Chauffe-eau solaire sans pression Dans cette configuration, le système est utilisé comme “Ajouter” à un système d'eau existant avec une chaudière. Bien qu'il ne puisse pas fonctionner à des températures de gel ou en dessous ( 0°C ), c'est un moyen facile et confortable de produire de l'eau chaude. The…

How to add a OffGrid Solar-System to a house that already has grid-power ? Situation The following situation is a very common occurrence. It’s one we’ve had come up in the community a lot, and for most people in a semi urban environment this is…

Earthship – Sunray Circle A magical circular earthship build deep in the wilderness of Northern ontario. Built from more than 80% reused or natural materials We cut the trees and milled the wood to build our home, and used 80,000lbs of earth rammed into tube…

Camp Decadence Location: Centre-nord des États-Unis – Zone climatique 7 Tout le cadrage est 16 pouce au centre. Les solives du rez-de-chaussée sont au nombre de 2×10 pouces, les murs et les solives du 2e étage sont 2×6, et les chevrons de toit sont 2×8. La pente du toit est 12/12 (45º). Everything is insulated with R-19…

Maintenance and small repairs of a deep cycle lead acid battery We will be looking at maintenance and small repairs on a deep cycle lead acid battery. Commonly these are used for forklifts or OffGrid power systems. We are talking about big battery blocks, not…

Solar Suitcase – A portable Generator Here we will be looking at small and portable yet powerfull mini solar system. This system was done as tutorial and training to get some basic experience. The design was choosen to have a electricity supply for power needs…

Advanced OffGrid Power-systems The Information here are more advanced setups. It is assumend that the reader has the basic knowledge of solar, inverters, charge-controllers, batteries, generators and basic solar-system types. For questions or input join our community discord server. Redundancy If a vital system breaks…

What are microgreens? Microgreens are vegetable greens usually grown only week or two, untill the stage of cotyledon leaves have developed or first set of true leaves. They are really easy to grow for even a beginner and require not much. Basically you need some…

Mobilheim in Forest. There is small garden around the mobile home bordered by a fence, as of now there’s only small growing patch for vegetables and few holunder trees, rest is covered by grass. There is also five big solar panels on their rack providing…

Life Support Module Small, efficiant, and lovely. This 2m x 4m container got modified into a fully OffGrid housing for two persons (and a dog).Adapting a lot of idears and devices from the caravan world to save space. Technical devices are nicely arranged to enable…

Un bois spécial “garage”Le noyau de cette construction spéciale est une caravane. La structure compte légalement comme garage. Pour que ces conditions légales s'appliquent, aucune fondation solide n'a été utilisée, mais du gravier comprimé et les toilettes devaient être séparés de la structure.. Build onto a…

TheHappyBunker. A rather large OffGrid Project. Taille du terrain : ~ 15.000 m²Taille de la structure: ~ 550 m²: ~400m²Location: Europe centrale, Montagnes tchèquesMatériaux de construction utilisés : ~ Béton 70%, Des briques 15%, Acier 10%, 5% Bois. Système du pouvoir 8400 Watt Solar Panels400 Watt Wind Generator3x Deep Cycle Batteries…

EarthshipsOne of the first approches in the “nouvel Age” pour une configuration durable hors réseau. Michael E. Reynolds, l'esprit originel derrière l'idéal, a consacré une bonne partie de sa vie à cette. Il est un partisan de “vie radicalement durable”. Often has he been a…