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StevanThere's a job I have been successfully postponing for some months done. I decided to install a pair of 400w panels on the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/offgrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#offgrid</a> battery shed, thinking we'd catch some light reflecting off clouds. In fact, it was a daft idea, and the panels never put out anywhere near their rated power. So I exchanged the old pair of 190w panels for the 2x 400s, bodging securing it as my plan A worked out in the small hours of the night didn't work. Already we saw near-rated output today. 2/...

mk30Ahh, a nice pile of pre-mulch (category: pallet). This pile isn't the final pile. It's the holding pile. Next step is distributing the pieces based on where i'd like them to decompose.Stuff like managed decomposition really makes me feel like I've got my arm up to the elbow in the circle of life, swishing things around and trying to make something happen lol.And yes, all my most profound ecological insights come only when I'm *at least* elbow deep in the circle of life.Which reminds me, I have some goat poop (from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/@saltphoenix" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@saltphoenix</a> 🥰) compost tea brewing in a bucket and I gotta stir it and distribute it. Swish swishing the circle of life quite literally, in this case 😸<a href="https://regenerate.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecology</a> <a href="https://regenerate.social/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gardening</a> <a href="https://regenerate.social/tags/homestead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#homestead</a> <a href="https://regenerate.social/tags/offgrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#offgrid</a> <a href="https://regenerate.social/tags/hawaii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hawaii</a>

Morpheus Being<a href="https://aus.social/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Energy</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/OffGrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OffGrid</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Power</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Inverters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Inverters</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Repairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Repairs</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/DIY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DIY</a>After about 10 years providing 24x7 240v from my 24v battery bank, my once repaired/rebuilt inverter died! Eventually got my spare wired in, so now have power on again. Now the hunt begins for another inverter to be my spare.

Priceless Planet<a href="https://todon.eu/tags/EarthHour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EarthHour</a> 22 March 2025 •Turn off all lights, don't use vehicles and devices.☮️•Fight fossil fuels, inequality, corruption and crimes.✊•We need to have more of these hours as frequently as possible, doesn't matter how imperfectly you do it. Economic Blackouts too. IT WILL GROW.Join the discussion with us.<a href="https://todon.eu/tags/gifteconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gifteconomy</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/freeworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freeworld</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/eattherich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#eattherich</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/offgrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#offgrid</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/ecovillages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecovillages</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/ecovillage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecovillage</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/anarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anarchism</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/anarchocommunism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anarchocommunism</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climatechange</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/antiwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antiwork</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/simpleliving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#simpleliving</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/sustainableliving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sustainableliving</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/solarpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#solarpunk</a>

LeahI’m thinking about changing my knitting to make less but use local, sustainable quality yarns. There are so few woollen mills left in Australia and GOR Woolen Mills are doing it off-grid and using local fibre. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sustainability</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/offgrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#offgrid</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/knitting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#knitting</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/FibreArtsFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FibreArtsFriday</a><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2025-03-14/business-cuts-power-bills-by-going-green-renewable-electricity/104898238" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2025-03-14/business-cuts-power-bills-by-going-green-renewable-electricity/104898238</a>

nullagentIdea for this PR is to add a network bridge mode for repeaters.This will let you take multiple LoRa radios, setup meshcore repeater firmware and listen on any number of channels or with different antenna setups and bridge the routing across those different channels with a shared Wifi link(the two dotted white boxes).I've tested it for a few days and it's pretty amazing to see meshcore automatically finding bridged routes.<a href="https://github.com/ripplebiz/MeshCore/pull/96" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/ripplebiz/MeshCore/pull/96</a><a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/lora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lora</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/meshcore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#meshcore</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/meshtastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#meshtastic</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/esp32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#esp32</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/offgrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#offgrid</a>

nullagentWriting my first meshcore PR 🤘🏿 It's still a work-in progress, but having a lot of fun learning this code base!<a href="https://github.com/ripplebiz/MeshCore/pull/96" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/ripplebiz/MeshCore/pull/96</a><a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/lora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lora</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/meshcore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#meshcore</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/meshtastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#meshtastic</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/networking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#networking</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/esp32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#esp32</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/offgrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#offgrid</a>

Coach Spore DieselHauling my own water makes me less wasteful. Dealing with the fire ants who live at the spigot makes me annoyed.<a href="https://spore.social/tags/LowTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LowTech</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/OffGrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OffGrid</a>

DanielTaylorVasco, au petit bois aujourd'hui<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dogsofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dogsofmastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/offgrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#offgrid</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/france" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#france</a>

WordmarkWant to learn how to build a powerful yet simple 5000W <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Offgrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Offgrid</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#solar</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/system" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#system</a>? (It uses <a href="https://mas.to/tags/powergrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#powergrid</a> as backup)VideoVersion with very tiny batteries already Upgrades to 15kWh <a href="https://mas.to/tags/LiFePo4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LiFePo4</a> which lasts around 3 days VERY IMPORTANT: work with cell vendor that accepts returns because <a href="https://mas.to/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#China</a> likes to mix <a href="https://mas.to/tags/gradeA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gradeA</a> and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/gradeB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gradeB</a> and sell as <a href="https://mas.to/tags/gradeA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gradeA</a> (<a href="https://mas.to/tags/eve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#eve</a> 280Ah)<a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=nXfMzLFigAQ&t=424s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/watch?v=nXfMzLFigAQ&t=424s</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/diy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#diy</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/doityourself" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#doityourself</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#energy</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/independence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#independence</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/homestead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#homestead</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/battery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#battery</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/batteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#batteries</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#energy</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ElectricityBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElectricityBill</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/electricity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#electricity</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/strom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#strom</a>

