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Super budget/DIY energy hacks (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago by 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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[–] 1 point 7 months ago (4 children)

In rural china their farms traditionally have one, like a tank they route sewage and scraps and whatever, and they pipe off the gasses for cooking and heating and such, as it produces methane and the like.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 7 months ago (3 children)

    Ah this is probably a bigger setup than I can manage right now. Probably end up blowing up my house.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago* (2 children)

    You wouldn't blow up your house, it's not complicated, medieval Chinese did it, you can too, it would be expensive though. Unless you feel like digging 6 to 10 ft down into the Earth, which I have done and is not fun. However,, if you can get explosives, that changes everything about getting down that far. You still need a tank, an old fuel oil tank might work even though.

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