We are mostly off grid in the way we live. We are still connected to public power, but we have an extensive solar power set up and also do a lot of things without electricity. In the winter when we are getting little solar collection, I do most of my cooking and baking on my wood stove, even though it is not a cook stove. I have a treadle sewing machine and many hand powered utensils for my kitchen. I would like to get a hand crank blender at some point, but those things also do not draw much power. To us, the public power is more of a back up but we would love to disconnect some day
We are mostly off grid in the way we live. We are still connected to public power, but we have an extensive solar power set up and also do a lot of things without electricity. In the winter when we are getting little solar collection, I do most of my cooking and baking on my wood stove, even though it is not a cook stove. I have a treadle sewing machine and many hand powered utensils for my kitchen. I would like to get a hand crank blender at some point, but those things also do not draw much power. To us, the public power is more of a back up but we would love to disconnect some day