Official Introductions Thread. New Members, Post your introduction here... - General Tiki

T Tiki-Den Member New Brunswick, Canada Joined: Mar 15, 2009 Posts: 6	T Tiki-Den Posted posted on Sun, Mar 15, 2009 7:45 PM Greetings Tiki people! I just happened to stumble upon this site while I was Google-ing Solar Powered Tiki Torches. I am happy to have found it and I haven't had a chance to look around yet, so I thought I'd stop in here and introduce myself. First of all, my first intro to Tiki was the TikiBar TV Podcast on I-Tunes about 3 years ago. It was the first time I'd ever heard of I-Tunes or podcasts. So I was lucky enough to witness the very first episodes of TikiBar TV, and of course, being a red blooded young man, I fell in love with Lala... and the show, of course!(if you don't know what I am talking about go to tikibartv.com and have a look around) So needless to say, I couldn't wait till the next episode. I bought a TikiBar T-Shirt and cool TikiBar hat and was kinda hooked on Tiki from then on. Later on that summer, my Dad was planning a big family reunion party in his very large back yard out in the country. But first he wanted to replace his small back steps with a nice patio deck, so we tore up the old one (3' x 8'), and built a new one (20' x 30'). I hauled the sections of the old deck out by the fire pit to be used as firewood for the party. The morning of the big day I showed up early to help out and for some reason I wanted to build a Tiki Bar, so my uncle, Cousin and I built a Tiki Bar using mostly the remains of the old deck. We decked it out in Christmas lights, hooked up my I-Pod, stuck in a few Tiki Torches and it was the life of the party! A few months went by and my Mom called me to ask what I was going to do with the Tiki Bar. It had served it's purpose and she wanted it outta there! So I took it apart and loaded it into the back of my Dodge Caravan. It fit like it was made to go back there. I brought it home and set it up in my sunroom. I've since taken it apart and brought it to 3 more cool parties. My plans for the Tiki Bar this year is to make it totally solar powered, so that I can run my 30 watt Altec Lansing subwoofer computer speaker system, hooked up to my I-pod, and some flickering LED lights, all plugged into a 800 watt inverter which is tied to a 12 Volt Deep Cycle Marine Battery, which is charged in the daytime by a Solar Panel on the roof. That is my goal for this year, so if you know anyone who has talked about a similar set up using solar power, I would love to read about it because I am trying to learn as much as I can. Sorry about the long drawn out story, I guess I just got carried away!! Peace

Greetings Tiki people! I just happened to stumble upon this site while I was Google-ing Solar Powered Tiki Torches. I am happy to have found it and I haven't had a chance to look around yet, so I thought I'd stop in here and introduce myself.
First of all, my first intro to Tiki was the TikiBar TV Podcast on I-Tunes about 3 years ago. It was the first time I'd ever heard of I-Tunes or podcasts. So I was lucky enough to witness the very first episodes of TikiBar TV, and of course, being a red blooded young man, I fell in love with Lala... and the show, of course!(if you don't know what I am talking about go to tikibartv.com and have a look around) So needless to say, I couldn't wait till the next episode. I bought a TikiBar T-Shirt and cool TikiBar hat and was kinda hooked on Tiki from then on. Later on that summer, my Dad was planning a big family reunion party in his very large back yard out in the country. But first he wanted to replace his small back steps with a nice patio deck, so we tore up the old one (3' x 8'), and built a new one (20' x 30'). I hauled the sections of the old deck out by the fire pit to be used as firewood for the party. The morning of the big day I showed up early to help out and for some reason I wanted to build a Tiki Bar, so my uncle, Cousin and I built a Tiki Bar using mostly the remains of the old deck. We decked it out in Christmas lights, hooked up my I-Pod, stuck in a few Tiki Torches and it was the life of the party! A few months went by and my Mom called me to ask what I was going to do with the Tiki Bar. It had served it's purpose and she wanted it outta there! So I took it apart and loaded it into the back of my Dodge Caravan. It fit like it was made to go back there. I brought it home and set it up in my sunroom. I've since taken it apart and brought it to 3 more cool parties. My plans for the Tiki Bar this year is to make it totally solar powered, so that I can run my 30 watt Altec Lansing subwoofer computer speaker system, hooked up to my I-pod, and some flickering LED lights, all plugged into a 800 watt inverter which is tied to a 12 Volt Deep Cycle Marine Battery, which is charged in the daytime by a Solar Panel on the roof. That is my goal for this year, so if you know anyone who has talked about a similar set up using solar power, I would love to read about it because I am trying to learn as much as I can. Sorry about the long drawn out story, I guess I just got carried away!! Peace

Post #440213 by Tiki-Den on Sun, Mar 15, 2009 7:45 PM