Off-Grid Energy: Designing a Robust System with Rhodes Carter of Iron Edison Battery

Off-Grid Energy: Designing a Robust System with Rhodes Carter of Iron Edison Battery

by | Nov 15, 2017 | Podcast

Special guest Rhodes Carter of Iron Edison Battery joins the Ice Age Farmer podcast to discuss energy security and how to design a resilient, flexible off-grid energy system that will meet our needs — even in extreme temperatures. Rhodes takes through system design from generation to storage. I also noted that Iron Edison’s Nickel-Iron batteries can be more fully discharged without damage, perform even in freezing temps, and simply last longer, requiring less maintenance than standard lead-acid batteries…that’s why I reached out to them!

Iron Edison has extended a 5% DISCOUNT to IAF listeners — just mention the podcast when you call. You can also call just to talk through a project; IE has a staff of experienced solar designers who love nothing more than to speak to folks about their project and needs, and help translate that into what system/components would be best.

Iron Edison:
http://IronEdison.com
720-432-6433

Full show notes on the wiki: http://wiki.iceagefarmer.com/wiki/IAF_Podcast_Episode_22

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Crop losses continue, exponentially increasing extreme weather events, and volcanic/seismic activity: many indications that the effects of the Grand Solar Minimum continue to accelerate. START MOVING TOWARDS SELF-SUFFICIENCY TODAY.

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IAF Methodology and Compost Heater

by | May 31, 2017 | Energy

Taking daily steps towards radical self-sufficiency means looking each day at what INPUT is required. Identifying these inputs and creating systems that will produce them for tomorrow allows you to push forward that frontier of producing your own inputs–and increasingly leveraging your own outputs!

Each step increases your resilience. This concept must be applied to the communities we build as well.

Today, I apply this methodology to one of the two elephants in the room with respect to the challenges of moving our food production to sustainable off-grid indoor growing in order to ensure our food security in this Grand Solar Minimum: HEAT.

A compost water heater generates HEAT (up to 160F/70C) as it produces COMPOST, which can be used for growing further crops. By completing the cycle here, you generate energy AND reduce your dependence on external inputs!

Also in this video:

* drilling holes for a new 2″NFT pipe
* transferring dwarf moringa oleifera starts in coco coir into containers under LED lights

… and a spider spins a web across one of my grow beds.

YOU CAN DO THIS AT HOME! –And you should, to produce clean food for your family. It’s that or watch as the food prices continue to increase, and ultimately, the shelves empty completely.

Start taking daily steps NOW towards radical self-sufficiency so that you can thrive in the current Grand Solar Minimum / Little Ice Age.

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