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cbayer

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5. Sounds like you are going to have to start your generator when you need

Reply to Dover (Reply #4)

Thu Dec 22, 2011, 12:29 PM

Dec 2011

to use those specific tools.

We start and stop the generator intermittently, and sometimes for just a very brief period, when we have a very specific demand (hot water, for example). Our use of diesel is extremely low, even in the winter when the solar generation drops precipitously.

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Does anyone have a tool/workshop that runs entirely on solar energy? [View all] Dover Dec 2011 OP

I met an entrepreneur with an off-grid house and shop Kolesar Dec 2011 #1

Yes, that makes sense to just use direct solar for daytime work with grid backup for other times. Dover Dec 2011 #3

The problem you will run into is the draw of large power tools. cbayer Dec 2011 #2

Yes, that makes good sense to use battery charged hand tools. Of course there are other things like Dover Dec 2011 #4

Sounds like you are going to have to start your generator when you need cbayer Dec 2011 #5