Keeping animals in your homestead can be very rewarding but economically and intrinsically. Nothing like watching the antics of the sheep or goats in the snow from the comfort of your cozy wood heated home. Caring for you four footed friends in the winter will always present challenges. ...
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Will my Solar Only Power Work in the Winter?
Many people move off grid and fall in love of the idea of free solar power. Yes we use solar power year round and unfortunately, there are limits to it. To come up with a reasonable answer, it really depends on three things. 1) Location, 2) Power lifestyle, ...
Winter Time Warp and A Second Chance
Winter in the mountains can always throw surprises your way. This last weekend we watched time and the season itself warp from winter to spring. This created some good opportunities and some unpleasant reminders. But first, what exactly happened? Nice normal winter Last ...
wood heat – Thats cheating!
I guess there as many ways to start a fire as there are people to strike a match or rub two sticks together. There are probably just as many commercial products for this purpose, that would drive those with full time wood heat to the poor house. So far
Temporary off grid shelter?
Many folks use a recreational vehicle or camper trailer to facilitate their initial off grid move. Usually this is a temporary move while better living arrangements are constructed. This is the situation where a genverter can provide full time power without full time noise ...
mixing solar panels with MPPT controller? [3]
As described in part 2 we looked at the performance of our solar panels wired at 18 Volts. Now we look at the data for 36V with the new Outback FM80 solar charge controller. 36V arrangement
