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Reminds me of the electrification of Bodie California where they first ran long distance (13 mile) power lines to the mill. They ran the...

I bought some 1/8" x 1" copper bar stock, held it in a vise, and bent to 90° with a hammer. Not sure of the alloy but it was made to be...

The first inverter I ever bought was a Tripplite square wave, not an MSW. It was a small aluminum box with some of the old TO3 case...

Up until the last couple years I used nothing but MSW inverters in my off grid house (35 years off grid). The only things that failed on...

Wire welder, air compressor, washing machine, is what I power with my 3000 Watt MSW inverter.

Something is not right with your installation if you can smell exhaust. A diesel heater when tuned right doesn't produce much CO but it...

Only a few months on mine but no issues. Works great and is accurate. I've disconnected and reconnected power to the shunt many times...

I looked but couldn't find my last power bill. It was about 35 years ago. I seem to remember a price of 4.3 cents per KWH.

The Wen 3800W inverter generator and probably other brands have a hose attached to the oil drain to make draining the oil easy without...

Most of the Chinese made generators are reliable knock offs of Honda or Yamaha generators. I have a couple Wen inverter generators, a...

I have a Australian made Solahart solar water heater on my house in Oregon. It's been producing all the hot water I need for 9 months...

Here in Oregon when I had the grid disconnected the power company just came out and removed the meter. They put a clear plastic cover on...

I think the local power company has smart meters here but I had my meter removed and replaced with a clear plastic cover in 1985 when I...

Keep in mind that trees grow every year. Here in a ponderosa pine forest in Oregon my panels had decent insolation when I installed them...

I have some ARCO and Solarex panels on my roof that are more than 35 years old and still going strong. The voltage output hasn't changed...

I used a propane RV refrigerator until one night it sprung an ammonia leak. I set a record for waking up and getting out of the house! I...

My daughter was in grade school when compact fluorescent bulbs were new. I built this exercise bike generator to demonstrate the...

When my now grown daughter was 4 or 5 years old I was in the habit of taking a couple mile walk every day. She couldn't keep up so I...

30 years ago thinking about how to use excess power I decided to produce hydrogen and burn it for cooking. I made a hydrolizer from a...

I'm using a 12v system because it was the norm when I installed it 35 years ago. Wire was cheap back then and inverters were crude and...