSC, layering, battery heated blankets, and the signs of hypothermia.
Stirling Engines
External combustion at property scale: the closed cycle and its regenerator, kinematic against free-piston architectures, the heat-to-power ratio that makes these heating appliances rather than generators, and the commercial record behind a thin market.
Thermoelectric Generators
Solid-state conversion of stove heat into direct current. Why a Peltier cooling module degrades from 80 degrees Celsius rather than failing at its solder melting point, why cold-side heat rejection decides output, honest wattage, and the power conditioning a variable source needs.
Weather Readiness: Making Your Home More Resilient
Practical guides for making your home more physically resilient against wind, flooding, winter cold, and extreme heat. Weatherproofing, structural improvements, and seasonal maintenance.
Section
Preparedness
Staying Warm During an Apartment Power Outage
How to stay warm during a power outage when you live in an apartment. What works, what will kill you, when to leave, and why shared walls are your big
Staying Warm During an Outage
Maintaining safe temperatures during a winter outage. Room consolidation, safe supplemental heating, layering, carbon monoxide prevention, recognizing hypothermia, and when to leave.
Winter Storm Preparedness, Power Outage, Heat & Pipes
Practical winter storm preparation: single-room heating, pipe drip protocol, CO detector requirements, food safety during outages, and ice driving decisions.