Off Grid ...

OffGrid pages are focussed on Domestic Energy Consumption, effective OffGrid Domestic Power Generation and Storage with a remaining relationship with the national or local grid. The implications of OffGrid living are cross cutting interms of Sustainable Food, Shelter, and Wider Local Community relations needs and consumption. OffGrid starts from the aspiration of Individual, Family OffGrid or Community Power Cooperatives, Sustainable Communities and Self Sufficient Communities. From a purely domestic energy needs perspective this will often require local authority subsidisation, or return on investment whether cost coverage or wider exernalities gained such as Community Cohesion and Public Health benefits. Urban and rural, relative affluency and relative poverty, and relative social and economic capacity/ disadvantage factors all influence how realiasable many of these solutions or energy sufficiency outcomes are for any individual, family or community. There is also the influence of centrist and centre right governments in most European societies' focus on the market as the best source of supplying domestic energy. It then becomes a personal privately financed started up choice otherwise. Different case studies around will be shown as to what is possible at a community level. Yet to begin with the focus is on Individual and Family choices for OffGrid living.

OffGrid pages are a pure start-up guide and are a resource for potential routes of personal inquiry, and where to look for more authoratative expertise otherwise. Ideas here are for those conceptually interested but not necessarily grounded in much practical ability or experience. One will find a variety of resources or links and a collation of knowledge and practical skills amongst others from those that have relevant things to offer. Such as commercial options as well as survivalist and practical projects for off grid living enthusiasts and experts alike.

The core motivator for these pages is an awareness of potential futures, and current local, national and international environmental trajectories and geopolitical energy and resource reality. Whilst the reasons for this maybe premeditated by powers that be for meeting energy transition, systemic economic and labour market pressures, or simply a result of successive crises such as Brexit, Pandemics, Geopolitical multipolarity tensions and competion, they are an increasing feature of our Consumption-Driven, Peak-Fossil Fuel, Climate-Challenged world.

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Achieving Domestic Energy Sufficiency by...

The bill payer in any given household has a series of basic questions: How much do I/we consume and how much do I pay per unit of energy. Am I able to generate energy for any of my household's needs, am I able to store it whence I have generated it, and how much and in what way am I able to. If one has a fairly limited understanding or constraints on making change, do I seek to make a realisable change to how I currently answer these questions, and can I, and how, make any incremental or automatic changes.

OffGrid is not focussed on Home Energy Efficiency, whether through consumption habit changes, relative adequacy of home insulation or efficiency and productivity of domestic appliances or household members. It seeks to show what one currently uses or seeks to improve usage on interms of per unit energy, and what proportion of that whole usage can be generated, stored and consumed independently or trading via a locality exchange/trade system.

The OffGrid page explores the basic concepts of energy sufficiency in its broadest context. From these relevant sections there are a series of linked pages that go into detail what is introduced on the OffGrid pages. At the outset, the two core link pages are Domestic Power Generation , and Battery Solutions .

OffGrid related pages are framed with people who have a limited to varying level of understanding about what it means to be independent, but harmonious, cooperative and coexistent.

It is framed around a novice person and draws on experienced operators.

By novice one means:

By experienced one means:

Professional contractors / Trades people. Association kite marks.

A real neat commercial venture and guide from an ex-US Soldier is

the Survival Projects and is a really comprehensive guide to how to manage off-grid. Beginner Friendly Solar Power System
Off Grid Solar for Dummies
Beginner Friendly Solar control mount board
Kwh for fridge….

Relative Household Usage ...

In the UK as a direct example, as outlined in the following BBC article

Under the Energy Price Guarantee (EPG), the typical household upto April 2023 paid £2,500 a year for energy. The UK energy regulator Ofgem said that without government support households would have paid £4,279 from January 2023. Under the EPG, suppliers can charge a maximum of 34p per unit for electricity and 10.3p for gas until the end of March 2023. This rate will go up slightly in April after the new chancellor scaled back the support, and remain in place until the end of March 2024, leaving the typical household paying around £3,000 a year. Ofgem's announcement, however, shows that without the government's help, consumers would have had to pay 67p per unit for electricity and 17p for gas from January 2023. It means the government's support will save typical households around £1,779 a year compared with what they would have had to pay under the regulator's cap. The total cost of someone's bill will vary depend based on how much energy they use, however.

