230v in remote location

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gmgmgm

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Mixed Farmer

• Jul 10, 2021

• #21

Keep it simple - use a good quality (e.g. Honda) generator to run for 1-2 hours each day to charge up laptops, power tool batteries and a 12v leisure battery for lighting. ("Leisure" type is important, not car battery).

You /could/ add a second battery and an inverter to give yourself more reserves, but above is probably the easiest way. It sounds like solar isn't an option, and hydro is complicated. A generator is very simple for anyone to use.

You'll have to use gas/wood for heating and hot water.

NB Generators are valuable and prone to theft.

 

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Flatlander

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Arable Farmer

Location

Lorette Manitoba

• Jul 22, 2021

• #22

We have a cabin on an island in the middle of black sturgeon lake in Ontario. No power except solar. Water pump and filtration system,lights throughout the cabin tv dvd fans fir cooling all run from the batteries charged by the solar panels. Never yet been without power. Great system so far

 

Exfarmer

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Location

Bury St Edmunds

• Jul 22, 2021

• #23

This is a joke is it not.
Lofoten Islands off north Noway in the arctic ocean.

 

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kjottdeig

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Mixed Farmer

• Jul 27, 2021

• #24

Exfarmer said:

This is a joke is it not.
Lofoten Islands off north Noway in the arctic ocean.

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What is a joke

 

Turnip

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Mixed Farmer

Location

Aberdeenshire

• Jul 27, 2021

• #25

Exfarmer said:

This is a joke is it not.
Lofoten Islands off north Noway in the arctic ocean.

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The fact it is an island doesn't mean there can't be a mountain cabin as the highest point of the central island is 964 meters. The OP also doesn't state that the cabin is on Lofoten so could be mainland Norway. A lot of Swedes I know live in an urban area but have cabins in remote areas, okay they aren't Norwegian but could be comparable in this instance.

 

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kjottdeig

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Mixed Farmer

• Jul 27, 2021

• #26

Turnip said:

The fact it is an island doesn't mean there can't be a mountain cabin as the highest point of the central island is 964 meters. The OP also doesn't state that the cabin is on Lofoten so could be mainland Norway. A lot of Swedes I know live in an urban area but have cabins in remote areas, okay they aren't Norwegian but could be comparable in this instance.

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I don't think a discussion on whether I lie or not is relevant anyways. Just wanted to check if I had made a mistake or broken a rule somewhere. Judged by the answers there is both competence and interest in alternative power supplies in areas of the world with limited daylight, so i still believe I am not causing any problems.