What is your favorite off grid device-appliance-gadget?
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Solarcabin Channel
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Electric blanket and small IR quartz radiant heater. Using the electric blanket under a quilt or sleeping bag I can just heat me and keep the cabin cooler so it reduces my propane use and I sleep like a baby. Only run those on a pure sine inverter. I use the Rellorus from Amazon.
IR quartz radiant heater is my dump load on sunny winter days. I have one that is just 250 watts on low and enough to take the chill off the cabin and heats me up while I am working. I use the Numifun off Amazon.
IR quartz radiant heater is my dump load on sunny winter days. I have one that is just 250 watts on low and enough to take the chill off the cabin and heats me up while I am working. I use the Numifun off Amazon.
DIYrich
Solar Wizard
Zopec Medical Device battery. Let's me use my cpap machine anywhere - taking a nap miles from the nearest plug. That plus the Air Mini is a compact solution.
Solarcabin Channel
Solar Addict
Some other off grid gadgets I find useful are rechargeable flashlights and a rechargeable lighter.
littleharbor2
Solar Addict
This 12 volt digital thermostat and small cooling unit for keeping my LiPoFe battery happy in the Baja summer heat.
hugemoth
Solar Enthusiast
I run my 110v mig welder from my off grid solar system. It runs from a 3000 watt Aims MSW inverter and a lead acid battery bank. Not sure if the welder or the air compressor draws the most current.
Solarcabin Channel
Solar Addict
High load tools that only run for very short periods work fine off a smaller system as long as you have a big enough inverter.
I have a 2500 watt inverter for big loads that are run for short periods and a 1200 watt for regular use.
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More info please. Just a fan or actual air conditioning. Link or brand would be great. Thanks.
littleharbor2
Solar Addict
The digital thermostat is a no brainer. Easy to program. No complaints whatsoever.
The cooling units come in single, double, triple and quad fan sizes. They are power hogs but i have used a dedicated 12 volt PV setup to power it. In humid conditions they will want to get frosty and you need to build a chute to direct the condensation out of the battery box. It was fun and challenging to rig up the whole setup but quite satisfying to see it working.
The cooling units come in single, double, triple and quad fan sizes. They are power hogs but i have used a dedicated 12 volt PV setup to power it. In humid conditions they will want to get frosty and you need to build a chute to direct the condensation out of the battery box. It was fun and challenging to rig up the whole setup but quite satisfying to see it working.
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Yeow… 1760 watts … that’s a stout little counter top cooker…..
thx, J.
Dagoth Ur Does Solar
Solar Enthusiast
Other than lots of guns and ammo?
If you can't afford or legally own a suppressor in your locale, a quality pellet rifle is a cheap and quiet way to dispatch varmints and take small game.
Also echoing what others said- but a diverse power tool platform, in my case, Milwaukee M12 and M18 is awesome. You can do everything from regular power tool work, inflating tires, a fan for air circulation, shop vacuum, lighting...
Hell, I'm waiting on Milwaukee to drop an M18 Pack out microwave... Hell, Makita did it!
If you can't afford or legally own a suppressor in your locale, a quality pellet rifle is a cheap and quiet way to dispatch varmints and take small game.
Also echoing what others said- but a diverse power tool platform, in my case, Milwaukee M12 and M18 is awesome. You can do everything from regular power tool work, inflating tires, a fan for air circulation, shop vacuum, lighting...
Hell, I'm waiting on Milwaukee to drop an M18 Pack out microwave... Hell, Makita did it!
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That would create a “China Syndrome “ event ( A movie for the youngsters reading this ) as it melted right through my plastic and balsa wood RV……..ouch…
well considering who starred in it… now ya know why it whipped up fear… another Hollywood political statement…with their usual assortment of fear whippers..( is that a real word? ) …
well anyway , you know what I mean.
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