What if there is no electricity in the area?

Building your own home - troublesome and responsible. Again we have to solve a lot of problems. And one of the most important of them - the lack of electricity in the area. What if construction of the house is looming on the horizon, to equip the site had more "yesterday", and electricity not? Members FORUMHOUSE offer several ways out of difficult situation.

• Wait for the land still be connected to the grid.
• Provide electricity for only a minimum set of energy consumers.
• Buy petrol or diesel generator and "sit" on it.
• Build a completely autonomous power supply.

Each of these methods has its advantages and disadvantages. For example, the connection to the electrical network and the required power allocation could last for an indefinite period of time. Centralized power supply, especially with a dedicated capacity of 15 kW, allows you to use the powerful construction and power tools to conduct a full-fledged construction of the house without difficulty. However, not uncommon when people have time to build the site and get the economy and the central power as there was no and no. And what - to continue to wait, putting all things? Not at all. You can start a new life in the country without a central electrical supply!

Electricity is at a minimum

Dean (User FORUMHOUSE):

- We are just beginning to settle in the country. Electricity promise to hold next year. Here I think - temporarily do without electricity: cook food, lamp, laptop plug, I hope to help members of the forum.

Oles-Olga(User FORUMHOUSE):

- I lived in the country without electricity for 10 years. Food cooked on a small plate with two gas, plugging cylinder 5 liters.

By the way, another problem in the absence of electricity becomes a failure to store perishables. After all, nowhere to connect the refrigerator. However, in any situation of our site users are finding out.

record (User FORUMHOUSE):

- If there is a well on the site, the products can be stored for long periods in it, previously tucked them in a sealed plastic bag and lowered into the water.

This method can also be useful in the case of power cuts in the already-built cottage. You can also use a portable Autorefrigerator that plugs into the cigarette lighter.

In addition to the standard set for life without electricity - matches, candles and a flashlight on the battery, - there are other ways to ensure a minimum level of comfort in the country.

For example, on advice from Arnifo, you can make an offline neon lights. For this taken neon lamp, and inverter 12 volts to high voltage.

The system is connected to the battery, which is charged in advance car charger.

Due to the low level of consumption of such ersatz lamp is enough for 100 hours of continuous operation, and the light intensity is sufficient to illuminate the rooms at night.

Besjuchestj(User FORUMHOUSE):

- To live without electricity - the more fun. So I gathered a battery system for low energy consumers. We have enough to not sit in the dark on the site.

Such a system is as follows: the power supply is taken - the car battery (you can even take the truck - more capacity and battery life) and charger. The battery is only used to connect low-power appliances: a small TV, lighting systems in which energy-saving light bulbs are used. The disadvantage is that the battery has to be recharged. In addition, all appliances must be powered by direct current at 12 volts, or have put additional inverter for converting DC power from a battery variable.

Rerd(User FORUMHOUSE):

- Despite the simplicity and low cost, the main problem of this system is that we have to waste time on the battery charge.

also constantly have to think about what can be included and what is not. Electric longer vospolzueshsya. By the way, even in high-end systems, autonomous power supply can not simultaneously include several powerful energy consumers.

Thinking about alternative power sources, such as wind generator, but it is difficult and expensive, need a high mast expensive by 15-25 meters. And the wind in our region little blow.

About how to choose a source of alternative energy, we can learn fromthis article.

Should I put GASOLINE?

Petrol - one of the most common ways of autonomous power supply at home or in the construction area. However, it has its own peculiarities.

Dmitrytt(User FORUMHOUSE):

- Each generator has a continuous service.

For example:

• Gasoline - an average lifespan of about 3,000 hours. After generation needs to be replaced or repaired. If we assume that a generator is running around the clock, it will only last for 125 days.
• Diesel generator - a resource 5000 hours or more. This generator will work continuously longer than gasoline - about six months, after which the same overage. And given the high price of such a generator and diesel fuel quality, it is very wasteful.

