Hey everyone,
Its yet another introduction post! I was sucked in here by the gravity of Will's videos which started me thinking things like "oh, thats pretty simple...wait, I can do that!" and now here I am.
My first 'starter' project is to build a LiFePo4 12v 4s battery for an inflatable dinghy (Intex Mariner 4) we use on the community lake with a 27lb thrust trolling motor. The goal is to make this thing a party barge with a soft bimini top. I may get ambitious and rig up a small 30-50 watt solar panel on the thing somewhere to give us 'get home without rowing' juice.
I have aspirations of buying a piece of land out in WV or rural VA/PA for use as a vacation cabin with the family and will be treating it like a laboratory. I plan use a shipping container or rammed earth/cob/hemp construction with a 24 or 48v system with rainwater collection, septic field sewage system, PV generation and depending on the property, maybe some wind or hydro. I also want to get a full Hydroponics or Aquaponics system set up, but we may not be there enough to tend to it.
Outside of solar projects and my eco-retreat dreaming, I'm big into crypto (especially DeFi), real estate, a flavor of the FIRE movement, and anything that gets me out on the water.
Once I finish my equipment list for the 12v system I'll start posting a progress journal for anyone who's interested, as well as to keep me honest.
Good to meet ya!
~Pat
Its yet another introduction post! I was sucked in here by the gravity of Will's videos which started me thinking things like "oh, thats pretty simple...wait, I can do that!" and now here I am.
My first 'starter' project is to build a LiFePo4 12v 4s battery for an inflatable dinghy (Intex Mariner 4) we use on the community lake with a 27lb thrust trolling motor. The goal is to make this thing a party barge with a soft bimini top. I may get ambitious and rig up a small 30-50 watt solar panel on the thing somewhere to give us 'get home without rowing' juice.
I have aspirations of buying a piece of land out in WV or rural VA/PA for use as a vacation cabin with the family and will be treating it like a laboratory. I plan use a shipping container or rammed earth/cob/hemp construction with a 24 or 48v system with rainwater collection, septic field sewage system, PV generation and depending on the property, maybe some wind or hydro. I also want to get a full Hydroponics or Aquaponics system set up, but we may not be there enough to tend to it.
Outside of solar projects and my eco-retreat dreaming, I'm big into crypto (especially DeFi), real estate, a flavor of the FIRE movement, and anything that gets me out on the water.
Once I finish my equipment list for the 12v system I'll start posting a progress journal for anyone who's interested, as well as to keep me honest.
Good to meet ya!
~Pat
