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How and Why to Design an Off-Grid Electrical System

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Why Construct Off-Grid Electrical

Grid-Tied or Off-Grid

    Grid-Tied

    Reasons to Go Off-Grid

Harnessing Your Own Energy

    Direct Power

    Power Collection Devices

Power Systems

    Solar or Photovoltaic Effect

    Wind and Wave

    Non Solar Energy Sources

    Wood Waste Heat to Electricity

    Piezoelectric Effect

    Harvesting Neutrinos

    Heat Engines

Energy Storage Systems

    Batteries

    Supercapacitors

    Fuel Cells

    Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage

    Mechanical Storage

    Pumped Storage

    Thermal Mass

    Chemical Energy Storage

The Feasibility of Off-Grid Systems

    Choosing the System for You

The Solar Power System at my Cabin

    12 Volt System

    120 Volt System

Works Cited

Notes

 
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