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Off The Grid Living
Is It Really Possible?
by David Neich
Firstly what exactly is off the grid living? Some people
think off the grid living is living totally
away from every single person on the planet and it certainly
can be, but not always.
Off the grid living means being able to generate your own
energy and not have to rely on your utility company to provide
it for you, therefore your not up to the power grid that
supplies all the electricity to all the houses.
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In previous articles I have discussed the process of
creating your own solar panel for heating hot
water and also constructing a wind generator to
allow you to have power from the wind. These two essential
steps are needed to have off the grid living.
In this article we will discuss what you need to do to get
free energy to run your home.
I must first of all say that the model outlined in this
article is purely for a home not a business but certainly can
be adapted if needed to. Certainly similar steps could be taken
to run a small business but for today's discussion we will
focus on the family home.
What we're trying to achieve here is to eliminate your
standard power and energy arrangements and replace them with
your own. My primary goal is to outline the process of
off the grid living where you don't have to
pay for anything.
To have off the grid living you really need to employ solar
energy and wind energy to be most effective, this way when the
sun was not shining the wind might be blowing, and when the
winds not blowing the sun probably is shining and you are
making the most of both energy sources.
Both wind and solar energy will be captured in direct
current (DC) then it needs to be converted to alternating
current (AC) with the use of an inverter to change the current
so you can use it from a power point.
The first step is to construct a photovoltaic (PV) solar
panel that will heat your hot water. The main cost of heating
expenses comes from your hot water system. The design that’s
outlined here heats your hot water to approximately 40° then
your hot water system will take it to the next level up to 60°
approximately, that's what’s needed to shower with on average.
This small step saves a lot of greenhouse gases by itself and
you save a huge amount of money by doing it.
The second step is to construct a wind
generator. The wind generator needs to
be at least 5 meters off the ground, the higher the better so
it catches the most wind which generates more power that
will power other items in the home and possibly the shed or
garage as well. The DC power that's generated from the
wind
generator and the solar panels will be stored in a
multitude of deep cycle batteries.
The design that's outlined here can be used to generate
energy to do what ever you wish mostly to organize lights and
power for appliances etc.
So as you can see the more solar panels and wind
generators you have the more power you can create to store in
the batteries. The inverter will convert the DC current to AC
then you can run your appliances from the power points like
normal.
There are other ways that will assist you with off the grid
living that aren't wind energy or solar energy based, one of
these is called thermal siphoning. Thermal siphoning is
removing any hot air via cross flow of the air from one side of
the house to the other.
If you were to open the bottom windows on one side of the
house where the breeze comes in and by opening the top windows
on the other side of the house you will create across flow and
therefore a vacuum to suck out the hot air.
So in summary, off the grid living is certainly a fantastic
way to live. If you can do it, go and do it. Having the
knowledge that you don't have to pay for your energy ever again
makes the process fairly well a must. Knowing that you have
beaten the system and also that you are not contributing to the
earths dramas will make it easier to make a decision to adopt
it as well.
It mighten be that easy to do off the grid
living it by yourself so if you need help I highly
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proven system on the market go to Alternative Energy Ways
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