Households vary from a single occupant and his dog to a vast extended family. Taking the example of a frugal 2.4 Nuclear Family household. In the current energy landscape, said family's electricity per unit usage per day hypothetically is between 5 and 6.5 units during week days, and naturally around 7 to 8 at weekends. This equates to £60 to £70 per month at prices to April. They then consume between 4.5 and 6.5 units of gas in any given day. This potentially rises during the most coldest days and at weekends. This equates to circa £60 per week or £240 a month for gas. Certainly in December to February end during the winter proper.

Regardless of the family's Tariff plan with their domestic energy supplier, which for sake of argument is best tariff for their given locality (Standard Variable - not inflated fixed term one's in the current market). The family has a fixed Dual Fuel Direct debit of £178, but this will increase / or be offset by reduced consumption of gas from spring. A manageable arrears will be covered. This of course depends on any households ability to pay and balanced with all the other costs of living they have to meet. The basic question here is when one has exhausted all consumption efficiency efforts, how much does the family wish to pay the domestic retail supplier or do they seek to explore greater energy self sufficiency.

Understanding kWh for Electricity and Gas

The What is kwh Guide from EDF Energy is a nice clearguide explaining how one works out Kwh and relative usage by different appliances.

Understanding Volts, Amps, Watts etc

Electricity Explained: Volts, Amps, Watts, Fuse Sizing, Wire Gauge, AC/DC, Solar Power and more! from DIY Solar Power with Will Prowse

What is Voltage

The simplest definition of Voltage refers to the difference in electric potential between the positive and the negative terminals of a battery. The greater the potential difference, the greater the voltage will be.

Amp Hour (Ah)

An Amp Hour (Ah) is the amount of current a certain battery can supply for a certain period of time. The Amp Hour also has sub-units like the MilliAmpere-Hour (mA-h or mAh), and the MilliAmpere-Second (mA-s). We can work out the Amp Hour status of a battery by multiplying the current (amperes) by the discharge time (hours). Or if we have the Amp Hour rating of the battery, we can establish how long the battery will last while supplying a certain current.

Current (I) = 10 amperes ; Discharge Time (T) = 15 hours Therefore, this battery would have an amp hour rating of : Amp Hour = Current (I) x Discharge Time (T) Amp Hour = 10 amperes x 15 hours Amp Hour = 150 Ah Rating = 150 Ah @ 15 hours How long a battery will last given its AH rating and the current needed by the system to function. A 12V AGM 35Ah Battery is used to supply power to a system with a current draw of 0.6 Amperes. How long will the battery last? Using the same equation in the first example we get: Amp Hour (Ah) = Current (I) x Discharge Time (T) 35Ah = (0.6 Amperes) x T T = 35Ah / 0.6 A T = 58.33 Hours This particular battery will power your system for approximately 58 hours. Other factors may affect the length of service of the battery such as the battery’s age, number of charging and discharging cycles, temperature, etc.

Prepper and Survivalist Solutions and philosophies...

Preppers and Survivalists both may feel a bit far fetched to those who benefit from the societies they live in, the socieities they feel a part of to what ever degree. And yet sometimes it's better to prepare for experiences like Pandemic Lockdowns, rising Energy prices which ultimately never come down regardless of a more stable geopolitical environment for where energy may be sourced. Ultimately a lot of fun can be had for the average person installing, utilising and so on for everyday needs... It also leads to greater self sufficiency, which is both sound security and more contributory to more sustainable consumption and need.

The ultimate extreme is societal breakdown. Depending on the nature of the breakdown, different scenarios lend themselves to managing life. Lewis Dartnell in The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Our World from Scratch describes a possible 'grace period' in which survivors could salvage food, materials and tools from the ruins of society. However, after a certain point this grace period would end, and humanity would have to produce their own food, make their own tools, practice hygiene and fight infection to maintain health, and develop energy stores for a new society to survive the aftermath. His book covers topics including agriculture, food and clothing, substances, medicine, and transport.

DIY Indoor Solutions

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1. Ground Source Heat Pumps
2. BBC Looking at Portable Heaters
3. Domestic Solar 3
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7. NEA: Best-Practice-Domestic-Batteries Guide
8. Battery Characteristics - Battery Capacity
9. House and Homestead ideas...
Residential Wind Turbine: How Much Does A Home Wind Turbine Cost

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DIY Outdoor Solutions

How to Build an OffGrid Hot Water heater

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1. This Modular Quick Cabin Can Be Setup In Just 2 Hours
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Nature Based Solutions ...

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DIY Outdoor Solutions

1. This Modular Quick Cabin Can Be Setup In Just 2 Hours
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GDP how to measure the economic output…
UK domestic energy bills not ever likely to drop below pre-SARSCov2 levels…

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