Power system

We have been working on the power house and bathroom. Although the bathroom still has a way to go, the power house is now finished.

We've moved all the tools in there as well for the time being, but its main purpose is obviously to house the power system.

We have always had used golf cart batteries powering our electricity. They are free, which is really something you can't beat, but they don't last forever. Now, for the first time, we have a huge battery bank, made up of seven 12 volt, 190 amp, sealed batteries. It is beautiful. We also have a super fancy inverter that can do pretty much everything you can imagine. It's pretty incredible.

This week, Abe made a solar mount, to support the new solar panels (which we have had in the shed for a while). Some of the panels are up there already, but not yet connected to the batteries - that comes on Monday.

We are about to have a kick ass system. Off grid power is great in that it is something you can slowly build up, which we have been doing for some time. The reward is now here. In a couple of days, we won't have to think about power usage (at least by our standards), and we will even be getting an electric fridge.

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