Lo_Tide
by TOM on SEPTEMBER 8, 2010 - 5 Comments in I AM OFF GRID AND I WANT OTHERS TO JOIN ME
Lo_Tide is an off-the-grid house on the western edge of Eglin AFB in NW Florida, near Pensacola. We have 2.5 acres, but are located in a Florida Nature Conservation area, so we have waterfront property without neighbors! The power system is a 15kw diesel generator that runs off of vegetable oil, and a 1.8kw solar array with an 1100 Amp-Hour battery bank. The inverter is a Xantrex SW Plus 4024 with a GSM (generator start module). The system is completely automatic. Routine maintenance is simple. Go to http://www.solarfloridahome.com for pictures, and download the property overview. Also a blog about Solar Living in Florida.

5 comments

1 tpelczynski { 09.09.10 at 2:40 am }

The address does not correspond correctly to the displayed map… it shows centered on Choctaw OLF (outlying field), which actually has a bit of history with Doolittle and the Japan raids… but I don’t live there. I live west on the water’s edge, right where the Fundy Creek opens onto the Blackwater Bay. If you Google Earth N30.5W087.0 you will find us.

2 tpelczynski { 09.15.10 at 3:56 am }

I have updated my blog at http://www.solarfloridahome.com, and have included an entry about our water system at Lo_Tide. Water either gives you energy, or takes it from you. At my house in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Hi^Tide, we power our house from the creek coming out of the ridge 800′ above our house. At our house in Florida, Lo_Tide, it’s a different story. Lo_Tide needs energy for water, but at least the system is automated, and that is a big plus. Go to http://wwww.solarfloridahome.com to read the blog and see pictures of Lo_Tide. I would be interested in comments or questions.

3 Antonio { 10.21.10 at 7:36 am }

Awesome site guys I live near Niceville

4 michael { 03.13.11 at 10:10 am }

I am interested. Please e-mail me at omnitron019@yahoo.com

5 freemysoul { 01.31.12 at 5:22 pm }

I would love to hear more. That is exactly what I want to do. I’m at starting stage of planning right now . would love to what steps you went through to plan.

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