r/OffGridLiving

First time posting here. I'm in the Savannah area, coastal Georgia, and we've lost power 3 times in the last year and a half from storms and random grid stuff. Between the food spoilage and a $275 insulin replacement that insurance dragged their feet on for weeks, it's cost us close to $1,300 total.

I've been doing the cooler and ice thing every time and it honestly stops working after about 8 hours. By then the ice is just cold water and the fridge thermometer is already climbing past where I'm comfortable with the insulin.

I want a battery station that can keep a standard fridge running for 30+ hours but I'm seeing a huge range in how long they actually last even between stations with similar capacity, so I'm not sure what to trust.

Hi all, I’m wondering if anyone here could recommend a suitable subreddit page to post this question on, if this isn’t the best place?

I‘ve 10 acres in the midlands (England) and I’m looking into expanding my livestock (we keep a few horses and a donkey, goats, and alpacas) I’m looking ideally for an animals which will be well suited to turning some ground over from bramble type forage into useable meadow ground- I’m assuming pigs would be best for this but would appreciate some opinions on whether cattle would manage a similar thing? I keep a number of chickens and cats and would worry about them less around cattle than I would with pigs - I’ve heard some horror stories!

Thanks in advance for any advice anyone can spare!

Cece

Hello all!

I’m currently moving through a dissolving break up, and moving out of my apartment with my ex. We live in Boulder, and housing is pretty brutal out here.

I just found out a friend of mine is renting out her ADU! It feels appealing because she’s a friend and I really trust her. I also have been wanting to live alone with my dog to heal from this break up and learn our own rhythms again.

My dog, Beef, and I have been together for 8 years. He’s 9 years old. We’ve lived in many cities, lived through many breakups, and he’s the most secure attachment I’ve ever ever had. I adore him.

Because he’s 9 and we’re super active (3 walks a day, many hikes) he can live with me in a smaller space. However, this space has a lofted bed that’s pretty high, and idk how I’d get him up there 😭. I could invest over a grand into storage stairs… which I may do! It just feels like a lot, and idk if he’d use it. He did go up a ladder to a loft in a cabin we stayed in recently, but because of his age I don’t want him doing that all the time.

We’ve slept together throughout most of our time together. However, in the last couple years in my current space with my ex, he would start the night with me and leave and go sleep in the living room. So he’s okay on his own. But the past couple weeks he’s been back in bed with me all night! (I think he can feel a change is coming).

Am I a terrible dog mom if I get this place and make him sleep without me? Do I even want to sleep without him? I could get the stairs. I also could look for another place, but it feels so good to know I’d have friends on the property and as landlords. Plus, there’s trails in my neighborhood for beef! Let me know your thoughts….

Anyone know where a decent spot of land 1 acre for sale by owner under 10,000 in a safe “community” for sale would be! I’ve got an enclosed trailer conversion set up for solar and be completely off grid! Can be anywhere really, that allows stealth. It’s where my soul longs to be! Would be much appreciated

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Howdy y'all, I am currently 4 months into living on solar and I am having some doubts about the capabilities of my system to power the AC.

I do know from a previous post here that my system is underpowered for what I need and through my own research I know what I need to do to upgrade it. However, money is tight at this time.

So in the meantime, do you guys have any tricks or gizmos to keep your places cool that won't be a hard draw on solar?

I've got two window units, they're 6000btu, I have them set to run on an eco mode at 74 degrees, so they start and stop, sometimes it only kicks the fan on. I do have an open doorway between the main room and the bedroom that I'm ordering a curtain for on Thursday in the hopes that it will help cool this place down by splitting the rooms. I only run one unit at a time.

Hoping someone with an HQ19 can help me out. My FIL was in a serious dirt bike accident while camping this week, and I was asked to pack up his site and bring his camper and truck to my house while he’s in the hospital. I don’t have any experience with a camper and I just want to make sure that I properly shutdown everything and get it hooked up to his truck properly before I try and move it. I do have general experience with towing trailers, but nothing with a hitch like this.

Aight so I'm fairly new to this.

I got a job at a mine and there's nowhere at all to live.

No camp, no apartments, nothing.

Well, that's a lie. I can rent a bed for about 1500$ a month, where I have to share a bed.

But anyways. I havw a camper trailer. I have my pc, and an ac built into the trailer.

What source of power would you recommend?

Im borrowing a gas genny, but I dont want to run it for 12 hours or something on my days off.

Tl;dr: what generator should I use for playing my vidya games and staying cool for extended period of times, without spending a fortune on fuel

Anyone know where a decent spot of land 1 acre that’s waterfront for sale by owner under 10,000 in a safe “community” for sale would be! I’ve got an enclosed trailer conversion set up for solar and be completely off grid! Can be anywhere really, that allows stealth. It’s where my soul longs to be! Would be much appreciated

Using electrolysis, or bubbler, to strip the oxygen from the H20 and routing the hydrogen into the intake nipple of a dual gas generator to create power.

I have over 100 acres of creek bottom land full of nothing but hardwood with a huge natural creek running through the middle of the property connecting to the river about 15 miles away. The local utility company Entergy wants to put in a new high line leading from Entergy plant in Calion, Ar leading to Louisiana. This proposal goes right through the middle of our land, and will destroy any future we plan to have out there. Not only will this destroy our forest, but it will also destroy the creek and all the wildlife that comes with it. Not to mention this high line is only to make a quick route down to Louisiana. This will in no way help Arkansans. We do NOT want this high line on our property!! How can I fight this? It is currently only in the proposal stage!? Please help!!!!

Considering switching to a Starlink Mini setup for our camp property and looking for some advice from people who’ve done something similar.
We have 3 RVs on the property, but the challenge is that we’re not always there at the same time. We’d like to keep the Starlink Mini powered and online full-time if possible so whoever shows up has internet ready to go.
The property currently has NO electricity, so we’re exploring options like:
Solar panels

Battery banks

Charge controllers

Possibly tying into an RV battery setup

One idea I had was using my RV’s solar prep with maybe a 200W panel and charge controller to keep the RV battery topped off and running the Starlink continuously. But I’m definitely not an expert on solar or power requirements.
Main goals:
Reliable enough to leave running full time

Budget-friendly

Minimal maintenance

Enough power storage for cloudy days

Has anyone here run a Starlink Mini off-grid long term? What kind of setup are you using? Battery size? Solar wattage? Portable power station vs dedicated battery bank?
Any recommendations for equipment or things I’m not thinking about would be appreciated.