Off-grid Renter?
by TONYD on JUNE 10, 2010 - 7 Comments in I WANT TO GO OFF GRID
I’d like to be a little bit less dependent on the power company. I don’t own my own home but I have lots of space and live in a very sunny area. Is there a portable-ish solar solution? Something I could use to power a few things 9 month of the year?

7 comments

1 Joe { 06.13.10 at 5:51 am }

Go to your favorite search engine and search for the following terms:
solar trailer
mobile solar trailer

2 Aaron G.S. { 06.13.10 at 3:49 pm }

I have a portable solar PV power plant & a power generating water treatment unit. Please feel free to click on this link http://www.roninsolar.com/RoninSolar/21st_century_solar/Entries/2010/6/6_Empower_units.html

3 cyclopath { 06.13.10 at 11:40 pm }

You could build a frame on a couple of pallets to mount some solar panels as I have done. Not as portable as a trailer, but it could be mounted on a trailer.

4 Krzysztof Lis { 06.14.10 at 6:17 pm }

I have a camper/RV equipped with 90W of solar panels. I carry them in the van and set whenever I need them.

If you have a lot of free time you can be a “human solar tracker”. ;) But first question you need to ask yourself is what do you need this solar power for?

To spend some quality free time off-grid? Then buy a RV/camper, install batteries, charge controller and inverter and then install the solar PV panels.

5 tonyd { 06.14.10 at 11:29 pm }

Thanks for all the info. I’ll let y’all know how it turns out.

6 LaNier { 02.13.11 at 4:29 am }

you look to be in my area. I am assembling a social network based on Emergency Response in Santa Cruz. Contact me at Lanier@BudoMonk.com

7 Hines { 05.14.11 at 3:24 am }

At last! Someone who understands! Thanks for psonitg!

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