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photomikey
Dec 30, 2012
It would be very expensive to run any meaningful A/C with a solar/wind power system.

Outside of that, you live in a good era to have this problem. You can get a decently sized TV that burns 100 watts, LED light bulbs burn <10 watts, cell phone / computer / tablet / are all very low wattage. Furthermore, your solar will produce DC, your batteries will store DC, and all that stuff will use DC - no inverter loss.

We looked at some off-grid beach housing in Mexico a few years ago, the houses were very nice, state of the art, with no water, no sewer, no power, and no gas. They truck in the water and gas, septic the sewer, and solar panels feeding a bank of batteries in the garage.

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