by Nick Meissner | Off Grid Water
My Personal Experience Even before I moved into my current temporary home, one of the early issues encountered was water. The submersible pump was quite undersized and could hardly pump water to the surface, let alone pressurize the water system. So I needed to make...
by Nick Meissner | Off Grid Power
This last spring, we were away from home for a few months on a seminar trip. In preparation for the trip, I pondered how best to prepare my battery for such a long period away from my watchful eye. There were two main concerns I had about leaving it home...
by Nick Meissner | Off Grid Water
One of the most multi-purpose tools on the homestead is a wood cook stove. Ours not only cooks the food and keeps the house toasty warm; it also heats our hot water. The two main components, aside from the wood cook stove, are a water coil (#6 & #7 on the...
by Nick Meissner | Off Grid Heat
Today I did some regular maintenance in the fire safety department of our homestead. I needed to make sure our fire extinguisher was in good shape. So I marched off to the corner of our home where it is safely stashed and did a quick check and some regular...
by Nick Meissner | Off Grid Power
For the last 6 years I have lived with an Outback VFX inverter. That may sound like a pretty close relationship and it is! When you live off the grid and need good clean electricity for work, the inverter play an important part in one's life. But a truly fine...
