First day in our OFF GRID cabin! Adjusting to full time off grid
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- Опубликовано: 14 июн 2024
- We broke free from the city and the grid and now live off grid FULL TIME. Come along to see what it was like our first day!
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I admire your grit for learning how to manage all of that during the times your husband works away! You go girl! I'm sure there are many adjustments, but soon enough it will all feel second nature. Convenience isn't all its cracked up to be. It's really good to be more connected to the normal, everyday functions of life.
Thanks, Jen! You do what you've gotta do, right? The pros definitely outweigh the "cons" of our new situation. And you're right, they aren't really cons at all!
Love seeing it all come together!
I'm so glad you enjoyed watching!!
Mount those panels vertical, never clear snow again or wash them, the rain yesterday blasted mine clean, I have a vid on a simple ground mount. 1000-gal propane tank $3200 used run the gen for 3 months, fill once or twice a year, LNG kit for champion? Or get a second gen never rely on 1 gen, something like a Midland power with remote dual fuel, add regulator and 10' hose $40. I bought a ($250)50ft L50 cord, plug that straight into the gen for a dryer. If it overloads the gen (unlikely) run the dryer on medium heat. $2900 USD to add 19.2 kw or 48v 400AH of lead carbon AGM, just a + and -, no brms, no equalizing, charge/discharge at -40, non-spillable, safe and 97% recyclable, good performance 30 to 70% S.O.C., maintenance is full charge once every 30 days. Idk what batteries you have but maybe able to add the 19.2 kw to the existing. Lead carbon in 12v100 12v250 6v400. One upgrade everything you own turned on plus a 350-watt heater 24hr a day with induction cooktop, or microwave, kettle add full sun run the dryer too. You could add a 2 to 3 hours of a 1500w heater, having just the 350w heater you still keep a fire just smaller use a lot less wood. Dryer usage not from gen up to 6kw@240v inverter needed charge rate 100amp minimum. More gravel all over the gen/wood pile area asap, spark arrestor or not you can cook a hot dog off a 10k gen exhaust but don't eat it. In winter (-30) point the gen exhaust at the front of the truck use your hand (3ft away to start) to measure heat, warms oil and battery, 1 crank and start. Gen too cold, 18hr body warmers 12hrs before starting on oil pan, carb too if on gas, or coals in a covered cast iron pot under the gen for an hour, my LNG was flawless to -30f. My 1st inverter had a firmware issue required me to run a gen 3 to 4 hrs a day for 120 days, it sucks using a gen. I swapped inverter gave it a 1hr 5.4kw charge in March haven't used the gen since that day. My 2790 w array peaked at 3414w with snow and sun vertical mounted Jan@-25c, 460w rare to 780w in overcast. If you have external water tank you can wrap it in reflectix 2x and run an exhaust fan from a floor vent to the insulated area or insulated coop, 30w to run an 80cfm bathroom fan. I run my vent to a fully enclosed basement under the trailer with 600gal water and grey filter inside, -33c tank was +.7 but adding a 175w heater this year. Mark would love my yard a deer hwy, 13 deer withing 20 yards, never left feed.
Wow, thanks so much for all that information. We clearly have a lot to learn and optimize so thanks for sharing your tips!!
Deep cleaning makes such a big difference. Crazy that you dont have direct access to your freezers though
It's definitely forced me to think ahead more, although it's obviously not a HUGE deal to make an extra trip to the basement 😆
Hello 👋🤗 we are new to the channel . Hit the like and subscribe button. And you guys have a beautiful cabin. And it's really not hard to cook on the wood stove you just got to learn to judge the temperature of the stove with what you're cooking because it will cook fast. And its all a learning experience and learning from the different things you come across. Good luck and looking forward to see more videos
Thanks so much for liking and subscribing!! And for the words of encouragement. There's a lot to learn and adjust to, but we're so enjoying it.
@@thehomeintent there's a big homestead in off-grid living community. And for the most part always ask questions. When I have my son and me do we read a lot of books. Plus we live in the pine barrens here in New Jersey. And have property up in Maine that hopefully we're going to start homesteading towards the end of the year.