230v in remote location

gmgmgm

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Mixed Farmer
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.
 

Flatlander

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Arable Farmer
Location
Lorette Manitoba
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
 

Turnip

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

kjottdeig

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Mixed Farmer
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.
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.
 

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