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charles_young92•2mo ago

My neighbor talked me out of buying a $400 solar generator

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susan_adams•2mo ago

My rain barrel froze solid during that cold snap in January

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max_brown•2mo ago

Swapped my plastic water barrels for IBC totes last spring, huge difference

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grant478•2mo ago

Tried to build a solar dryer out of scrap pallets - ended up with a new chicken coop

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jasonf35•2mo ago

Blew a charge controller by not reading the fine print on panel voltage

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sagecooper•2mo ago

Hit 100 gallons of rain catchment this week and I can't believe it took me this long

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samflores•2mo ago

Saw a guy at the hardware store buy 50 feet of gutter guard for his rain barrels and it hit me why my system keeps clogging

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xena_bailey18•2mo ago

Visited a tiny house build in Vermont last month that changed how I think about gutters

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sage_moore37•2mo ago

Hit 100 gallons of stored rainwater this week and it felt huge

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leehall•2mo ago

The morning my rainwater filter exploded into my face at about 6am

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the_thomas•2mo ago

I finally figured out why my rain barrel kept overflowing after 6 months of guessing

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park.miles•2mo ago

My 24V solar panel put out 30V at noon today and I nearly fried my charge controller

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My neighbor talked me out of buying a $400 solar generator

My rain barrel froze solid during that cold snap in January

Swapped my plastic water barrels for IBC totes last spring, huge difference

Tried to build a solar dryer out of scrap pallets - ended up with a new chicken coop

Blew a charge controller by not reading the fine print on panel voltage

Hit 100 gallons of rain catchment this week and I can't believe it took me this long

Saw a guy at the hardware store buy 50 feet of gutter guard for his rain barrels and it hit me why my system keeps clogging

I finally stopped burying my gray water after a neighbor called me out

The week my solar setup almost killed my bacon

DIY solar trick that saved my battery bank this winter

Visited a tiny house build in Vermont last month that changed how I think about gutters

Hit 100 gallons of stored rainwater this week and it felt huge

The morning my rainwater filter exploded into my face at about 6am

I finally figured out why my rain barrel kept overflowing after 6 months of guessing

My 24V solar panel put out 30V at noon today and I nearly fried my charge controller