For anyone serious about going off-grid, they really should look into renting an RV for a weekend. Even if one doesn’t go for the dry-camping route & instead hooks up at a full service campground you will quickly learn some interesting items which will apply to your new home. One item that surprises some 1st […]
Going Off-Grid in the 21st Century – Taking out the Trash
For many of us we simply bag up the trash, throw it in the container outside & it’s handled. For many living in very rural areas there might not be any service, which is where many of the current off-grid homes are located. This generally leaves many individuals to consider of 3 well known options; […]
Going Off-Grid in the 21st Century – Options for Power Generation
Just as quick recap, in the last few posts we started off by specifying the “what we want to do”, followed up by the three most common stumbling blocks people run into & worked on getting a realistic initial sizing requirement for our electrical needs. Unlike the last two articles, that have seemingly been more […]
Going Off-Grid in the 21st Century, Initial Calculations for Sizing
When we first started this series of going off-grid, we started off with Craig Leisher & his family deciding to do exactly that. While him and his wife Susannah decided to pare down there power requirements to just include enough for 2 laptops, a cell phone, and the satellite internet system – we decided to […]
Going Off-Grid in the 21st Century – 3 Main Stumbling Block’s
If you mention to anyone that you are planning or going off the grid, the first thing (and sometimes only thing) that comes to most peoples mind is ditching the power company. Some individuals I have talked with in the past get a funny little gleam in their eyes & talk about “sticking it to […]
Going Off-Grid in the 21st Century, what does it realistically take?
Off the Grid, Where the Living is Good (so far) by Craig Leisher “Three weeks ago, my wife and I moved with our three boys, two cats, five bikes and canoe from the New Jersey suburbs to a cabin in the Maine woods. We’ll be here for a year, and from time to time I’ll […]