Rosalba and I are spending the weekend in the shed on our land where we are going to build the straw bale house. On the picture you can see me editing this article using 100% renewable energy from our small solar power installation on the shed.
On the shed we have one solar panel installed and 200 Ah of battery storage. This system is ample for the little use it gets in the shed and manges to run the fan in of the composting toilet 24x7 plus all our lighting needs.
This system was installed in 2006 by Heinz of Ausolar for a modest investment of about \$1,500. We have been very happy with the system as it has not missed a beat ever and even manages to charge the batteries in slightly overcast weather.
Having seen how well this solar system works has convinced Rosalba and me that our new strawbale house should make use of solar panels and maybe a windmill for most, if not all, it's energy use. Of course the solar power system for our hose will be a lot more expensive than this one for the shed and we are currently budgeting about \$50,000 just for the solar power system.
To finish of this article I have included another picture as a treat. This time the picture is of the back of our property has seen from the back of the shed. It is impossible to fully capture the tranquillity the back half of our land provides.
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