buckeyefarmer
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Good to hear from you..
AZ ranch
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3Lfarms
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Wow! I just read this whole thread in one sitting. What a beautiful cabin and it was all DIY. I love it.
I am curious how the water and solar systems are doing after being in operation for a while. How much water are you able to collect from a rainstorm?
I am planning on a large solar installation at our farm, but it will be grid-interactive with a small battery bank. I am thinking just enough battery power to keep refrigerators, CPAP, etc going over night.
I am curious how the water and solar systems are doing after being in operation for a while. How much water are you able to collect from a rainstorm?
I am planning on a large solar installation at our farm, but it will be grid-interactive with a small battery bank. I am thinking just enough battery power to keep refrigerators, CPAP, etc going over night.
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BoFuller
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It’s been almost 3 years since we moved in (June 2015) and the solar is doing great. A half dozen times a year (usually all in January) the backup generator kicks in, due to heavy snow days or heavy clouds, but other than that, we have all the power we need.
I have a 1100 gal tank collecting rainwater on one side of the house and a 2500 gal tank on the other. A storm we had a couple weeks ago filled them both. I need more storage. I would like to get 10K of storage so I could use it to water the trees and garden during the early summer. Right now I’m dipping into the house water, that I haul from a well 2 1/2 miles away.
What I really need to do is rig up a system where I could filter the rain water and pump it into the house water storage tanks (three 2500 gal tanks).
Also, next week I intend to dig up the end of the gray water line that is about 50 ft from the house, and rig up something so that the gray water can be diverted to the fruit trees that are down the bank. For the last 2 1/2 years I have just been letting it run into the septic tank. It would be better for the trees and for the septic if I get that done. I should have done it last summer.
I have a 1100 gal tank collecting rainwater on one side of the house and a 2500 gal tank on the other. A storm we had a couple weeks ago filled them both. I need more storage. I would like to get 10K of storage so I could use it to water the trees and garden during the early summer. Right now I’m dipping into the house water, that I haul from a well 2 1/2 miles away.
What I really need to do is rig up a system where I could filter the rain water and pump it into the house water storage tanks (three 2500 gal tanks).
Also, next week I intend to dig up the end of the gray water line that is about 50 ft from the house, and rig up something so that the gray water can be diverted to the fruit trees that are down the bank. For the last 2 1/2 years I have just been letting it run into the septic tank. It would be better for the trees and for the septic if I get that done. I should have done it last summer.
EddieWalker
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Good to see you back on TBN and looking forward to more of your projects!!
bindian
Super Member
Eddie,
I musta missed something. What happened to your wife?
hugs, Brandi
I musta missed something. What happened to your wife?
hugs, Brandi
EddieWalker
Epic Contributor
She was diagnosed with colon cancer right after Valentines. Treatment has been brutal, but also successful. The cancer is dying and coming out. I mentioned it in my thread asking how to get rid of horses, since we have five and she isn't able to take care of them, and I do not like horses.
buckeyefarmer
Epic Contributor
My oldest sister died from colon cancer caught too late. Yesterday, a friend of ours (lady my age) died from colon cancer, caught too late.
I now get tested every 3-5 yrs, just had mine done last fall.
Jim Shooz
Veteran Member
Sorry to hear that... you hang in there buddy.