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Our Electricity Supply for Several Decades!

4/23/2017

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Solar Power

After much stuffing about - we have our power supply for the next few decades in our container.

The 48-batteries will eventually be connected to 12x250W solar panels and keep us in power for many years.

Our diesel generator is there to top up if we suffer endless cloudy days.

We've lived with solar for many years on our boats - this is a luxury system in comparison to 2-solar panels and 4-batteries!

I love being off-grid - no small bits of paper with large numbers coming through our letter box!
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How to Lift 600 kilos!

4/15/2017

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Time for Ingenuity

Before the tractor came (scroll down for pics), we were challenged with the task of lifting the 600 kilo generator off the trailer and onto the ground - its new home.

Here's our latest ingenuity to achieve this:

What you need
  • Two tonne chain and block
  • Three, C-Section beams from our American Barn
  • One container
  • Lots of rope
  • Two 1 x tonne straps

How
  • One end of beams lashed with assorted marine ropes, some 30-years old!
  • Manoeuvre and park trailer under chain and block
  • Haul away while watching beams bend! Hoping container doesn't tip over, or ropes break, or Chinese block/chain desintegrate, OR generator safely lifted..

Generator was safely lifted (phew!) and we drove the trailer out - generator lowered, job done, more grey hairs grown!
We are off-grid and finally (after months and months and months of messing around) have our system hooked up with no less than 48 batteries - details soon.
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