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there is plenty of cons when living "fully off grid" from a technical perspective. battery sizing is a lot more serious business when there is no grid to charge from. need to have a proper gasoline generator to upset longer phases of bad weather in winter , etc etc. if you have grid connection...

supplement solar with a wind generator if possible. yes everything is possible, the only question is how many soccerfields of solarpanels you need.. charging the car during the day is rather doable, sizing batteries so it can also charge over night will be a nightmare/very pricy. 45k $ should...

Many OffGrid Dwellers and Solar system owners alike have the same thought: How to use excess Electric Energy after the batteries are full ?!? Letting all the spare power go to waste is such a tragedy.. Specially if one lives in an area with real winter and hence the solar is specked for that...

The key is being well rounded in your skills. It is not enough to have a fully stockpiled Med Kit.. You need a balance of updated information and tools to keep you and your family alive and healthy. Take advantage of your resources, while you have access to the Internet, watch a few First Aid...

agreed !!! people in offgrid scenarios often disregard the thread of fire... good friend of mine lost his house to fire, focking mice nicked the cables, PARTY, within 20 min the house was burned down.. take fire seriously !! Ipersonally have experienced quite a few fires in my lifetime and are...

oi, that topic or scenario came up on our discord quite a few times. wrote a little project post about that: https://offgridenclave.com/2021/09/04/how-to-add-a-offgrid-solar-system-to-a-house-that-already-has-grid-power/ most easy way is a Offgrid-inverter or a hybred-inverter (depending if...

if you speak about "battery buzzers" , "battery refresher" or "battery pulser" and the devices advertised along those lines, the internet is about 50:50 on those. some claim running them all the time can damage the batteries more then it helps, but could be also quality of batteries used ...

combination of factors. most obious, the price. the more Ah you need the bigger the price span gets. a 1500Ah48V lead acid forklift battery will come as a "block" in a neat metal tub. there is considerable less connectionpoints/small bms cables and such.. so much less points of possible...

BUMP.. wanted to give a little update on progress.. Thanks to all who gave input and ideas for the knowledge collection. Since its start my little offgridenclave.com project has vastly increased in quality and quantety of provided information and knowledge. Thanks to community effort, plenty...

if you have a gaming pc, running some crypto is legit way to convert excess energy into $$ ..

i have made good experience sniping used forkliftblocks. quality deep cycle lead acids never let me down, have my system running on them since 7-8 years. if you looking for bigger sizes, say 1000Ah @ 24V and up, deep cycle lead acids still beat Li4Po on many specs.. specially for offgrid...

satelite setup incl. lossrates of powersupplies about 100W router and stuff, another 35W laptop.. anywhere from 40W to 200W depending on model

have well for drinking water, using EU standard filter size [ 10 " ] , 3 filter system Ruff Sediment -> 5µm -> active carbon the filters are bought in sets (5µm and active carbon), about 5€ for a set. these filters need changing every 6-8 month (bacterial reason), if one uses chloride once in a...

presenting my "big" project for this year -> Compost heating to heat a 400m² offgrid house. (czech mountains, proper winter -25°C ) Main benefits: -Cheap -> woodwaste and shredded bushes as material -Reliable -> compost will do its thing, very hard to fock that up -Passive -> after setting it...