i want to start a thread about generating your own power, as freely and cheaply as poss any ideas or experiences most welcome.
im talking hot water, and enough lekky to keep my beers cold, and a few lights burning, also making my own methane supply for cooking.
just sighned up for inebg good call gang
I've made my own ram pump for harvesting rainwater from a small stream which works kinda OK, but then I have storage for nearly 6 tons of water
ATB
Ogri the trog
We'll have to compare solutions if I end up over there OTT I have a small solar rig and a variety of other solutions. Its enough to run the fridge and freezer for a good while with an inverter plus it charges all my batteries for lanterns etc. As you say though - a good wood range is the way to go for offgrid. I'm favouring the Esse brand now over my previous Rayburn - with a gravity fed hot water system, gravity fed water (or even bore pump fed from a solar set up) its possible to be very comfortable
Red
Wood burning stoves are being fazed out in tassie because of the pollution
they cause?
But then alot of the houses here have them.
I think the ram pump is a fascinating piece of machinery talk about low maintenance!
does anyone else have to regularly restart
theirs or know of anyone who's an 'expert' and could help?
OTT- that's a great looking bit of kit
if its not regulating the air by spurting a little water, it can empty the air chamber and knock the unit out of sequence.
Ogri the trog