Off-Grid Stuff

Solar system is the planetary system that consists of Earth, Sun and the other planets and cellestial objects. But it is also a common name for a system that produces usable energy from solar radiation. This may cause small confusion, but since you’re interested in off-grid living, you probably are looking for the latter, right? [...]

Solar photovoltaic panels are used to make electricity from solar radiation. It is one of very few ways of making electrical energy without using rotating parts, like in alternators. Those panels (also known as solar modules) are made from smaller parts, called solar cells. Most solar photovoltaic panels are made to work with 12V systems, [...]

Solar lights are used mostly in off-grid cases, on small or large scale. The cheapest and smallest solar light consists of three elements: small solar panel, small LED diode, rechargeable battery, in most cases AAA size, with a bit of additional electronics. Such lights are used, for example, to light up your garden paths at [...]

Wind generator is a device that uses wind energy to produce electrical power. In most cases it’s commonly referred to as wind turbine. There are of course some wind generators that are not wind turbines, for example so called windbelts, that have almost no practical use. Wind generators are used to produce energy on off-grid [...]

All solar photovoltaic panels are made of smaller parts, called solar cells. Those solar cells can be purchased separately and soldered together to form a desired array. A photovoltaic panel will have desired voltage if proper number of cells is connected in series, and will be able to supply desired current if the right number [...]