Yes, I go by various handles.
Should I have shaved, or was it the hat?
I live in dense forest and I keep bees [along with a herd of pigs, etc].
Does anything taste better than the food you grew yourself?
... We have 4400 watts of photovoltaic panels that feed a 600ah 48vdc battery-bank. We find that on most days our batteries are full by noon, which means that we can run every appliance in our home and every power tool without consuming all the power we generate.
Last year we bought a plug-in hybrid sedan to take up some of the surplus power we are generating.
Welcome to the forum!
I am in the process of building up my lithium battery bank of 22.5kWh. This is for my urban home, so I cannot have all the solar panels that I want. Still trying to find the best spot for the 3kW worth of panels that I just bought.
In contrast with your location, here in the Southwest, I found that the hottest day of summer last year, I burnt 120kWh/day mostly for the AC. Disgusting, isn't it?
But in your case, you need winter heating, and your BTU consumption is not going to be that low either.
Hey neighbor
Welcome
I served 20 years in the US Navy, mostly on various FBM submarines. I took 4 years for college, and I got a pension when I was 42.
During my working career, we collected an assortment of apartment buildings. Basically one at each duty station. When I retired, we sold them and used the money to buy a farm out in the forest.
I am now 58. We have done pretty well on my pension. This year it has gone up to ~$1650/month. I think we would be fine on only half of my pension if I would only stop building stuff.
