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Thanks for the tip Offgrid. In your opinion, would it be easier to set up a cabin in 110VAC or 12VDC? The plan is to be 100% self-sufficient. Mostly solar and maybe some wind turbines depending on the area.
I would want enough power to run basic appliances like fridge and freezer, etc. Is that reasonable? I know fridge and freezer draw lots of current.
Thanks
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If you are planning to run a fridge, freezer... set it up for 120/240vac.Originally Posted by HoneyBadger
Our offgrid home is wired 120/240vac.
100% self-sufficient would be tough, I'm married! Use about 300 gallons of propane a year for cooking, dryer, and radiant heat (boiler). Have solar hot water collectors for domestic hot water, works well, covers about 90% of our hot water needs. If I were to build again, would use solar hot water collectors for heating as well.
How well do the solar water heaters work? My wife takes EXTREMELY hot showers... the water temp is too hot for me.. But she can't seem to shake this "necessity". Could you run your water line through a solar heater before running it through a standard hot water heater (like a 20gal tank) to save on gas?
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"When law and morality contradict each other, the citizen has the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense or losing his respect for the law." -Frederic Bastiat
"I am a conservative. Quite possibly I am on the losing side; often I think so. Yet, out of a curious perversity I had rather lose with Socrates, let us say, than win with Lenin."
― Russell Kirk, Author of The Conservative Mind
Weekend cabin or full-time?
Weekend cabin, hunting trips, etc unless the SHTF. Then full time
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"When law and morality contradict each other, the citizen has the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense or losing his respect for the law." -Frederic Bastiat
"I am a conservative. Quite possibly I am on the losing side; often I think so. Yet, out of a curious perversity I had rather lose with Socrates, let us say, than win with Lenin."
― Russell Kirk, Author of The Conservative Mind
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