Category Archives: Off-the-Grid Power

Shifting Power, Shifting Perspective

To recap the plan, we are renovating our off the grid power in the following ways: Replace our current lead acid battery bank with a nickel iron battery (see Power Shift: A New/Old Battery Bank) Replace the solar panels with … Continue reading

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Final Breakthrough

The long, drawn out process of installing the new solar panels included one final touch: the addition of a vent fan. Lead acid batteries “gas” at high charge levels, emitting vaporized sulfuric acid and flammable hydrogen. This is unhealthy to … Continue reading

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