What is a juicer, how much power does it use, and why would I want one? Ever wonder if you'd ever be able to drop some of those pesky pounds that seem to creep onto your frame over the years? Well, something funny happened to me ...
What is a juicer, how much power does it use, and why would I want one? Ever wonder if you'd ever be able to drop some of those pesky pounds that seem to creep onto your frame over the years? Well, something funny happened to me ...
A genverter can be helpful in emergency power situations, but is it really practical for a full home? We collected the data during several weeks without any solar power. While I didn't like running the generator more often with the missing solar power it ...
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 is a shunt, and why would you need or want them in your genverter or off grid power system? Technically, you can make, store and use power from you off grid system without a shunt. Doing so would be like putting on a ...
Living in your head. Do you? Everything starts in our head and that's normal. Very few actions we take in life are not reviewed and rehearsed in our minds first. Usually the actions we didn't think about first, are those we need forgiveness for. However, if ...
Marshall continues this series with quick steaks. Its time to re-evaluate power assumptions about things like electric grills to see if these useful appliances can be practically used in the right sized genverter system. If so, you can move off grid sooner with ...