I got a portion of the structure prepped for my solar panels. I'm going to come off of camp's array at an steeper angle forming a wall on the south side (camp's panels are oddly angled for max summer power. Mine will be for max winter power). I have room for 9 panels there. It's full sun all day. They'll be in series which in the coldest weather will be 490V. My AIO inverter has a PV max of 500V. So I'll have a 3kW array with the potential for 12kWh/day going to my 16kWh battery bank.

That leaves 2 extra solar panels that I can play around with for a sand battery or use to charge up my portable power station.

#OffGrid #DIY #Solar

On Setting Up the SheevaPlug Linux 'Embedded' Computer (2009) - Read how I ran my main Internet services off-grid on solar power with less than 5W: down from more than 600W just two years before! #frugal #offGrid - https://m.earth.org.uk/note-on-SheevaPlug-setup.html

Not many hours of sunlight in the winter and the intensity is rather low at 470 watts/m^2, but these few hours during noon fill up the #offgrid batteries quickly. These batteries will keep my #tinyhouse toasty during this extreme cold tonight.

Zero utility bills with maximum comfort is what this is all about 🥰

https://offgridcabin.substack.com/p/redundancy-is-not-paranoia/

#offgrid
#offthegrid
#sustainability
#permaculture
#minimalisticliving
#tinyhome

RE: https://mstdn.ca/@pinhman/115980346172550674

This article highlights one of the problems with #BCHydro: it does not serve communities, it serves corporations.

#Renewable #energy generation is slightly more $$ efficient when centralized. But #PowerGrid design is more #resilient when generation is #decentralized.

#Quatsino is an #entrepreneur model - 600 members, remote, nearly #OffGrid w/storage. A co-op #microgrid with the hamlet could be the ideal pilot program for #BC Hydro.

#Indigenous #IndigenousWisdom #BCPoli #BCGreens #BCNDP

“Where Some Luxury Cars Are Stored Off the Record” #luxurylifestyle #luxurycars #offgrid #shorts

from Top Viral

https://topviralyt.wordpress.com/2026/01/30/where-some-luxury-cars-are-stored-off-the-record-luxurylifestyle-luxurycars-offgrid-shorts/

Exciting times for the #offgrid set-up today. The #solar was switched on and is charging the new Sigenergy SigenStor. However not powering house yet as we haven't sorted the correct setup for the wind turbine and backup generator into it. Also we think the SigenStor needs to charge past 70% to do a full set-up so was trying to pull too much from my current almost dead lead-acid batteries that the current set-up inverter was freaking out.
Team are investigating it further over the coming days

@Lydie

About five years of solar here and my #offgrid monthly utility bills are still $0.00. Super cold outside, but toasty warm inside this morning. No guilt for turning the heat up!

And the cats love laying on the warm solar panels :catjam:

On Setting Up a Raspberry Pi 3 Off-grid Server (2018) - RPi3B upgrade for more speed and space... #frugal #offGrid - https://m.earth.org.uk/note-on-Raspberry-Pi-3-setup.html

Had several power outages this winter. Thinking about getting one of these little portable LiFePO4 battery backups to keep my internet, server, and maybe a lamp going when the power is out.

Anyone have experience with them? Even better if you’ve used these Ecoflow River models specifically 🙏

#recommendations #homelab #offgrid #solar #battery #tech #server

I just learned that they make something called a reliance transfer switch. This might be a good option for both emergency power and for those who can’t afford a full home solar system and need to start small and grow their system as able.

A typical transfer switch is all or nothing. Your generator will be connected to every circuit and you may need to turn a lot of stuff off to not overload a small generator in an outage. A reliance transfer switch has each circuit selectable as grid, off, or generator powered.

For someone growing a solar system that would be connected in place of a generator. So you can add circuits to solar as your system is able that will be off grid, but still have the option of switching back to grid if solar can’t keep up.

