we have a diesel heater. My friends bills are that high, but i had to pull it out 6 -7 weeks ago and send back to the manufacturer. Also, the owner just increases bills with no warning... So best thing to do, pull as little juice as possible. I want to start with a wind generator or 2 and go from there....
Hugh Barrass (hbarrass) wrote: > How much are you paying for the electrickery? > > At residential rates that equates to > 5kW on a 24/7/365 basis - are you > using electric heaters (as well as water heating)? This is well above > the expected usage for a 3 bedroom house (baseline usage in California > is 20-35 kWhr / day for an all electric house in winter). I suggest you > should investigate some non-electrical solutions first - diesel or solid > fuel heating (especially if you can get free wood from anywhere). > Combined heat & power from the engine for hot water - it's a very simple > plumbing job to get the hot water & you can fit a beefed up alternator > for electric (ideally on a separate belt that can use a large proportion > of the engine power). I've done both of these and lived very frugally on > a stinkpot (although neighbors aren't always happy with a daily 1/2 hour > engine run). > > Wind and/or solar will keep you going for low usage situations in a very > green & neighbor friendly way, but they won't do 100kWhr/day. > > Hugh. > > > Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:08:12 -0400 > From: Noel Russell <[email protected]> > Subject: [Liveaboard] Getting off the electric grid! > To: liveaboard <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Ok, Enough is enough. Wife got yelled at by the > receptionist/bookkeeper/Bad Lady (kids statement next day at daycare) > with our child in tow because she did not like our electric bill > payment. Tirade was not good and I am dealing with that end. However, > how hard is it to go off grid? Our stinkpot has room for 2 wind > generators and some solar panels, so what am I looking at doing? Also, > right in front of the water heater is room for another battery bank :D . > > Think of it this way... $600 a month in electric if not more during the > winter so.... > > Noel > > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
