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Serious discussion of off-grid living. Literally: living in a place that does not have utilities, such as power, water, sewer, and gas. No politics please, and please keep discussion on-topic within reason.
Power would be nice. What's that? We don't have any power lines running to the property?
submitted 4 years ago by yetanotherone_sigh from self.OffGrid
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Load: how are you using your power?
I wanted to keep everything in native 12V from the batteries unless I have something specific that I need to power.
Most of the load will be running LED lights. Those are easy to find in 12VDC. I have several interior lights and porch lights up now. Need to add more outdoor lighting for security and to see if you are being stalked by a wild animal at night (yes, this happens).
Some of the load will be pumping water. I have several small 12V pumps for running the shower and whatnot. Need a larger one for the creek.
The 900W inverter is used, believe it or not, for watching TV. It gets dark quick and the nights are long at a high latitude. No TV antenna reception in a valley. So we have a small Western Digital box that hooks up to a HDD full of TV shows and movies that I brought out. Mostly Ray Mears survival shows. lol
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