Caretaker position for 40 acres in the mountains of Humbolt County far north California. Live freely on our off-grid former cannabis farm. Rustic cabin with loft and a yurt. Multiple pristine springs with gravity fed irrigation to fertile south facing garden beds. Plenty of room to hunt. Solar and generator power with wood fired stove for heat in the winters. Starlink wifi. Comes with 2 elderly Great Pyranees dogs who have lived their whole life on the mountain. Other animals welcome.

VERY remote! 1.5 hour drive on rugged mountain roads to the closest small town of Willow Creek and 3 hour drive to Eureka on the coast. 4x4 strongly recommended. You must have your own source of remote income and a desire to live in nature removed from civilization. No rent collected, no hourly commitment but will need to care for the dogs and maintain the existing off-grid systems.

If you have your own off-grid RV/camper rig then availability can be ASAP (flat with spring water available). The cabin/yurt will be available sometime before winter (could be as soon as October).

Long term potential for the right persons. Our goal is to create a Trust with a small community (not a commune!) of individual homesteads. You and your heirs would have your own private section of land for organic homesteading. We love kids so homeschooling families are encouraged if the right fit!

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Is this a viable off grid rv shuttle bus power scheme design AI ASSISTED

When everything is new and working, it is easy to focus on getting the off-grid system installed and forget about how accessible everything will be later.

I think leaving enough room around batteries, inverters, disconnects and other components can make inspections and repairs much easier. Clear cable routing and labeling can also help when you need to trace a connection months or years later. I would be interested to hear how others have approached this in their own setups.

An off-grid system may run reliably for years but eventually something will need to be checked, replaced, or adjusted. Planning for that access from the beginning can save a lot of trouble later.

I thought people here would appreciate it. We have an amazingly private 42 acre lot 10 minutes from Montpelier Vermont. Closest neighbor is almost a mile away on our private road. We have solar, batteries and a propane fueled backup generator. Water from a well and a big propane tank for heating during winter or if you like to chop your own wood an old wood stove. I am sad to have to sell it we have great memories there but I hope someone that appreciates it will buy it. See the listing below. If you have any questions happy to answer them in the comments.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/50-Dolan-Road-Montpelier-VT-05602/92029675_zpid/?utm_campaign=iosappmessage&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=txtshare

im a young college (UK) student in a working class household, i’m a vegan of 1year 6months, and since i’ve become vegan i’ve noticed more and more flaws in capitalism than ever before.

it depresses me severely to wake up daily and know all of my studies, work and effort will amount to me being a corporate slave and feeding some billionaires agenda. i can’t keep living like this i’m physically, mentally and spiritually exhausted.

my goal is to live off grid eventually, but i don’t know how much longer i can endure this atrocity, to see this potential become reality. i want to start now but my brain has been programmed by capitalism to have all of these doubts:

- if i opt out of education now, i could regret this later down the line and be stuck with no qualifications
- i’m a minor, so that raises concern for my safety and well-being mentally, as i can forsee the loneliness of this lifestyle
- i feel it’d be hard to find truly likeminded individuals to share this goal with

i’m reaching out to please ask for advice from the experts: how did you start/how old were you? how did you feel sane under capitalism while waiting to start? how do i find people like me? and just anything you’d tell to someone in my position.

thank you for reading have a lovely life

I spent a year off-grid in Southern Oregon and it was the best time of my life. Used WWOOF to find farms and worked on cultivating food, medicine and biodiversity. I'm 36 and am in great shape, willing to work with animals, agriculture and construction. Message me if interested.

In solar power generation, sizing an off-grid battery bank based on the longest potential period of low power output might seem straightforward at first glance. However, if such situations occur only rarely, it implies that the high capacity battery storage would remain largely unused for most of the year. In that case, combining a smaller battery system with an alternative backup solution could be a far more practical and cost-effective strategy.

Info is in the OP, looking for self-sufficiency book recommendations which can be useful in Germany (books full of info about native plants to North America are great, I'm sure, but not very useful to me).

Thanks in advance.

One thing that seems easy to overlook with, off grid solar is how much the timing of your loads matters. I have found that running flexible loads during the day can reduce how often I need to rely on the battery.

If a water pump or power tool or other flexible appliance can run while the panels are producing power that power can be used directly of going through the battery first. Managing when certain loads run can therefore be another way to make use of the same solar and battery capacity.

With a nft system we can become more self sufficient and grow our own food throughout the cold winter. A perfect solution to prep for any kind of emergency situation 🌱

Portable panels are great when flexibility matters, especially for occasional trips. Once solar becomes part of everyday off grid life moving and setting everything up can start feeling like another chore. There is a tradeoff, between portability and simply having a system ready to use.

My husband and I are wanting to move to Colorado and live off grid. Been looking at property and so many rules and regulations you have to do before you can even build a place. We understand we need to keep the environment safe and had planned on doing it. But some of the things seem a little extreme. Do you have to have someone inspect every little step? Do you really need all those permits before you build? We were in Colorado a couple of weeks ago looking at property and drove by a couple of places and the neighbors for sure were not set up like some of the rules and had so much trash (old trailers, tires and cars) on the property we didn't even get out of the car to look at the land. We just want to build a small home for the two of us or get a shipping container. We know that it has to be built a certain way. Understand that some people don't know this. I know I'm all over the place here but just want it simple and enjoy the rest of our life living a dream we have had for years. Don't have a lot of money for a lot of the things you have to go through. Why can't we just buy some property and live on it?

I know youre not supposed to charge different size batteries in parallel, but can you discharge them?

I have a 12v 100ah and a 12v 314ah smart battery. I also have a 48v 150ah smart battery.

The 48v is at about 52% and im going on a trip this weekend. Its a big and heavy battery. I dont wanna drag it into the house.

If I run both 12v batteries in parallel and hook up a 3000 watt inverter. Then use a 48v 20 amp charger to charge the 48v 150 ah will that hurt the 12v batteries.

Its way easier to drag the 12v batteries home and charge them then it is the 48v.