Blurry Bits PhotographySo, You Wanna Do A Solar? [Thread] -A brief guided tour through my setup..This system is not what I currently run, but it's a nice, straightforward solar panel system you can use for camping and emergencies.Here, we have two 12w 100w Renogy panels, you can find these for roughly $100 each. These have been wired in parallel, showing the adapting plug. System remains at 12v, with higher amperage.The leads will head off to the charge controller, featured on the next post.<a href="https://beige.party/tags/solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#solar</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/solarpower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#solarpower</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/DIY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DIY</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/offgrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#offgrid</a>

𝕂𝚞𝚋𝚒𝚔ℙ𝚒𝚡𝚎𝚕Meshtastic – An open source, off-grid, decentralized, mesh network built to run on affordable, low-power devices.Meshtastic is a project that enables you to use inexpensive LoRa radios as a long range off-grid communication platform in areas without existing or reliable communications infrastructure. This project is 100% community driven and open source!🌐 <a href="https://meshtastic.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://meshtastic.org</a> :mastodon: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@meshtastic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@meshtastic</a><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/freetoolfriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freetoolfriday</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/followfriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#followfriday</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#opensource</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/lowpower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lowpower</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/connections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#connections</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/meshtastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#meshtastic</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/web" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#web</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/offgrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#offgrid</a>

Mx. Luna CorbdenAnyway, I'm in north Idaho. I tried to be sekrit, but I suck at it. I want to write letters to the editor and call my reps and talk here about what I'm doing within context, and all that.I'm a few miles from where the Aryan Nation compound was until about a decade ago when the locals kicked them out. They keep trying to establish new nationalist cults and they all get pushed out.Speaking of cults, there's a bunch of odd groups up here. Half the businesses are owned by Seventh Day Adventists. There's a lot of Mormon polygamists, two groups of Mennonites that also own businesses (the black caps and the white caps, apparently they are enemies), and other little Bible-based groups, plus the regular Mormons, evangelicals, the Koonentai tribe with its own police department, and off-gridders of unknown (to me) political and religious persuasion. A major part of the social ecosystem is about balancing the needs of these very different groups. So there's a sense of "your weird religion might not be my weird religion but it's ok" amid the Trump flags, which makes the balance of power maybe a little different than other rural areas. Now you might see why I've been excited to talk about this and why rural vagaries aren't good enough.<a href="https://defcon.social/tags/Recovery2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Recovery2025</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/OffGrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OffGrid</a>

Steve Moore :toad:8/ The first <a href="https://toad.social/tags/offgrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#offgrid</a> home I built was '92-ish, nothing new - all second hand, salvaged, or rejects - pv panels, windows, roofing, stoves, lumber, local sawmill offcuts, year old strawbales - but for the new inverter & batteries. Drilled a 30’ water well with a “drilling rig” I made with an old lawnmower engine. On a snowy winter solstice night my son was born in that bed, with the help of a couple midwives. <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DIY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DIY</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Solarpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Solarpunk</a>

Coach Spore DieselThe tiny house roof is currently curved, vardo-style. I have a pinned post with a picture. For the sake of time, effort, and money, the replacement roof will have to be a single slope roof angled to make the most of the southern sun. Still waffling on whether to put transom windows or not. I have a lot of windows already but two of them are on the north side where they don't do that much good. I have only one to the south. Big, yeah but still not enough light.<a href="https://spore.social/tags/DeerCamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DeerCamp</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/OffGrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OffGrid</a>

Coach Spore DieselOnce my stuff is moved, whatever helpers I can hire and I need to get up there and unscrew the whole roof. It is five SIPs interlocked with OSB wafers and a ton of glue, screwed down to the walls with really long screws. We should be able to saw through the wafers for easier disassembly.Oh, before that, I have to uninstall a bunch of hardware in the inside. Lighting fixtures, trim, and reinforcement brackets.<a href="https://spore.social/tags/DeerCamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DeerCamp</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/OffGrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OffGrid</a>

Coach Spore DieselThe bunkhouse was going to be a future item, but I realized it would save me putting all my stuff into a tent and possibly getting an injury from all the stooping and stepping over thresholds that entails. Working with a tent is more strenuous than young me would have guessed. The building can be a standard design already on their lot, so it can get here fast. It just has to be oriented to make the most of the southern sun.<a href="https://spore.social/tags/DeerCamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DeerCamp</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/OffGrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OffGrid</a>

Coach Spore DieselYeah, I could build this thing myself, especially if I get some help. But the last year has taught me that I can't rely on my body anymore. I get ready to do something like install my wood stove, and my back, knees, hips give up and I just can't. And I can't get "help" if I'm not participating myself. That's a hire-out thing.<a href="https://spore.social/tags/DeerCamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DeerCamp</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/OffGrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OffGrid</a>

Coach Spore DieselThe outhouse will use a bucket dry toilet system, probably two separate buckets with a urinal going to one of the buckets.The shower will get warm water from an elevated tank. In the summer, the sun heats the tank. I want a rocket mass stove outside for cooking and baking, but also to supply hot water by heat siphon to the tank in cold weather. The water will come from rain harvesting off the roof. Gray water collection here too.<a href="https://spore.social/tags/DeerCamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DeerCamp</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/OffGrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OffGrid</a>

Coach Spore DieselBTW I'm borrowing a lot of ideas for this from <a href="https://spore.social/tags/VanLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VanLife</a> and <a href="https://spore.social/tags/teardrop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#teardrop</a> design. Space and electricity are at a premium so I want to make the most of what I can get.The other two chambers are for the shower and the outhouse. Their wall doesn't extend all the way up because I want to maximize the light from the transom windows. I observed that working great in shower houses of various parks. <a href="https://spore.social/tags/DeerCamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DeerCamp</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/OffGrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OffGrid</a>

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