Solar

We’ve lived 4 weeks tomorrow at Olive Hill farm “off the grid” successfully. With 2x fixed and 1x portable panel the lithium batteries have only once fallen to 40% (usually 70% overnight). As day light hours are reducing and the weather has been cloudy most days the only major change made is not boiling water for tea during the day (now using gas). Surprisingly, we have been using the washing machine and now the electric blankets! For how long can we operate with winter fast approaching is the big question. Under consideration is upgrading the portable solar panel’s regulator. This theoretically could generate 10% more power but obviously won’t help when there are consecutive cloudy, dark winter days. Sooo… purchasing a generator may be necessary.