Recent content by bdamit

I cannot agree with you here, what you say just sounds like hearsay or dirty habits! ;) Drinking rain water from rooves is perfectly acceptable if you follow some basic hygiene and common sense. As an experiment I just tested the collected condensation runoff from the fridge and the water has...

Hello and thank you for your replies. I understand it could be fairly inefficient but as as I have the material and lots of sun (plus a fairly high 85+ humidity) I was wondering about giving it a go, more for a fun project than anything else (and a way to produce emergency drinking water during...

Hello I am quite new here, but we have been succesfully relying on our family's small solar electric system for over a decade now, which I installed. I bought a waeco solar fridge kit, constructed an insulated chest around it but never really perfected it, so presently it sits redundant... My...

Not pretty but extremely reliable

PS always looking at improvements to our system, but in recent years this has come via a bottom-up approach, changing appliances to rechargeable ones, and training the family in user hours and awareness of their energy use! Works wonders.

Pleased to make your acquaintance, been living without monthly bills for 12 years in the countryside, a bit dependent on gas bottles for winter hot water and fridge, but all our electricity supplied by 360w of 48v panels. Pump water for 1 hour once a month with a petrol generator. Heavy...