Just received a email from one of our subscribers who has planned her off grid move soon. She is moving into a Vardo. I didn't know what a Vardo is until Googling around some. There is a "tiny home" movement and small Vardo trailers are ...
Tag Archive: power budget
Off Grid refrigerator – updated
A while back we wrote about the performance of our refrigerator and presented the power details. However, one item was probably missing in the data. That is, how much power does that thing take when its summer? I pulled out our trusty Kill-o-watt power monitor ...
What if it doesn’t work on my genverter?
Sometimes we let fear stop us from moving forward. Here's a good show stopper kind of question; "what if my new <insert appliance here> doesn't work on my genverter?" It may not be the end of the world, and often we can adapt our behavior to ...
Your Off Grid Move-Power Weekend
Are you ready to take positive real steps towards that dreamed of, move off grid? This weekend plan will result in concrete action that moves you forward in your plans, and provides some real numbers and experience for your future off grid power system! ...
rethinking off grid cooking [2]
Jackie continues this series with some tasty barbecue beef. Its time to re-evaluate power assumptions about things like crock pots and determine if these appliances are practical in the right sized genverter system. In this recipe, we capture the power data for ...
Rethinking Off Grid Cooking [1]
Jackie starts of this series with some tasty stew. Its time to re-evaluate power assumptions about things like skillets and crock pots and determine if these useful appliances can be practically used in the right sized genverter system. If so, you can move off grid sooner ...
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