Super budget/DIY energy hacks (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 days ago by venusaur@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I just recently started using a solar charger to charge a 10k mah battery pack that I use to charge my phone every night. One device “off the grid.”

Short of installing solar on my home I’d really love to be able to charge a large battery that would output 120V so I could use household appliances “off the grid.”

Does anybody have some other energy hacks, or ways to reduce your energy consumption at home that’s not just “use less energy?”

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[-] RedCarCastle@aussie.zone 2 points 4 days ago

Yer I'm in Oz so no shortage of sun here lol

Yer, that's the perfect getting in the way of the good problem, are old car batterys as good as 2v deep cycle ones? no, but there still fine to use if you have nothing else. Are you gonna run a whole house off em? No, but I ran my fridge, tv, lights and a small water pump most days up till about 11pm off I think about 12 old truck batterys,

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