As many of you know, we've been living without electricity in our tiny house for the past year. This has been an incredible experience, and one that has brought clarity to our needs and our wants surrounding electricity. While waiting for the time and money to be available to research, purchase, and install a small-scale solar electric (photovoltaic) system for our homestead, we've created strategies to meet our needs for keeping food cold (renting out freezer space at a friend's home), using the computer (trading house-sitting at another friend's house), and running power tools (a Honda EU2000i generator).  But all along, our intention has been to have our home powered by solar, … [Read more...]