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RE: Off Grid Living Diary #1 - One Month In
So very interesting to read.
One thing that I was wondering, how did you come by this house? Did it sell for cheaper because it isn't connected to electricity and such? Is it a much older house? Would love to know something about its history, and it could also be a good idea for another post.
I hear you about the hair dryer. When I use a vacuum cleaner to clean the house, I once connected it to the UPS instead of the wall socket, and no, it didn't go well :D
I hope you two will make winter work out. In case you keep using more power than you are generating, will you consider geothermal power, or adding more solar panels?
Keep us posted!
P.S. Your banner at the top is a bit too bright, so it's hard to read your description text of yourself :3
How odd you should mention the banner as I have just changed it for exactly the reason you said :-) We found the house on the internet and, no, it is not cheap because it's on solar; that may be connected to the fact that we are in Spain so whilst we do have restrictions, it's not like trying to do the same thing in the UK (which is where I am from)
We are considering a couple of more panels and I know Tom is also looking into wind power - I am not sure how practical this would be yet (although it does get windy here) but he has always wanted a wind turbine so watch this space.
Re the vacuum, I just got a small rechargeable one that I put on charge when the sun is out and it lasts about 20 minutes which is plenty long enough for me. Additionally, downstairs is all wooden floors (it's common in Spain to have no carpets) so I can also sweep up.
And, thank you for being interested in what I write. Have a lovely day.
Here floors mostly have tiles. When I vacuum the house it sadly takes closer to an hour, what with it being a too large house, heh. But yeah, sweeping sure is a nostalgic option, and what I had to do in the army.
It's often mentioned how ironic it is that for how sunny Israel is, solar panels used for more than just heating your water boiler is a rare thing here. Probably because the local electricity company is a government funded monopoly and opposed it up to now :-/
And makes sense the house is expensive if it came with the solar panels, thought you might have added them yourselves.
And thanks, I'll try to have a nice day in spite of a migraine, or at least a productive one :) And yeah, as mentioned prior, I have a lot of experience with blogs, including helping friends make theirs more inviting and well designed, so such things stand out to me.