by Nick Meissner | Off Grid Power
Our goal for being off the grid has been to produce all of our power from renewable sources (solar, hydro, wind, wood gas, steam, hydrogen, etc) and not rely on fuel sources that must be purchased (gasoline, diesel, propane, etc). But particularly in northern...
by Nick Meissner | Off Grid Power
We finally found light bulbs we could get excited about! CFL's work, but there's some drawbacks that we weren't really excited about. Recently we were walking through Home Depot and you'll never guess what we discovered... LED home light bulbs! Incandescent light...
by Nick Meissner | Off Grid Power
In my years of experience living off the grid (since the late '90s), I have found batteries to be the most expensive and troublesome component of a renewable energy system over the long run. With that in mind, I knew there must be a better solution than the...
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 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...
by Nick Meissner | Off Grid Power
For a comparison, see Inverter comparison: Magnum MS series vs Outback VFX series. If there is one word that could summarize the Magnum MS series inverters, it would be "simplicity". That can be a good thing as long as its not so simple and automatic that necessary...
