Absorbent glass mat (AGM) batteries
Accumulator
Active system
Active versus passive solar water heaters
Adobe
Air conditioner, usage tips
Air lock
Alternating current (AC)
AC generator
Alternative energy
Alternator
Amorphous or thin film cells
Amperes (amp)
Angle of incidence
Anode
Antifreeze
Aquifer
Armature
Array current
Auction site business
Azimuth
Backup
backup water heater
Ballast
Baseload
Batch (ICS) systems
Batch collectors
Batt insulation
Batteries
absorbent glass mat (AGM) batteries
battery bank
sizing
battery temperature compensation (BTC)
capacity
deep-cycle batteries
gel-cell
lead-acid (L-A) batteries
life cycle
nickel-cadmium (NiCad)
Nickel-iron batteries
shallow-cycle batteries
Berm
Biodigestors
cost
feedstock
practicality
producing gas
size of
temperature
Biogas
Black water systems
Blocking diode
Boondocking
British Thermal Unit (BTU)
Bug screening
Building site, factors to look for
Bus bar
Bus conversion
Business on web
Call-routing technology
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emission
Carbon footprint
reducing ways
Carbon-rich waste materials
Career subculture people
Case studies
Clark Farm, Burley, Idaho
Eric
Maui, North Coast
Rancho Margot, Costa Rica
Cast earth
Catchment systems, water
Cathode
Cell
Cell phone communication
Celsius scale (C)
Charge controllers
Charge rate
Chemical energy
Circuit
household circuit
parallel circuit
series circuit
Citizens Band (CB)
Class A motor home
Class B camper van
Class C motor home
Closed-Loop Drain-Back Systems
Clubbing
Cob
Collector mounts, SWH
awning mounts
batch collectors, or integrated collector storage (ICS) devices
concentrating collectors
evacuated tube collectors (ETCs)
flat plate collectors (FPCs)
ground mounts
pool collectors
Communicating and making a living off-grid See also Radio communication; Telephone communication; Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs)
Composting
composting toilets
maintenance
Concentrating collectors
Concentrator
Conductance
Conduction
Conductors
Connections
MC connectors
universal connectors (SAE connectors)
Conservation, See
also Home improvements;
Landscaping;
Transportation
energy-efficient appliances
of water
Controls, SWH
Convection, current
Conversion efficiency
Cooking, microwave cooking
Cordwood
Cotton canvas, for tents
Cross-ventilation
Crystalline silicon
Current
Cycle
Days of autonomy (storage)
Deep-cycle batteries
Depth of discharge (DOD)
Differential controls
Diode
Direct current (DC)
Direct-coupled power system
Discharge rate
Disconnect
Dishwashing
Dopant (doping)
Double-walled tents
Double-wide dwelling
Dry cell
Durability, of tents
Duty cycle
Duty rating
Dwellings
double-wide dwelling
single-wide dwelling
traditional native
American dwellings
hogan
tepee
Earth sheltering
Earthbags
Earthship
Efficiency
Electric cars
Electrical safety devices
Electricity
alternating current (AC)
circuit
conductors
direct current (DC)
household electricity
nonconductors or insulators
Electrode
Electrolyte
Electromagnetism
Electron
Electronics
Energy, See also
Batteries; Electricity;
Photovoltaic cells
charge controllers
connections
electrical safety devices
energy density
energy guide label
ENERGY STAR
getting wired
heat
inverters
kinetic energy
law of conservation of energy
non-renewable energy sources
potential energy
power centers
renewable energy sources
sizing the system
solar energy
switches
water systems
wind systems
wiring the system
Energy-efficient appliances
EPA voluntary labeling program
Equalizing
Evacuated Tube Collectors (ETCs)
Evapotranspiration
Expansion tanks, SWH
Expedition tents
Fabric yurt
Fahrenheit scale (F)
Family Radio Service (FRS)
Feedstock
Fifth-wheel trailers
Flat Plate Collectors (FPCs)
Float charge
Fluorescent lights,
advantages
Flush mounts
Folding trailer
Four-season tents
