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…and seems to be working well.
Here are some pics.
I did 100% of the utilities myself and about 80% of everything else as well.
It’s a small 1,000 sq ft off grid home in the Green Mountains of Vermont. Elevation is just under 2,400 ft which is the max elevation one can build in Vermont.
I’m not a tradesman nor a builder. I’m a 58 year old mechanical engineer that had a very handy father that taught me a lot. I’ve always wanted to build my own off grid home and figured I wasn’t getting any younger. So I saved my money quit work and did this full time. Started out living in a nice 5th Wheel sold it and moved into the home right before winter spending the winter completing the build. It’s about 85% complete at the moment.
I want to to be completely autonomous so I did a six bottle propane manifold so I can utilize smaller bottles that I can take in to be refilled. That’s Predator 8,750 Generator that I’m currently only using in conjunction with the EG4 ChargeVerter you see mounted on the side of my battery rack.
I’m paying for things out of pocket. So I’m saving up for my PV and hope to have that in by mid Summer.
Here are some pics.
I did 100% of the utilities myself and about 80% of everything else as well.
It’s a small 1,000 sq ft off grid home in the Green Mountains of Vermont. Elevation is just under 2,400 ft which is the max elevation one can build in Vermont.
I’m not a tradesman nor a builder. I’m a 58 year old mechanical engineer that had a very handy father that taught me a lot. I’ve always wanted to build my own off grid home and figured I wasn’t getting any younger. So I saved my money quit work and did this full time. Started out living in a nice 5th Wheel sold it and moved into the home right before winter spending the winter completing the build. It’s about 85% complete at the moment.
I want to to be completely autonomous so I did a six bottle propane manifold so I can utilize smaller bottles that I can take in to be refilled. That’s Predator 8,750 Generator that I’m currently only using in conjunction with the EG4 ChargeVerter you see mounted on the side of my battery rack.
I’m paying for things out of pocket. So I’m saving up for my PV and hope to have that in by mid Summer.
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