Re: Place to live/off the grid...

What does it really mean to be 'off the grid'? I'm not knowledgeable in this
area, so someone please explain.
Thanks~
Amy

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In a message dated 7/21/2008 3:14:15 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
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Myself will be off the grid, many people in the area are, but just to
keep out wireless things would be hugely beneficial.






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No electric service from the power company.
=Off the grid.

Usually there is a solar system instead.

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It means to live where electricity from the power company is not available. Much of rural Arizona is like this. You provide your own power with solar and wind generation.
Melinda
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What does it really mean to be 'off the grid'? I'm not knowledgeable in this
area, so someone please explain.
Thanks~
Amy

A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to
take everything you have.
Thomas Jefferson


In a message dated 7/21/2008 3:14:15 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
[hidden email]<mailto:[hidden email]> writes:

Myself will be off the grid, many people in the area are, but just to
keep out wireless things would be hugely beneficial.






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It means to live where electricity from the power company is not available.
Much of rural Arizona is like this. You provide your own power with solar and
wind generation.
Melinda


Okay, so does that mean the electricity is different and doesn't bother
those with EMF problems so much?
Amy




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This is one of those "rock and hard place" problems for sensitives.

For me, inverters and batteries give me a problem. Although the
batteries have a limited range and can be hidden in an outbuilding, for
example.
So, remember the distance rule, and don't put your power panel or
generating equipment next to your bedroom... ;)

The grid power lines do throw out an electric field 1/4 mile in radius,
and there is concern about broadband over powerlines and other remote
meter readers, the new ones are wireless. :(

Our solution was to put the house 150 feet from the power pole and
meter, bring it in buried, but not where we walk every day, and run the
wires inside the house in metal conduit.

Stewart

Thanks Stewart for the answer. So do you feel better overall living off the
grid?
Amy




In a message dated 7/28/2008 10:09:53 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
[hidden email] writes:

This is one of those "rock and hard place" problems for sensitives.

For me, inverters and batteries give me a problem. Although the
batteries have a limited range and can be hidden in an outbuilding, for
example.
So, remember the distance rule, and don't put your power panel or
generating equipment next to your bedroom... ;)

The grid power lines do throw out an electric field 1/4 mile in radius,
and there is concern about broadband over powerlines and other remote
meter readers, the new ones are wireless. :(

Our solution was to put the house 150 feet from the power pole and
meter, bring it in buried, but not where we walk every day, and run the
wires inside the house in metal conduit.

Stewart






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Hi Amy,
Reread my last paragraph. We still have a power pole.

I definitely feel better with the (grid supplied power) wiring in metal
conduit, inside the home.
I definitely feel better when I can get 1/4 mile away from the power lines.

and I don't like being near invertors and batteries either.

Neither do I like computers and combustion engines, but I still use
them. Thus the focus on mitigating the hazards, and finding ways to
tolerate the EMF.

Does that help?

Stewart

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