If the shit hit the fan, what would be in your bug out bag?

[nbritton]

If the shit hit the fan, what test equipment would be in your bug out bag? Lets assume you can only take what you can carry on your back... so no Tek mainframes. Also it should be water resistant, and also be able to survive EMI from a gamma ray burst, EMP, or solar flare.

As a kid I remember having a radio shack pocket multimeter, but I recall it wasn't really that reliable and the battery was always dead when I wanted to use it.

[ataradov]

Why would you need a multimeter in a situation like that?

[nbritton]

Power distribution and electricians work, such as wiring up solar panels, charge controllers, batteries, and inverters. Converting automotive alternators into generators. Testing batteries. Troubleshooting. Macgyvering.

[ataradov]

solar panels, charge controllers, batteries, and inverters.

If you can get access to any of this, you will have no problem finding a multimeter.

[EEVblog]

In terms of a meter, just a small pocket meter (reminder for shootout video...)
In terms of power, one of those USB power banks and a solar panel (or one of those combined things)
Also a AA/AAA charger with Eneloops etc

[JPortici]

I'd want to keep a battery powered scope (more for having a show to whatch whenever i can see wiggly lines)
on thing i should have is an SDR
(maybe connected somehow to the scope so i could see the spectrum for radio channels and other signs of civilization. SEE? A SCOPE IS TOTALLY JUSTIFIED)

[jh15]

A movie player, DVD or whatever, an abandoned car back seat, and some Viagra for us graybeards.

What else you gonna do?

[Simon]

oh dear, the electronic "preppers"

[ivaylo]

oh dear, the electronic "preppers"

Beat me to it...

[LabSpokane]

Please not here.  I just don't want to see this horseshit on an electronics forum.  Ever.

[Simon]

Please not here.  I just don't want to see this horseshit on an electronics forum.  Ever.

well just don't look at it then.

[mrpackethead]

def need a batterizier.

[Simon]

hahahahaha

[chickenHeadKnob]

Please not here.  I just don't want to see this horseshit on an electronics forum.  Ever.

well just don't look at it then.

You know there is a non-kooky  version to being prepared that even includes some electronics. Think of that young African entrepreneur who developed the solar (or was it a wind turbine?) charging station for cell phones. The guy was king in his village, where plenty of people had cell phones but there was no electric grid. Locally to me the one disaster that has reasonable probability of happening is a Richter scale 9 subduction zone earthquake. There will be thousands who wished they had  water, food, and way to keep there flashlights and phones charged.

[XOIIO]

Please not here.  I just don't want to see this horseshit on an electronics forum.  Ever.

well just don't look at it then.

You know there is a non-kooky  version to being prepared that even includes some electronics. Think of that young African entrepreneur who developed the solar (or was it a wind turbine?) charging station for cell phones. The guy was king in his village, where plenty of people had cell phones but there was no electric grid. Locally to me the one disaster that has reasonable probability of happening is a Richter scale 9 subduction zone earthquake. There will be thousands who wished they had  water, food, and way to keep there flashlights and phones charged.

Agreed, having a solar panel and inverter kicking around wouldn't be a bad idea in my mind, not for apocalypse situations that likely won't happen, but general emergencies, natural disasters, or if you get caught out traveling and your car battery dies or something. (though a solar panel that could power a decent inverter would be somewhat large I think, hmm

[StuUK]

A pack of wipies to clean up the shit that hit the fan....

[Lightages]

If there was going to be any test equipment in my bug out bag, it would be a simple analog multi tester. It doesn't require any batteries to test voltage nor current. Beyond that? Test equipment is the last thing to worry about in the zombie apocalypse. You need to worry about ways of gathering, storing, and purifying water as #1.  Shelter is tied with #1. Then food and fire. Everything else is just luxury.

[HackedFridgeMagnet]

You'll need knowledge so take the internet.

[CJay]

Hand crank dynamo, LED flashlight, LED light + cells to suit.

Leatherman wave or similar.

Water purifying tablets.

Condoms and socks.

Fish hooks.

Shovel.

Wire coathangers.

All housed in nested mess tins.

As many survival blankets as I could fit into the remaining space.

Maybe Yaesu FT-817 or similar QRP shack in a box, coils of wire to jury rig a dipole/longwire.

[Simon]

Agreed, having a solar panel and inverter kicking around wouldn't be a bad idea in my mind, not for apocalypse situations that likely won't happen, but general emergencies, natural disasters, or if you get caught out traveling and your car battery dies or something. (though a solar panel that could power a decent inverter would be somewhat large I think, hmm

in the UK you would get about 100W per sqr meter in direct sunlight. a hand cranked jenny might be better power to weight ratio.

[george graves]

The usual camping gear.

But I live in the US, highly unlikely I'll ever need it other then a natural disaster. On the other hand, I live 2 blocks away from a major naval base, so if it's nukes, I'll enjoy my 1 micro-second tan, so add come coconut oil to that bag. 

[Gyro]

Condoms and socks.

Add a bottle of Chardonnay and the night's a good'n. 

[CJay]

Condoms and socks.

Add a bottle of Chardonnay and the night's a good'n. 

Well, they're for gathering water, waterproofing things but yeah, they do have other uses too

[Gyro]

Sorry, couldn't resist it, the two on the same line gave me the fleeting impression of a gentleman who likes to do things in comfort! 

[VK3DRB]

If the shit hit the fan, what test equipment would be in your bug out bag?

A DNA test kit to find out to whom the excrement belonged to.