Don't
think that it is cheaper to live off grid. It requires a lot of
thinking and a lot of money. You really need a special bank account
for new batterys when old ones die and you need a large generator. An
new rebuilt small car engine with the starter working. It is a bitch
from hell to be pulling on the rope of a small generator and find out
late that the small gasoline motor is worn out. Small gasoline
engines do not last very long, only a few years. And if the solar
panels are out in the field, you need to run the power back to the
battery room at high voltage.
- Inverter
- large switching box
- large generator made from a small car engine. [pacific north west averages only 1.5 hours of direct sun light a day]
- charge controller
- transformers
- large 2 volt battery cells
- extra batterys
- a lot of gauges/ meters
- extra money stashed away for emergency's'
- L.E.D. Lights
- earth bag mini house with at least two feet thick walls.
- No refrigerators in the winter (I use an ice box outside).
- New car stereos do a good job of energy conservation, but I can't even charge up my computer unless the sun shines!
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Every off grid power system in the Pacific NW needs a power generator.
Our goal is to run it off methane gas generated at home. And eventually a steam engine.
I like this idea we are a very wasteful society what's this gonna cost out of curiosity
ReplyDeleteNot changing your life style will cost the world more than you can possibly imagine. Every one pays for a sigle person's wastefull life style. Stop making excuses, start changing now!
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