I went a touch crazy today on Amazon. I’m not sure how this will work , given my self imposed book hiatus, more on that in a post to follow.
I bought several books recently that kind of tie in with my earlier post on solar projects. One is on off the grid cabin construction and the other on wind generators. Here’s a list:
Posted in Books, Field Trips and Research, Plans, Power
I wanted to put out feelers to any who have experience. I’m looking to start a couple small solar power projects around the home just to get a little more familiar with the comings and goings of things.
I would be really interested in any recommendations you have for small projects. Almost anything is fair game. I’m not quite to the level of changing over to a solar hot water heater or anything like that but I want to start somewhere.
If you have any project experience, recommendations, books, or even URLs please let me know. You can comment here or just email offthegridwego at yahoo.com
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I think I am about to stand in the gap here and take up the fight against current popular sentiment and slay the beast that is the Compact Fluorescent Light Bulb. Waiting in the wings to fill the void is the new harbinger of illumination and safety, the Light Emitting Diode light bulb…
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I just read a pretty good recommendation on Wretha’s Adventures Living 100% Off Grid blog and it has to do with buying equipment for going off grid…
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We just received our Kill-A-Watt EZ 4460. If you go back and look at the Phase One ERP (under Plans on the right) you will notice…
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