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Thank you for your replies. Our situation here is a permanent one. We do not want to be grid-connected. Our photovoltaics, solar water heaters, wind power and generators all need to be properly sized for us and our needs. If not, they may be too cost prohibitive for us to change once we are...

At my shop I believe I will be the only one working and maybe my wife. Shop lighting and small hand tools will be on battery. The wood shop's largest single tool is a planer @ 3 HP with a 1 HP vacuum system. The metal shops largest motor may be 5 HP. My air compressor will be a gasoline engine...

I thought about something like those. But they are not as portable and efficient as my gas generators. It's nice to be able to pick mine up with one hand to put it in the truck. Plus, mine output 110 Volt for use in the field to operate small air compressor, saws, drills and if need...

Thank you for your post. The more I read, the more I understand. I just finished a post about fuel consumption between the 802A and 803A. in this post, Korgoth1 in another post that states: "In my experience, the gallon an hour for every 10kw load has been very close. So close in fact you can...

I see a trailer mounted 30kw military generator . This is much larger than I need, but was wondering what the fuel consumption of such a generator would be at say 1/4 load? It's current bid of $1,500 seems very reasonable if you need a generator of that size. AND a trailer. EDIT: Sorry, a...

Northern NY in summer, with a 1800 photovoltaic watt system providing electric cooking and AC during the day (with vigilant timing) to keep our camp cool enough until dinner time. Induction cook tops are wonderful! Winter is another story. We receive little sun, a good little generator is a...

I really appreciate your input. I'm glad I'm not in a hurry to do anything. I have much to do before I need to make a decision. I talk to a home shop machinist and he says his power bill is comparable to other home owners power bill and he uses mush more power. He says the USA is messed up...

I tell ya. I definitely am glad I asked this question. It is much more involved and expensive than I had originally thought. So far, I do not have any equipment here for building 3 (metal working). My lathe and mill are at another location with grid power. They will stay there for a while...

Thank you for your input. Looks like I need to drive 2 ground rods more than 6 feet apart at each building location. One for the distribution box and one for the generator/truck combination I am going to have three phase equipment. Planers, saws, mills, lathes and such. The equipment I'm...

Good day! My wife and I live off-grid on a 30 acre spread that has three out buildings. Until we have the means to build a single large building to house all our equipment, each building has it's own purpose (woodworking, garage, metalworking). Our house is photovoltaic with a large battery...