Here’s a vid on it featuring a budget Vevor one. Vevor is a rebranding budget distribution company. I’d probably look around before going with them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqE5HheVccw

cc @NilaJones @ai6yr

#OffGrid #DIY #Solar #EmergencyPower

Discover Numbi Valley Farm—a stunning permaculture example in South Africa's Klein Karoo! 🌿 Off-grid since 2004 with organic gardens, cob house & natural plunge pool. Perfect agroecological retreat. https://agroecologymap.org/l/322 #Permaculture #OffGrid #SouthAfrica #Agroecology

After two days of very little sun my off-grid solar system shut itself down for a few hours just before dawn. Not a big deal, it came back up this morning once there was sun on the solar panels.

But... my web server is an old laptop, and the outage was long enough that it shut itself down. I'm 400 miles from home and there is no one there to punch the button to start it up again. I guess that I'll need to replace the laptop with a machine that supports boot on power restore.

#solar #offgrid

@DarioZanette

The #offgrid solar was a $10,000 investment, a 10KW pallet of solar panels, a pair of lithium iron phosphate batteries for 10KW, and a 6KW solar inverter. I ordered from #SignatureSolar and they had the liftgate truck in my driveway the next day. It took me a few hours to snap everything together and 500 volts of current flowed into the solar inverter to charge the rack mount batteries and give me 240/120VAC. Everything is generic, highly redundant, and easily bypassed, repaired, or replaceable if something breaks. I had mounted a breaker box on the wall with outlets and a lot of DC converters directly to custom high power LED lighting for the rooms in the house. It is enough to charge the EV batteries too.

And so I went back outside, this time with an electric heated jacket and finished clearing snow away from the solar panels. Well...it was snow, but turned into packed slush and ice. Good to get cardiovascular exercise between reading books for the last few weeks. I went inside to see how much power they were generating, but the house batteries had already charged to 100%. I turned up the electric heat and the panels started ramping up to about 2KW, which is good for the sunset and shade from the trees covering most of the panels.

At least the solar panels are clear of thick snow and I no longer have to use the high voltage hybrid car battery to keep my house warm.

The birds love the seeds I left out for them, but early this morning they learned about the cat food when they had no seeds. If they keep snacking at the cat food bowl, they are going to grow cat ears and meow...

#offgrid

On Setting Up a Raspberry Pi 3 Off-grid Server (2018) - RPi3B upgrade for more speed and space... #frugal #offGrid - https://m.earth.org.uk/note-on-Raspberry-Pi-3-setup.html

The house batteries fell below 20% from heating the house overnight. Looks like the snow has stopped for the week and I may remove the snow from the solar panels today. I went ahead and started the plug in hybrid to deliver 360 volts and charge the batteries. The thick cables from the inverter are warm and recharging the batteries with 100 amperes at a little over 53 volts. The internal resistance of the highly efficient lithium iron phosphate batteries is quite low and may not experience a temperature rise. I started cooking and the heat from roasting whole grains is enough to warm the room with a delightful smell.

The #deer quickly finished off the large bag of corn I left out, so I poured out a fresh bag that the #birds may enjoy too. So many #chonk beautiful birds are feasting upon these seeds to keep warm. I brought out some warm chicken for the feral #cats.

#offgrid

Still alive and warm #OffGrid although the trees are coming apart constantly. Super glad I didn't put the tiny house under one.

#IceStorm

Grandmother Builds Incredible Home From MUD, For Less Than €2,000

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55MKN07PmT0&t=755

#mudhouse #earthbuilding #cobhouses #offgrid #solarpunk

@sean Well the panel-part of the equation is now a lot cheaper. Batteries and esp cabling and control gear, not. Not to mention installation, if you have to pay other to do it.

I was recently a bit miffed when I tried to order just 1kW of panels to replace those that were damaged in the recent wild-fire. But the minimum order was 2kW - to cover delivery and handling at such a low mark-up. I bought the extra capacity, tho more than my control gear can handle, but fitted them SE and SW facing. Now I get max power system can handle from sunrise to sunset, or, on a cloudy day, still enough to run essentials without eating into reserve. No regrets now! #PV #offgrid