Hello Community!!!
We are a homestead located in South West NS, Canada. Since 2012 we live completely off-grid in our home sheltered dome. Our electricity is entirely produced with PV and wind plus a backup generator (we start it 2-3 time per year).
For hot water we use solar and we cook and heat using wood only.
Main consumption are:
- the fridge (no freezer 8 Amp)
- some TV during the night (4 amp)
- Notebook with external monitor (2-8 AMP depending from luminosity)
- Shuflow Water pump (2 amp)
- Solar hot water (2 amp)
- Air circulation (2 amp)
- LED lights (> 1 amp)
We have 16 of them in a 24 V system. The bank is connected to a an Magnum MS-PAE Series inverter (see schema below).
We are looking for a solution with minimal maintenance that can be hosted in our not-heated barn. In winter here we reach -4 F outside. The battery bank is protected inside a insulated box.