I can tell you about living off the grid. 1979-1989 I lived in a
small community two miles from any infrastructure. In fact I lived
in a one-room cabin for most of that time and for three years in a
wall tent. My electricity was a Sear Marine Diehard battery. I kept
it charged either with a 1800w gas generator or charging it off the
alternator of my truck.
I ran my ham station, a car stereo, and 7-inch DC powered TV and had
one 12v light. Heated with a woodstove, cooked on a coleman camp
stove, and main light was a coleman lattern. It was not bush Alaska,
but very close to it...difference was I could drive out on a
road. Ham radio was my telephone.
My truck was an diesel International Scout, so I would run it for
30-minutes after starting to recharge the truck battery as the
alternator was only 35amp and diesels start hard in winter. So
usually I loaded the cabin battery into the truck and parallel
charged it at the same time.
I did obtain some surplus solar panels but they were too far gone to
ever be usable. In 1989 the power utility extended lines up the
valley past me and I got both power from the grid and telephone. Cost
me $60 for the hookup which I had them bury to the house from the
pole (for free). I sold the property in 2003 and now live 100 miles
to the west. You can see the log cabin I built here:
http://www.kl7uw.com/Hope%20Cabin-1.jpg
73, Ed - KL7UW
73, Ed - KL7UW
http://www.kl7uw.com
"Kits made by KL7UW"
Dubus Mag business:
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