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Dream of building your own off the grid cabin? or have you done it? What are/were your biggest obstacles?
For years I have been planning to build my own cabin. I very much want to live a much simpler lifestyle. Info on do-it-yourself, affordable solar power has been my biggest obstacle. Wind power would also be ideal in my area, but there's even less info on that.
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- DIY DocLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
Solar works well for heating water; assuming you have a source; but prices for Collector cells and storage of the energy aren't strictly at a point yet for an "OFF THE GRID" lifestyle. No offense but I find trendy terms so "trendy"
Wind power or Solar; would be still be cost prohibitive; depending on how much POWER you actually need/want. Certainly that also depends on how primitive you can endure; and/or how far OFF the GRID you think you can be.
The cabin itself will be the easy task.
Steven Wolf
Source(s): 45 plus years as a contractor