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flatwater
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# Posted: 13 Dec 2009 21:57
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My wife and I will be going off grid in about three years. I would like to find someone who lives that way now so I can cut out some of the mistakes others have made
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Vince P
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# Posted: 14 Dec 2009 10:06
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Check this thread:
http://www.small-cabin.com/forum/1_204_0.html
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flatwater
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# Posted: 14 Dec 2009 22:22
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Thanks Vince ,good thread
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MikeOnBike
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# Posted: 20 Dec 2009 03:14
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I would like to and my employer has a few telecommuters but I work too much with computer hardware that I couldn't keep at our place in the mountains. I would love to have internet on the mtn. and get back to a software job but I hear scary things about satellite internet.
Anyone had good luck with Hughsnet or similar?
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flatwater
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# Posted: 20 Dec 2009 20:03
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We sit at 3500 feet just below the top of a mountain and use wild blue. We have a good southern exsposure and everything works good at about a steady 1800kb
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MikeOnBike
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# Posted: 20 Dec 2009 22:33
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Flatwater, that sounds like their ~$80 package or do you get that fast of a connection with a less expensive package? We are at 6000ft and have good southern exposure. Wildblue seems to have coverage of our little piece of the mtn.
If I can get the time to pass some certifications I could probably get a telecommuting job and move to the mtn for 8 months of the year.
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flatwater
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# Posted: 21 Dec 2009 20:20
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Fifty bucks for that one
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lamar5292
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# Posted: 7 Jan 2010 14:15
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15 years off-grid and loving it!
I started in an old camp trailer with an HF solar panel and old car battery for power.
Now I have a 14x14 cabin that is powered by 470 watt solar and 125 watt wind.
I harvest rain and gray water, drilled my own well, use a solar composting toilet of my own design. Propane and wood stove backup.
No house payments and no utility bills- life is great!
I have videos of my cabin and system on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/user/solarcabin
Here is a pic of the cabin:
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paulsonlaw
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# Posted: 8 Jan 2010 19:06
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As of right now we are...
Off the grid w/ water, outside floods, toilet, water flash heater, stove & heat.
Not sure if wireless is to be considered off the grid but...
We pull wireless net & use a magic jack. The cabin's wired w/ sirius.
Still running on the back-up line from the main farm house as our solar is very small & we tapped out. We also decided to run a rg6 w/ that line for basic cable.
Our main plan for full power come spring is a 100' tower to run 10 12v25w RF to DC converters. We tried one & worked very well for a 2amp feed 24/7. * Note, we are on a hill and have a very strong radio station to pull off of. Of course if osama doesn't out law that by spring lol. But then again I guess that's just a form of wireless power & not a green/renewable source.
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