Powering a mobile home

[the.fee.fairy]

Right, we're getting further and further into the planning to move stages. We have cardboard boxes packed already.

So...when i have my mobile home, i would like to power it using wind/solar. BUT i'm not rich...by any stretch of the imagination.

Is it possible? And can it be done in a not-too-expensive way? We're not sure where we're moving yet, so don't know about local council grants etc.

[Martin]

in a nutshell - forget grants for renewables, if you can get a grant on it, it'll be at least twice the price! (the grants are near impossible to get anyway)
Grants can sometimes be had from local authorities for insulation - a good move!
Then having insulated to the gills, sit down and do a really severe audit of your energy needs - the less you use, the less you have to generate.........
In a caravan, I could get by quite happily with a woodstove, a small pv (solar panel system) for electricity, with battery and controller feeding lights, small tv, car radio, laptop etc..........(all 12v). For cooking, heating, and refrigeration, forget electricity - you can cook on a woodstove, but most people settle for a bottled gas cooker and small fridge. If you're hardy and inventive, forget the fridge altogether, and cook and heat your water on the stove!
As solar pv produces far less in winter, they are often allied to a small wind turbine which " makes up" for the deficit in winter (less leaves on the trees in winter, and higher average winds!) - but it must be properly sited - on it's own mast, well away from any obstructions..........

[Thurston Garden]

So...when i have my mobile home

Fee - how about this one?



Very airy!



Open plan, spacious interior....

But I am afraid to say you have but 3 hours to come and collect it before it ends up in the metal skip at the recycling centre in Dunbar

[Thurston Garden]

Sorry Fee....



I have been putting that job off for 4 years. Now I ask myself why?