Being able to use electricity is something very normal in our lives. Most of us cannot even remember the days without electricity. Plug in a device and it works. But where does this electricity actually come from? And how much does the connected appliance actually use? And how much electricity do you use in total per day, week, month or year? All questions many of us will never ask ourselves.
However, when you start living off-grid, these are things you suddenly become very aware of. And that’s a good thing! Because ultimately our goal is to start living more and more consciously and to take others along with us.
After years of living on various projects, we have already increased our awareness of electricity considerably. However, when you start your own project and suddenly have to think about how much electricity you expect to consume, it gets really interesting. How many panels do we need? How many batteries do we need? If the sun doesn’t shine, how long do we want the batteries to last? What do we do when the batteries run out?
Ultimately, this all depends on how much energy you consume. And it’s so easy to go along with today’s consumer society but at the end of the day, much of the energy we use every day is not needed at all.
