Lyndhurst Garden House

Lyndhurst Garden House
Lyndhurst Garden House

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Grid Power? Not for now...

Once again today someone told me I must have grid electricity and A/C.

The plans currently do not include either, but openings in the brick siding for both to be added later.

The initial plan is to have one full-sized solar panel (280W or thereabouts) feeding a very large battery, with a sufficiently capable 15A+ inverter to run nearly anything for a brief duration.  That could include air conditioner for a few hours (let alone fans and blender).

Today I've discovered several battery makers that make suitable batteries.  For example, Rolls Surrette makes some really nice ones, for under $500.  The cheapest really good inverter I've seen so far, however, runs about $1800.

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