Living off-grid in your DIY house with Solar and Wind Power
- Filed under: Solar Power and Off-Grid Living
- Date: Oct 15,2008
The most popular category at TechieNATION by far is all about alternative energy and lifestyles. (Solar panels, wind generators, living off-grid in general) I’ve been learning about these things for the last couple of years and it has become a passion of mine. As I figure things out and get a chance to try them, I write blog’s about it to share what I’ve learned to the world for free. (The most popular posts are near the top left of this site: How to calculate your power consumption, figuring out how many solar panels you need, and my Kingston Solar Power Installation for under $600)
For those of you that are in a rush, or don’t want to be reading all of my posts that are spread out within this site, I suggest you buy and read one or all of these ebooks that have been written by Andrew Oke. He’s living the life I want to live, and has documented it all. Needless to say, he’s way ahead of me in the game.
His SET of Ebooks covers the following subjects :
- How to build a wind generator
- How to build your own Solar Panels
- How to make Bio Diesel Fuel
- How to build your own home
- All about Renewable Energy Solutions
Living off the grid involves a lot of work and even more knowledge. He does a great job of simplifying it and making it understandable for most people. CHECK IT OUT BY CLICKING HERE !
One Response for "Living off-grid in your DIY house with Solar and Wind Power"
Reading Richards’ stuff too ….. hmmm …. it’s not so much the fridge issue as the freezing option … damn that romantic notion of ice cubes!! Sounds like it’s more that you need to get off grid … when are you planning to do that? – this has been 7 years of planning now – for us – yes …… only thinking about the energy issue now – not so good – but for me I had no head space to think about the nitty gritty of it until now – and we’re looking at another 8 months of “free electricity” at work – but i am taking a compass / PH tester for the soil and checking out the 2 wells on the place …. any other suggestions for what to look out for in trying to self sufficient (i.e. low consumption / no debt)?
I guess it sounds like we’re more like your sister – just so desperate to get out of the rat race (in our case london) that we’ll just go for it anyway – and enjoy the learning process – COZ IT WON”T BE WORKING FOR THE MAN NO-MORE – NO HOW!!!! Anyhoo from a VERY cold and grey London. Joanna and Douglas
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