Baby Steps Toward Switching To Solar I personally would love to switch my home over to all alternative energy in particular in my case both wind and solar. However, switching to off grid methods of generating energy doesn’t come inexpensively. I know I can’t afford to just do it! I think that might be the …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Make and Store Electricity Before a Grid Collapse Our world runs on electricity for the most part. Very few parts of the world function without any electricity at all. Even in those locations where it’s not regularly available they use products produced with electricity like cloth or hand tools. …
Solar-Powered Waternest Eco-Home Now this is cool! The latest in houseboats, tiny homes, floating diner or home offices is the new Eco Waternest. Made from recycled materials and solar powered it’s also environment friendly. Not only solar powered but packed with the newest technology in alarms and options. I live in a part of the country …
DIY Portable Wind Generator If you reside in an area with more wind then sun then this is an awesome project for you! No matter why you are off grid, this is one way to produce your own power. It’s portable, puts off 12 volts, 17 watts and automatically furls. Great little generator for camp sites …
DIY Generator to Home Hookup I live in an area where we have a number of natural and manmade occurrences that cause power outages. The first few times we simply roughed it out and kept the freezer and refrigerator closed as much as possible to retain the cool interior. Then we had a longer term …
8 DIY Wind Turbine Plans Wind turbines are devices that convert kinetic wind driven energy to electrical power or into battery charging power. Homesteaders and preppers alike desire to have an alternative power source for off grid living. Whether you believe the next crisis will result in the power grid being disabled long term and want …
Reducing Your Need to Store Power Storing the energy you have created with alternative methods is not an easy task and is fraught with waste losing power both when converting it to be stored and then again when converting it back for use. The featured article gives some tips on making some simple changes to your …
Converting a Washing Machine Into a Water Powered Generator In the video below we are shown how to converted an old washing machine into a water powered generator. It appears to be fairly easy to do even for those who aren’t real handy and as it uses recycled parts not that expensive either. A terrific …
Run Your Dryer For Free! Many HOAs and other community regulations don’t allow clothes lines and require you to use a dryer year round. With the annual hikes in energy costs any hacks or legal tricks that can save us on those billings is a good thing! That makes running your dryer for free during …
DIY Bike Generator This is probably the most awesome off grid generator project I personally have seen! Why? Because it is simple enough that even I who knows nothing about electronics could make this! Not only that but the parts seem to be rather easy to locate without a huge cost. It also looks like it …
