Questions from Readers: Read the Answers in the comments, or comment yourself! the light went out in my fridge and i have two questions 1. can i use an energy saving bulb and 2. are there certain appliance bulbs or will any bulb work? thanks for any help.
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How do you figure the amount needed watts of solar panel and the number of 12 volt batteries you need ?
Posted by admin on August 28th, 2011
Questions from Readers: Read the Answers in the comments, or comment yourself! I am moving to area with no electricity and trying to figure out what wattage of solar panel I need and how many batteries will it charge? Is it feesible to run a small fridge on solar panels?
Posted in DIY Green Energy FAQ 
Tags: batteries, electricity, fridge, Solar Panel, solar panels 
2 Comments »what will I need to wind power my sail boat?
Posted by admin on July 25th, 2011
Questions from Readers: Read the Answers in the comments, or comment yourself! I have a 33 feet sailboat. I will like to power it with a wind generator for all our needs, including a little fridge and an ac… its possible? How powerful should it be? Where can I learn more about it?
Off Grid Self Sufficient Living Make Your Own Electricity – Pirate Lifestyle TV ™ Quickie 032
Posted by admin on January 17th, 2011
Quickie for the all NEW Pirate Lifestyle TV Show. We lived for 11 months without power company electricity with our Off-Grid electrical system. Today’s quickie, with everyone getting slammed with winter weather, is about becoming energy self-sufficient. What do I mean? I have always been interested in alternative living and alternative power. Aye, we be [...]
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Posted by admin on October 15th, 2010
Questions from Readers: How to set up a solar panel system for a static caravan. I’m looking into fitting solar panels for my static and was wondering if anyone could advise me on the things i need to run a TV. Fridge ect: I know i need an inverter or maybe more then one, but [...]
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Posted by admin on July 29th, 2010
Questions from Readers: Wind Energy? "950W of power at 45km.hr winds Delivers 100 Kw / hours a month at an average wind speed of 5.4 m/s Adjustable voltage (12/24/36/48V)" Can someone please tell me what that means? And my question is would you be able to indefinitely power a small fridge, a TV and other [...]
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what are the best energy storage devices? for living off the grid?
Questions from Readers: -read the Answers in the comments, or answer yourself! i guess this is kind of pathetic, but my dad said i could come to his house and charge up some kind of batteries to bring back to my own house to run all my appliances (TV, microwave, lights, fridge, computer, etc) some [...]