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Going OFF-Grid - Earth - 04-27-2015
I am going to be going off-grid soon what this means is I will be living with limited electricity from solar power, wind power and on bad days gasoline 800watt generator for backup.
You may be wondering why would I do this and my answer is I am tired of living by restrictions, I am tired of electric bills, water bills, heating bills and everything like that, I am tired of the government having control over my life. Now even though I can live perfectly fine without modern day conveniences I am still going to have them to an extent.
So my setup will be simple:
30FT Travel Trailer (camper)
800 Watts of Solar panels
200-300 Watt Wind turbine
Rain Collection Setup
250 Gallon Water tank + 2 55 Gallon Food Grade Barrels (Gravity Feed)
Out-door shower (Cold Water only)
Composting Toilet
Wood Stove Heating
I will have this setup on about an acre of land. This most likely means no internet unless I could get a line ran out but most likely that will not happen due to how deep in it would be.
I also will be focusing on making everything self-sustainable including chickens, plants, etc.
RE: Going OFF-Grid - Losi - 04-27-2015
Good luck with this. You should post some pics of your setup.
RE: Going OFF-Grid - Oni - 04-27-2015
Cold water sounds depressing.
RE: Going OFF-Grid - ねこまっしぐら - 04-27-2015
Has anyone ever told you that you're a funny guy?
RE: Going OFF-Grid - Earth - 04-27-2015
(04-27-2015, 03:57 PM)Losi Wrote: Good luck with this. You should post some pics of your setup.
When it is actually all setup I will depending on my internet situation.
(04-27-2015, 04:25 PM)Oni Wrote: Cold water sounds depressing.
Could take the time to boil water in a fire pit but it will take too much time.
RE: Going OFF-Grid - Akane - 04-28-2015
(04-27-2015, 04:25 PM)Oni Wrote: Cold water sounds depressing.
So does living your life as a robot....
I am doing the same OP just more extreme... no electricity, creek water hunting for food that type shit.
Just me my dog and my wonderful marijuana babies
I actually just got back from being out there for a month gonna be going back out soon, had some shit to take care of.
RE: Going OFF-Grid - Earth - 04-28-2015
(04-28-2015, 07:38 PM)Akane Wrote: So does living your life as a robot....
I am doing the same OP just more extreme... no electricity, creek water hunting for food that type shit.
Just me my dog and my wonderful marijuana babies
I actually just got back from being out there for a month gonna be going back out soon, had some shit to take care of.
What state are you doing this in?
RE: Going OFF-Grid - Akane - 04-28-2015
(04-28-2015, 10:24 PM)Fire Wrote: What state are you doing this in?
Its actually not in a state at all.
RE: Going OFF-Grid - roger_smith - 04-29-2015
(04-27-2015, 08:26 PM)Fire Wrote: When it is actually all setup I will depending on my internet situation.
Could take the time to boil water in a fire pit but it will take too much time.
Solar water heater
I'm not off grid, but I'm slowly practicing a homesteading lifestyle. It's fairly stressful at times, and can be quite hard. We've only been doing it for a few months, and I wouldn't change a thing so far. I have the chickens out grazing around. I still need to build them a coop. Probably won't get to a garden this year though
One step at a time though. This house needs a lot of repair that we didn't know about until months later, so we're fixing that stuff first. That's part of homesteading though.
Another example, this is kinda what I was thinking
RE: Going OFF-Grid - Cressi - 04-29-2015
Sounds like an amazing plan! Good luck to you, and tell us all about it when you get back ^^