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#selfsufficient

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Athamanatha

Let's get those #solarpanels wired in today, and meanwhile, let's dig us out of a locked overdraft once again! Can we do $500 today? #mutualaid is very essential right now, and heavily appreciated as we build our home, our workspace, our rescue and escape vehicle, our self sufficiency and more all in one.

You're awesome people and I've heard from you how sone of you are just giving back after years of needing aid yourselves. We'll be giving back and so much more with the Vulpibus complete and our gene editing tech built. I hope to do you all proud.

#GetPrepared #selfsufficient #buslife #skoolie #mutualaidrequest #CommunityFunding #fundraiser #crowdfunding #DIY #Trans #LGBTQ #lgbtqiaplus #lgbtq_plus #lgbtqia #LGBTQIA2S #Pansexual #otherkin #queer #furrycommunity #furry #moneyhelp #money #survival #food #tuckfrump #informal #fuel #tyres #basicneeds #materials #upcycling #busconversion

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Ivi Choc

FairyHut off-grid

I was so fed up with Ilha Madeira still producing electricity with more than 70% fossils, 53% of that diesel (*triplefacepalm*), I couldn't wait to get off of it.
Smol money, smol start :)

Phase I: Oct. 2023 4 panels hybrid 7.5kW

Phase II: Dec. 2023 +4panels, off-grid

Phase III: Nov. 2024 +4panels, 11kW

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FairyHut Smol Start Photo description On the left side a roof from above, 2 solar panels on each side. Right side of the photo shows a room with a stack of two black batteries on a small table, above them on the wall the blue solar controller and charger, lots of black and red cables. System description Phase I. 4 solar panels SHARP 410 Wp mono (1,722 x 1,134 x 35 mm) Cerbo-S GX monitor Victron MULTIPLUS II 48/3000/35-32 inverter/charger Victron BLUESOLAR 150/45 charge controller 2 LiFePO4 batteries PYLONTECH US3000C 3.55KW = ~7.5kW On/off grid switch energy meter ET 112 Hybrid system like this: If the batteries are low the system shuts off from the house for recharging in the sun. No battery charging from the grid. For the time of the shutoff the city grid is switched on. (Whatafight! -.- The installing company fought tooth-and-nails to prevent me from getting off-grid. It cost me more than two months to finally also get a manual grid power-off-switch - electronically not overridable by the remote of the company.) Unfortunately the house hasn't got the best position. It is facing North, with the roof to West and East and a hill in its back to South, which will not allow full capacity of the panels especially in winter. More panels needed :) As usual: System planning by me. Technical advice and installation by Senor Roberto Rodrigues, João Francisco Branco Unipessoal LDA and Fertilram - Produtos Agrícolas Unipessoal, Lda Ponta del Sol/FNC Muito obrigada senhores!
Much improvements ^.^ Photo description Left side: roof from above with 2 solar panels west and 10 east. Right side: room with stack of three black batteries on a table, above them on the wall solar charger and 2 controllers, lots of colorful cables and switches. System description Phase II 4 more panels and a lot of improvements. Separate manual emergency shutdown switches for the solar panels, batteries, the grid power and the solar power. In case of fire or flooding, for safety of the firemen and/or neighbors. Phase III 4 more panels, the east side of the roof is now fully covered, + a 3,5kW battery gets me to 11kW. Well, the west side of the roof still has room for improvements ^.^ maybe next year... 4 solar panels SHARP 415 Wp mono (1,722 x 1,134 x 35 mm) 1 LiFePO4 battery PYLONTECH US3000C 3.55kW Because we have endless Sun here I also have in mind convincing the neighbors to do an independent micro-grid. The neighbor below me in the valley got a new roof this summer. Maybe she is interested to get some panels for herself, those are rather cheap. She does not necessarily need to go off grid on batteries, since those are pricey. In summer, when I'm not here, she can have my solar electricity for free, in the winter we can exchange, whoever gets more sun. The neighbor above me also has a nice empty roof ^.^ I asked her, if she wants to participate, she will think about it. Unfortunately the house to my left is abandoned since forever, no chance to connect :'(
#OffGrid#solarpower#renewableenergy
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ℒӱḏɩę :blahaj:

My battery hoard so far consists of a 20kWh LFP pack, 5kWh LFP pack (as a UPS for refrigerators, freezers and PCs), 40kWh AGM bank (in off-grid shop that can be interconnected to the house batteries in an emergency), and 60kWh in my EV (with a 12v-54v DC converter to feed the other batteries via "camping mode" in an emergency). They are all able to be interconnected via a series of (3) Schneider XW6848 inverters and share energy during a long term outage.

#Solar#SolarPower#Energy
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Tim Moore

Shelling this year's harvest of fava beans. I didn't know what #fava beans or also called "broad beans" were a couple years ago, but I found them while looking for food to grow that can save water use, that is, like plants from Mediterranean climate zones. They not only grow well during our Winter rainy season in So Cal on little supplemental irrigation but help improve soil fertility. They are also a plant that has been grown for 10,000 years. Why you don't see these in our McGrocery stores is explain by online search as this: They need to be shelled and then preferably par boiled and skinned. Oh no! Work. They are delicious, though, even raw, and they are nutritious. They taste more like peas than beans. Gonna probably make some hummus with this batch.
#GrowYourOwn
#selfsufficient
#permaculture
#agroecology
#organic

On the right a large collendar half full of lima bean shaped fava beans. In the left a handfull of fava bean pods, some about as thick as a man's thumb and about as long or shorter. An open pod in the lower left with the beans exposed.
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spmatich :blobcoffee:

I love it when 8minute old photons push electrons through the solar panels so I can stuff those electrons into an EV battery.
There is more than enough power on a sunny winter day in Melbourne to charge a home battery and an EV battery at the same time from 14kW of panels on the roof. I’m thinking that I will not need to buy power to charge the EV for the foreseeable future.

#SelfSufficient#GreenEnergy#SolarPV
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Rebecca Blaze :verified:

It is No Spend January on the homestead.

This means-- aside from the obvious of not spending money-- that it is time to get creative with what we have in the freezers and pantries.

There is very minimal spending allowed, and it is really only if necessary for fresh produce. This is fine.

I made a batch of potato and onion soup that I have been eating through, as well as having eaten a small piece of the family's pot roast last night. Tonight, they had sausage and potatoes.

While looking through what we have, I decided to make butter with the heavy cream we had leftover from another project... which lead to the next plan of making a crusty Italian bread tomorrow that can be eaten with the soup, dipped in oil, or slathered in butter.

Not one to be known to take on an appropriate amount of projects simultaneously... homemade beef jerky is also on the menu for tomorrow. I figure the jerky is a good protein packed snack that will last for a bit, and even longer if I vacuum-pack it.

Wish me luck!

#cooking#baking#homemadebread
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