Living a Sustainable Dream

Learning to do for yourself, saves you money and lets you live your dream

Skip to content
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Contact Info
  • Like what you see?
  • Buy an Amazing Candle
Search

generator

How to start a generator when the pull rope breaks

April 29, 2017December 28, 2019 / webbermd / 3 Comments

Earlier this year, our generator pull start rope broke as well as the spring with the starter recoil assembly. We were left in a terrible position, but had enough power to ration until the new part arrived.  The new part broke in the 1st pull.  If not for the advice of a few subscribers, we … Continue reading How to start a generator when the pull rope breaks

“Generating” Repairs: Winter requires more than just solar.

January 20, 2017January 21, 2017 / webbermd / 3 Comments

Living off the grid and relying totally on solar power is not a great idea.  There are days and even a month or two in the winter in which only a few sunny days will appear.  If we only had solar to rely on for electricity, it would become very unnerving seeing our battery bank’s … Continue reading “Generating” Repairs: Winter requires more than just solar.

Here comes the sun…

February 20, 2016February 15, 2016 / webbermd / Leave a comment

After a dreary month of January, the sun is making its appearance again.  We are all relieved and choose our own way to bask in sun's warm rays. The solar panels have produced very little and we have relied on the storage capacity of our battery banks and the back up generator on a weekly … Continue reading Here comes the sun…

Merry “White” Christmas and a Happy New Year

December 31, 2015May 19, 2016 / webbermd / 8 Comments

After the Thanksgiving  Holiday, my wife and I were beginning to look at the muddy ground and wondered if purchasing a snow plow truck was a wise decision.  It wasn't until December 19th that I began to realize the extent that I would use our snow plow.  By the twenty-first, I was plowing the driveway, … Continue reading Merry “White” Christmas and a Happy New Year

Wrapping up the Fall Harvest

October 31, 2015 / webbermd / Leave a comment

These past few weeks we have wrapped up the fall harvest. We salvaged what we could from the garden and took the hoop houses down.  Our back room has the tomatoes strewn about, so they can ripen.  Our garden did not produce much this year.  We planted late, the heat wave shocked the plants, and … Continue reading Wrapping up the Fall Harvest

Electricity: When the backup generator is called upon…

April 25, 2015January 21, 2017 / webbermd / 4 Comments

What to do when that sun stays hidden behind the clouds for weeks on end? Well, the answer is a backup generator powered by non-ethanol, high octane fuel. To take the batteries from 35% of discharge to 100% full is about four hours of generator time on our 6,800 watt Rigid generator from Home Depot. … Continue reading Electricity: When the backup generator is called upon…

Electricity, making the choice to be off grid.

April 4, 2015December 28, 2019 / webbermd / Leave a comment

For us the choice was purely economical and a desire to be self-sufficient. The choice to live off grid is not a desire of most people, and I am not trying to convert anyone to the idea. However, if you like to save money, which most of us do, many of our off grid tips … Continue reading Electricity, making the choice to be off grid.

Follow Living a Sustainable Dream on WordPress.com

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Support our small business at Living a Sustainable Dream

Learn more @ pauperscandles.com
Learn more @ pauperscandles.com

Blog Topics

Recent Posts: Living a Sustainable Dream

Ending 2022. Times of Change.

Want to visit a cool 1980’s retro arcade?

Want to visit a cool 1980’s retro arcade?

Can you hear me? Can you hear me calling you? Please Comment if you can hear me?

Vacation Destination the Last BLOCKBUSTER?

Vacation Destination the Last BLOCKBUSTER?

Canning Applesauce with Krista

Canning Applesauce with Krista

Archives

Blogs I Follow

  • Living a Tiny Farm Life
  • Tactical Wisdom
  • KooqingwithComfort
  • Trail Baboon
  • Living a Sustainable Faith - LASF
  • According to Brittany
  • Farmgirl School
  • Matt B Comic
  • Breaking Free Off Grid
  • Carolyn Travel Stories
  • The Orion Effect
  • two branches homestead
  • Windy Hill Farm
  • wildwoodhomestead
  • The Yager Homestead
  • Sustainably Simple
  • No Harm In Farmin
  • Samantha Webb
  • Walking Into Adulthood
  • Living a Sustainable Dream
  • Whimsical Moon Farm
  • Crockern Farm
  • Pete's Alaska
  • Homesteadmom's Unexpected Life Journey
  • Mortgage Free at 40
  • Katie LaPierre
  • The Trek to Tiny
  • My Little Urban Homestead
  • Vickie Knob~Books and Stuff
  • twodogsandabus

Homestead Videos

Blog at WordPress.com.
Living a Tiny Farm Life

Farming, working, and just recently living tiny.

Tactical Wisdom

Tactical Training with a Biblical foundation

KooqingwithComfort

awakening the cook in you

Trail Baboon

Living a Sustainable Faith - LASF

According to Brittany

Raising kids, homesteading and blogging

Farmgirl School

An Inspired Life

Matt B Comic

Breaking Free Off Grid

Learning to do for yourself, saves you money and lets you live your dream

Carolyn Travel Stories

The Orion Effect

-"You are not entering this world in the usual manner, for you are setting forth to be a Dungeon Master"- Gygax

two branches homestead

Adventures In Homesteading and Cooking

Windy Hill Farm

My Rural Roots

wildwoodhomestead

Cultivating a life we love from scratch.

The Yager Homestead

Growing our food, our family, and our sense of humor!

Sustainably Simple

live a sustainably simple life

No Harm In Farmin

Homesteading for the Hungry

Samantha Webb

Creative Homemaker

Walking Into Adulthood

Providing an easy and organized access to articles and tips that'll make growing-up a little easier.

Living a Sustainable Dream

Learning to do for yourself, saves you money and lets you live your dream

Whimsical Moon Farm

Crockern Farm

The evolution of an old farmhouse, an American woman, an Englishman and their dogs.

Pete's Alaska

Pete's Alaska — God, family, country my view out the cabin window.

Homesteadmom's Unexpected Life Journey

Homesteading, Missions, and Our Crazy Life

Mortgage Free at 40

Journey to becoming mortgage free

Katie LaPierre

Christian, Senior Pastor's Wife, Homeschooling Mother of Seven

The Trek to Tiny

Art and Life in a Tiny House

My Little Urban Homestead

Vickie Knob~Books and Stuff

A humble writer pecking out stories one word at a time. Reaching deep down to show love one person at a time.

twodogsandabus

plunging into off grid living

  • Follow Following
    • Living a Sustainable Dream
    • Join 277 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Living a Sustainable Dream
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...