• Even more expensive - slow-speed generators - will serve 9,000-10,000 hours, and it is only 416 days (more than a year).

Dmitrytt(User FORUMHOUSE):

- All the time to sit on the generator alone is not economically viable. Imagine you have lit a lamp or runs an LCD TV, and all this time the window rumbles 5 kilowatt generator, almost wasted wasting fuel. When a load of 1 kW generator consumes about 1 92 liters of gasoline per hour.

At the moment, electricity, "mined" on their own, more expensive supplied electricity grids.

Rodik(User FORUMHOUSE):

- I believe that the operation of permanent homes with petrol or diesel generator is too expensive. After all, apart from the usual appliances: microwave ovens, TVs, laptops, have more on home heating costs.

To calculate the necessary power generator, it is necessary to summarize the power of all consumers who plan to simultaneously connect to it. The generator is better to take with a reserve power, since power consumption when building a house is constantly growing.

In addition, the gasoline generator is noisy when operating. This can be annoying the neighbors, especially if the generator is operating steadily.

And although there are petrol generators inverter, enclosed in absorbing hood, in any case it is necessary to think where to put the equipment to protect it from rain or snow.

Alternatively, the generator can be placed in the farm buildings, and the exhaust pipe output.

If the building is insulated, the generator will be easier to start at low temperatures.

Magol(User FORUMHOUSE):

- I use a generator with a capacity of 600 watts. Are individually connected thereto microwave at 750 watts and 1500 watts circular saw, at the limit, but pulls. With the noise of him struggling so - on the exhaust pipe cling rubber-canvas hose 5 meters, it is noticeably quieter.

Autonomous power supply system

This system is considered the most advanced, but at the same time the most expensive and complex to implement. Consider the main aspects to be taken into account when it is selected.

Dmitrytt (User FORUMHOUSE):

- Shoveled whole forum made for myself concluded that wind turbines and solar panels as a means of providing electricity at home for permanent residence in our country is inefficient. Of course, much depends on the region. I chose the following scheme: the battery system with an inverter generator, charger and automatically start the generator system.

Although this option is very common, it is necessary to consider that a permanent undercharged battery, due to the limit time of continuous operation of the household generator by 4 hours, eventually lead to a decrease in capacitance level batteries. In addition, equipment (EPS), will stop on the generator to achieve battery charge threshold is 80%.

kap3(User FORUMHOUSE):

- If you sit on avtonomke, you must minimize all electrical power at home: stove - gas, boiler - gas, heating - solid fuel, lighting - only energy-saving or LED lamps.

Autonomous power supply system at home - fun is not cheap. In addition it will have all the time to think and connect in a moment. For example, the vacuum cleaner will include a generator during operation, so as not to put the battery.

For example - a full powerful autonomous power supply system includes:

• Battery capacity - 1000-1500 Ah;
• inverter and battery charger to charge controller 5 kW;
• generator - 7 kW.

The cost of all the equipment, including installation, may be more than one hundred thousand. Only in this case, you can count on a comfortable life at home for permanent residence.

But the variant and fiscal autonomous power supply system.

KirillS(User FORUMHOUSE):

- I have gathered such a system:

1. Petrol 2 kW.

2. Battery - 800A / h.

3. Via UPS on the TV connected computer.

4. Lighting: lamps on 12V and 220V.

In such a scheme works in gasoline generator recharging only 2-3 hours per day. Observation forumchanin, on a full charge capacity of the battery is enough for 4-5 days of continuous operation of low-power consumers, but then the batteries have to be charged for a long time. And at arrival to the country only on weekends during the year it takes about 200 liters of gasoline.

For more information on backup power system at home told in this article .

A story about making a backup power system from "A" to "Z" is here and here. How to choose and install a wind turbine and solar panels, read here. How to save the products, if the area to turn off the light or not working fridge, users can learn from FORUMHOUSE this topic.

In that video describes the heat pump. And this a movieyou can learn how to increase the electrical power in the house.

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