Quote from Forum Archives on October 10, 2001, 11:52 am

Posted by: dhaley <dhaley@...>

Jacqui,

When you say "hydro" do you mean hydroelectric? There is a local company
here that designs systems to get people off the grid. Here in MN we do
pretty well with wind generation most of the year. With a combination of
wind and solar we would have been able to have an unlimited supply of water
into our house with a $5K system. We'd have had some surplus electricity
but not alot. Some friends of friends in TN powered their whole house with
a $5K system but also had gravity flow water. We could go with a ram pump
off the creek but it would be a long process and in the winter it wouldn't
work because it would freeze. Jacqui I often think of the little old gal
that lived in the farm Debbie wants to buy across the river from you. She
was in her 80's when she left the house. She never had indoor plumbing of
any kind. She had a hand pump out in the yard and she lived there most of
her life, raised a family and did just fine. I think sometimes we can get
by without a less than we think we can. Because I've lived non-electrically
I know you can live very well that way. Having it is nice though. I think
the biggest concerns you would have in our area of the country is water and
heat. If you have a well on your property, you can get a handpump to draw
it up should the electric fail. The other is a way to cook and heat and it
seems you are already pursuing that. Deanna
----- Original Message -----
From: "The Smarts" <smarties@jam21.net>
To: <homesteadheaven@weloveGod.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 8:25 AM
Subject: [HomeSteadHeaven] Living with out Electricity

> Hi Ladies,
>
> I have been thinking about living without hydro lately and have a few
questions
> I would appreciate your imput on. For those of you who have lived near
the
> Amish, do they live with out electricity or just without hydro, having
solar
> panels, and generators? Also, for those of you who have been or are 'off
the
> grid' is it difficult to convert an existing house with electric wiring
to
> solar/generator power, or is it less trouble to start from scratch and
build new
> with that in mind. I would some day like to be 'off the grid' and wonder
what
> would be the best way to go about it. We sometimes think we would like to
move
> somewhere with more land, but G-d has not yet told us to do that. It is a
very
> long story, but we have this place, by the grace of G-d, and I'm not
moving
> until he says so. It is interesting over the last year, just about each
time I
> think we should look for somewhere with more land so we can expand our
angoras
> more, a neighbour mentions something about putting livestock on their
un-used
> land. One of our neighbours even asked if our goats would keep the brush
down.
> Her husband suffered a heart attack a few years back and can no longer do
it.
> We haven't reached enough numbers to be out growing our 4 acres yet. I
try to
> wait for directions from G-d, but sometimes get greedy and desire more
land.
> Peace and grace to you all,
> Jacqui
>
> Naturewood Farm & Fiber
> Ashford Spinning Wheels and Looms
> White & Colored Angoras, Llamas,
> Olde English Southdown Sheep
>
> "The way of a fool seems right to him,"
> Proverbs12:15
>
> "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,
> declares the Lord.
> As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your
ways
> and my thoughts than your thoughts."
> Isiah 55:8-9
>
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