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Re: Getting off the grid
[Re: jwalker77]
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08/26/23 08:05 PM
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Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 34,574 Boxes Cove
2Dogs
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If you have a stream or spring you could do a hydro generator.
"Why do you ask"?
Always vote the slowest path to socialism.
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Re: Getting off the grid
[Re: jwalker77]
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08/26/23 08:09 PM
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ford150man
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I’ve seen several videos on YouTube where people have done this very thing. I’d love to be able to do it as well.
If voting made any difference, they wouldn’t let us do it.-Mark Twain
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Re: Getting off the grid
[Re: jwalker77]
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08/26/23 08:12 PM
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Cactus_buck
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I’m sure it’s possible. Cost is going to be the biggest factor. My parents got like 25 panels and 2 very large batteries and without the rebates it was around $110k. The batteries were $36k by themselves and they only get about 24 hrs worth of power WITHOUT a/c. Their house is 100 yrs old so it’s not energy efficient but the solar power doesn’t cool the house.
Last edited by Cactus_buck; 08/26/23 08:14 PM.
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Re: Getting off the grid
[Re: jwalker77]
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08/26/23 08:15 PM
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Dustin
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I'd try to use as many green "legs" as possible. Solar, wind, and hydro mix so if one goes a little sideways you got something to fall back on.
Don't let life get in the way of living
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Re: Getting off the grid
[Re: jwalker77]
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08/26/23 08:35 PM
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Posts: 19,099 Chelsea, AL
straycat
Old Mossy Horns
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If I were going off grid, my house would be built into a hillside and utilizing geothermal heating and cooling systems, with tube skylights and solar panels....and ideally with gravity spring fed water system.
"The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever." Isaiah 40:8
"Neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt.� Samuel Adams
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Re: Getting off the grid
[Re: RCHRR]
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08/26/23 08:38 PM
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Define “Off The Grid”. Is that just free of the power grid? To be completely off the grid you’d have to become a ghost and in today’s world it ain’t happening. It can be done. You just wouldn’t have a lot of modern conveniences
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Re: Getting off the grid
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08/26/23 08:47 PM
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bill
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I think I remember someone getting arrested in North Alabama a few years ago for having a completely off grid home. I can't remember the laws they said he broke but it was petty crap and the government definitely didn't like his self sufficiency.
"Political debate: when charlatans come together to discuss their principles" - Bauvard
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Re: Getting off the grid
[Re: jwalker77]
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08/26/23 08:48 PM
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Guru
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Alabama power still going to hit you with a fee. Just to have power available if your solar doesn't work. ALPOWER Fee
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
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Re: Getting off the grid
[Re: RCHRR]
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08/26/23 08:53 PM
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jwalker77
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Define “Off The Grid”. Is that just free of the power grid? To be completely off the grid you’d have to become a ghost and in today’s world it ain’t happening. I aint looking to be a ghost. I just want to get Alabama power out of my pocket.
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Re: Getting off the grid
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08/26/23 08:55 PM
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jwalker77
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Alabama power still going to hit you with a fee. Just to have power available if your solar doesn't work. ALPOWER FeeIm talking about no Alabama power. Washing my hands of them. Making my own power 100%.
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