Monthly Archives: January 2011

Power System

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Power System

Power System

I just finished installing most of the electrical outlets and switches this past weekend, and thought it would be a good time to discuss the power system.  It’s an off-grid system, mostly out of necessity, as I’m about 2/3 of a mile away from the nearest power line.  As convenient as it would be to have grid power, for me at least it’s not worth the considerable cost of running a line that distance. Continue reading →

An Alternate Design

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Alternate Exterior Configuration

Alternate Exterior Configuration

A reader the other day asked about reversing the middle container so the doors could be opened all the way.  I told him that many of my first designs did this, and that there was a lot going for that configuration.  Since I haven’t been to my cabin for a while, and have been short on new posts, I thought I would show what this configuration would look like. Continue reading →