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Cold Morning Test | Homesteadmark
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Self sufficency, dignity and security. Nobody Told Me that they Have Winter Here. Another Broken Generator →. November 26, 2014. This morning this the temperature here at Walden Puddle was -33c before a little wind chill was figured in. It was the first really cold morning, so this is a good time to look at our progress in coping with the cold. This entry was posted in Homesteading. And tagged Energy Self Sufficiency. Nobody Told Me that they Have Winter Here. Another Broken Generator →. The World I Want.
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Off Grid Electrical | Homesteadmark
https://homesteadmark.wordpress.com/2015/01/24/off-grid-electrical
Self sufficency, dignity and security. Walden Puddle 2014 in review. Our First Power Outage That Never Was →. January 24, 2015. We will continue to learn as we go, but our confidence level in being able to live off-grid with acceptable levels of comfort, convenience, security and economy is on the rise. SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS as of January 2015. Solar Capacity: 550watts @12volts. Generator Capacity: Main – 6500watts. Backup – 2000watts. Battery storage: 900amp hours @12volt. Inverter Capacity: 1500watt x 2.
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Off Grid Electricity | Homesteadmark
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Self sufficency, dignity and security. We will continue to learn as we go, but our confidence level in being able to live off-grid with acceptable levels of comfort, convenience, security and economy is on the rise. SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS as of January 2015. Solar Capacity: 550watts @12volts. Generator Capacity: Main – 6500watts. Backup – 2000watts. Battery storage: 900amp hours @12volt. Inverter Capacity: 1500watt x 2. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Address never made public). Homes...
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Homesteadmark | Self sufficency, dignity and security. | Page 2
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Self sufficency, dignity and security. Newer posts →. The Ark of Misery Bends Toward Progress. September 3, 2014. A busy camp Summer 2014. The Month of Backaches and Blisters. June 14, 2014. This has definitely been a month for the books. I have not been forced to work this hard since I started my grounds keeping business 25 years ago. Hard work has not hurt this much since.lets face it, it has never hurt this much. Am I surprised how hard this is to do? All the Comforts of Home. One of the main reasons ...
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Polar Bear Shower | Homesteadmark
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Self sufficency, dignity and security. A Game of Inches. Walden Puddle 2014 in review →. December 9, 2014. This entry was posted in Homesteading. A Game of Inches. Walden Puddle 2014 in review →. December 10, 2014 at 3:17 am. December 10, 2014 at 9:40 pm. December 10, 2014 at 5:04 am. December 11, 2014 at 2:24 am. December 15, 2014 at 1:41 am. December 30, 2014 at 10:08 pm. Well there’s that question answered! December 30, 2014 at 10:54 pm. Update, we have a new record! Leave a Reply Cancel reply. You ar...
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Our First Power Outage That Never Was | Homesteadmark
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Self sufficency, dignity and security. One Year at Walden Puddle →. Our First Power Outage That Never Was. January 30, 2015. Hurricane style oil lamp converted to use a 4 watt led bulb. If not for face book, we would likely have been completely unaware of the outage last night. I do hope no one experienced any significant discomfort last night, and am doing my best to suppress a tiny bit of smugness that I might feel today toward those who scoffed at our decision to go off grid. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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A Game of Inches | Homesteadmark
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Self sufficency, dignity and security. Polar Bear Shower →. A Game of Inches. December 2, 2014. The cold persists at Walden puddle, -27c at 6am, but now rising to -23 at 10am. I feel content, but focused. A combination of circumstances and small setbacks has limited our firewood gathering effort in the last few weeks, so now that has become top priority with work on the bedroom put on hold. Right now it is a game of inches. We need to get far enough ahead on firewood to allow me to spend time insulat...
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Walden Puddle 2014 in review | Homesteadmark
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Self sufficency, dignity and security. Off Grid Electrical →. Walden Puddle 2014 in review. December 30, 2014. The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt:. A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 2,200. Times in 2014. If it were a cable car, it would take about 37 trips to carry that many people. Click here to see the complete report. This entry was posted in Uncategorized. Off Grid Electrical →. Great job this year!
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Another Broken Generator | Homesteadmark
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Self sufficency, dignity and security. A Game of Inches →. December 2, 2014. A little frosty this morning at Walden Puddle. This morning the reading at our thermometer was -27c which was only one degree colder that what was being reported in town. I have noticed that we can vary by as much as 3 degrees from the reading in town (14km) away. This entry was posted in Homesteading. And tagged Energy Self Sufficiency. A Game of Inches →. December 6, 2014 at 4:21 pm. December 7, 2014 at 12:11 am. I am time poo...