[bugeyed]

Check out the guy who lives in a caboose down at the bottom of the page. No dependence of utility companies at all.

http://www.otherpower.com/otherpower_experiments.html

 

[hozhead]

And you find this stuff how?

 

[IMPerfection]

I just read that site for 2 hours. Thrilling stuff.

 

[Krazy Hawaiian]

Thats a interesting site! The Big Island has a bunch of these setups over there where the utilities arent brought in yet. It costs over $5000 a pole to bring power in from the electric co up on the volcanoe!

The batteries are the most common over there. A old car alternator driven by a propeller on a car hub to drive the alt and your set. Only need a fireplace then it gets really cold up on the volcanoe..