tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post8870851125749828603..comments2024-03-25T16:44:35.555-04:00Comments on Sixbears in the Woods: More off-grid fun!Sixbearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-83447075937731766992009-12-09T18:44:26.456-05:002009-12-09T18:44:26.456-05:00Hi Hermit. Yes, I saw the Les Stroud video. My w...Hi Hermit. Yes, I saw the Les Stroud video. My wife and I got a huge kick out of it. We kept making "BLAAANT" noises every time they did something stupid. <br /><br />I can go about 4 days with no grid power or sun. System has given few problems. I water it about twice a year and adjust the angle of the panels every 3 months or so. <br /><br />Grid power out here is a bit better than it used to be but it's still bad. I got the go ahead on my system when my wife was told "there's nothing you can do about power outages."Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-5391604046724299202009-12-09T14:06:36.269-05:002009-12-09T14:06:36.269-05:00Have you ever seen the video Les Stroud did on bui...Have you ever seen the video Les Stroud did on building his off grid home in the Canadian wilderness? It was a terrific amount of work, and he hired out most of it to specialists. My place is on the grid, we have a line coming up the mountain. The trouble is, our power grid dates back to the 1930's, and is off every time there's a wind or rain or snow or a bird lands on the line. I have a generator to back it up. I built a massive solar panel system with an inverter and deep cycle batteries in 1999, but it was a bitch to maintain and could not run the house, even if we only used minimum load, for more than a couple of hours before I had to turn on the generator anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com