GOING OFF-GRID IN 2018

THE ERA of lithium ion batteries of decreasing cost has arrived. And what you can expect from an off-grid system has grown. It’s now possible to get an off-grid setup that is beyond the wildest dreams of an off gridder 10 to 20 years ago.

So, let’s go back in time and have a look at what it was like to be off-grid some 20 years ago before we delve in to what you can achieve today.

In the ‘olden days’ off-grid living meant wood fired heating, a small fridge or gas ammonia fridge (or sometimes no fridge at all). Hot water was coupled with your wood in a wetback stove or Aga arrangement or supplied via LPG bottles. Electricity was for lights, a television and perhaps a computer. Maintenance was a chore; checking the specific gravity of lead acid batteries,