Category Archives: Off-the-Grid Power

A New Sweeper for the Solar Array

Posted on February 9, 2020 by Mark Zeiger

In the winter, one of the most important chores of the homestead is keeping the solar array free of snow (see Solar “Extraction” and Sweeps Season). To do that, I’ve relied for several years on an extendable pole, with a … Continue reading →

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Shielding the Power System with Garbage

Posted on January 30, 2020 by Mark Zeiger

Ever since I installed a breaker box for our off-the-grid power system in 2015, (see Hangover), it has had a flaw, an Achilles’s heel, if you will: the breakers in the breaker box have been vulnerable to inadvertent switching. The … Continue reading →

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