How much energy usage to plan for was solved by a “Down Range Radio” listener who’d been off-grid in Montana for years: Take your best guess and double it. Then add 20 percent. And another generator.
As we looked out over this amazing property, we both noticed an absence of power lines, telephone poles and the other amenities of the 21st century. “What would you think,” asked my Sweetie, “about building an off-grid house?” Michael Bane shares his experience of building a totally self-sufficient off-grid home.
