Our solar system in 2017 6 x 310W solar panels 24 lead-acid batteries 4kW PV inverter Our solar system in 2021 15 solar panels in total:6 x 310W9 x 330W 24 lead-acid batteries 2 inverters:5kW PV inverter5kW battery inverter Six years ago, we had this vision of making the most of Australia’s most abundant energy […]
The Zappi and the art of automating EV-charging when living 100% off the grid
It’s finally happening, automated EV charging thanks to the Zappi and Paul’s determination. No more manual car charging for us! Small changes to our micro-grid As many of you are aware, we swapped our petrol car for an electric vehicle (EV) at the beginning of this year in an attempt to further reduce our carbon […]
Rainwater harvesting
Why we should collect this natural resource Did you know that only 3% of the water supply on earth is freshwater? Of that 3%, only 0.03% is actually available to us. The rest is captured in glaciers, ice sheets, aquifers, groundwater or rivers & streams. So how we use this small amount of freshwater is […]