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I remember the feeling of being self sufficient, off grid and two miles off the closest main road with the winter storm HOWLING around the house, the wood stove crackling happily, and my wife and I playing Diablo 3 and yelling at each other happily... while everyone nearby was doing without...

Off Grid, but I believe in the wisdom of a couple of the earlier posts, so I will keep GRID power available to switch back if needed and pay their maintenance fee.

Can anyone shed light on the first part of the question? Is going with a larger than necessary Inverter a good idea? I believe my house, when it is ready should run on a 12000 watt inverter. {or less} But I am currently investigating the 15000, and 18000 watt SunGold inverters.

I think your math is wrong because you have not factored in equivalent usable capacity as I have outlined above. THAT is true, I did not. Thank you for the education here. This is what I was hoping for! I need to re read all of that a few times and do some reconsidering! TYVM Gentlemen!

Our batteries were 8 years old when we sold the camp and still functioning without complaint.The only time we had trouble was usually in the winter when we hit a two week or more period of VERY cloudy and storms. At which times we would run the generator about 4 hours to recharge the batteries...

Is going with a larger than necessary Inverter a good idea? I believe my house, when it is ready should run on a 12000 watt inverter. But I am currently investigating the 15000, and 18000 watt SunGold inverters. I like the Dakota 48 volt 96ah LifePo 4 batteries as well, but I do not...

figured it out already!! deleted the dumb question!

Holy crap you guys are worth your weight in gold. Thank you for taking the time to write that Up Bri !!! Very helpful! I have built the system in my head a few times, but am working on getting it all on paper. I am also going with a ground mount. I will set poles, I have the auger, cement...

Cool, thank you! Bri, thats what I was hoping. No dishwasher and the Dryer I was considering running a generator when forced to use it. We already have a line outside, but Iowa winters can be less than fun when the clothes need dried. Like I said I think a lot of it will be learning the...

If you are trying to make a political point, then your budget is ‘sky’s-the-limit’ and I don’t understand why you are complaining about the quotes you got. What???? I... dont even know how to respond? Its not a political point it is a personal one? Alliant will not PAY for extra power...

I am going off grid because the energy company has ticked me off. When I called to talk to Alliant Energy about the exorbitant bills, they told me I need to pay someone to do an analysis... I said OKAY? Then what? "Then you need to fix whatever is causing your high bills? I told the...

As for electrical loads, things like electric coffee pots, and even clothes washers don't have the impact you are thinking. My experiences are very different actually living off grid. The washing machine used more power than any other appliance in the house, and the electric coffee maker...

As far as wind? I live in Iowa, on a hill, farm fields all around. My windmill for the air pump is about 20 ft off the ground, and it takes about 15mph winds to turn it, and it turns 80% of the time... for about trwo weeks in the dead of summer we may have a slack time with little to no wind...

Howdy Folks! My wife and I owned a cabin up Maine that was off grid.. I was very skeptical about it, until we started staying there. Spent two winters in that cabin, and I LOVED IT!!!!! We had a dryer, 220 well pump, etc etc... 8 280=300 watt panels and four big deep cycle batteries. We...