Cape Breton County, NS

New Waterford

Keywords: active, offgrid, pv

Size:

860 sq ft, 0 baths, 0 bedrooms.

Energy Percents:

% passive, % active, % external

External Sources:

Wood: * cords,

Cost & Value:

Cost:

Purpose

Cottage domestic hot water and electricity. Installed the system because many years of dragging batteries home to charge and back again was getting tiring.

Economics & Performance

After adding a few appliances, could run almost anything.

Lot Characteristics

On a lake

Description

Cottage offgrid. 2 60 watt photovoltaic panels. 1750 watt inverter and 2 batteries. 110 power from the inverter to power lights, TV, power tools, etc. 30 feet of 4 inch plastic pipe which holds 16 gallons of water and when the sun is out the water heats up for the shower. There is a 350 gallon tank outside that collects water from the rain or from the lake with a pump.

Comments

Propane fridge, stove. Wood burner for the winter.