Frame-panel yurts
Frequency
Gassing (outgassing)
Gel-cell
General Mobile Radio
Service (GMRS) radios
Generalized off-grid venue
comparison
cooking
electronics, tools, small appliances
laundry & cleaning
lighting
power production & distribution
refrigeration
space heating and cooling
waste management
water heating and distribution
Generator
Glazing
Global warming
Gravity-fed
Gray water systems
Greenhouse gases
Grid-tied power systems
Ground mounts
Ground wire
Groundwater
Harvesting system
Hay
Head
Heat
conduction
convection
radiation
Heat exchangers
Heat pump heaters
Heating devices, water
Heating system, in home
High-tech glass
Hogan
Home improvements
air conditioner, usage tips
cooking
dishwashing
heating system
hot water
insulation
laundry
lighting
painting
refrigeration
using storm windows and doors
Home-crafted RVs
Horizontal-axis wind turbines
Hot water
Houseboats, mooring
Household electricity
Hybrid and electric cars
Hybrid dwellings
Hybrid system
Hybrid trailer
Hybrid wind/PV system
Hydroelectricity
Hydrometer
Hygiene, water-source
Incandescent lights
drawbacks
Independent hybrid, backed-up system
Infiltration
Infrastructure
Insolation (incident solar
radiation)
insolation value
Insulated concrete forms (ICFs)
Insulation and window coverings
Insulation in home improvement
Integrated collector storage (ICS) devices
Interconnect (intertie)
Internal energy
Intertie
Inverters
waveforms
modified square wave
pure sine wave
square wave
Irradiance
Isolated-gain passive solar
Isolation and tempering valves, SWH
Isolation valve (solar bypass)
Junction
Kilowatt-hour (kWh)
Kinetic energy
Land, factors to look for
Landfill
Landline communication
Landscaping
evapotranspiration
xeriscaping
Latrines, public-use
Laundry
heavily soiled clothes
lightly soiled clothes
Laundry & cleaning
Law of Conservation of Energy
Lead-acid (L-A) batteries
sealed lead-acid battery
Life
Light-emitting diode (LED)
Lighting home
fluorescent bulbs, advantages
incandescent lights, drawbacks
reducing watts usage
task lighting
Line-tied system
Load circuit
Log homes
Low voltage disconnect (LVD)
Magnetic field
Maintenance-free battery
Manufactured homes
Maximum power point tracking (MPPT)
MC connectors
Microclimate
Micro-hydro systems
Microwave cooking
Modified square wave invertors
Module
Mooring
Motor home, See
Recreational vehicles (RVs)
Mount system, choosing
fixed mounts
flush mounts
ground mounts
pole-top/pole-side mounts
rail mounts
roof mounts
tracking mounts
Mounting systems for photovoltaic cells
Mulch
Multi-Use Radio Service (MURS)
Navajo (Diné) home
Net metering
Nickel-cadmium (NiCad)
Nickel-iron batteries
Nitrogen-rich vegetable waste
Nominal voltage
Nonconductors or insulators
Non-renewable energy sources
Normal operating cell temperature
N-type silicon
Nylon, for tents
Off-grid
defining
off-grid sites, nature of
realities in
financial need
inability for complete off-grid
reasons to go, See reasons to go off-grid
Off-peak energy
Ohm
Ohm’s Law
On-demand heaters
On-grid
Online
Open-circuit voltage
Open-loop direct systems
versus closed-loop
Orientation
Outgas
Overcharge
Overcurrent
Overhangs
Painting home
Panel
Papercrete
Parallel
Park model
Particulates
Passive solar design
insulation and window coverings
overhangs
south-facing windows
thermal mass
ventilation
Pathogen
Peak demand
Peak kilowatt
Peak load
Peak sun hours
Peak watt
Pelton wheel impulse turbine
Phantom loads
Photon
Photovoltaic cells
charge controller
methods of producing
amorphous or thin film cells
polycrystalline
single crystalline
string ribbon cells
mounting systems for
Plates
Plug-loads
PN-junction
Pole-side mounts
Pole-top mounts
Pollution
Polycrystalline method
Pool collectors
Potential difference
Potential energy
Power (P)
Power centers
Power conditioning equipment
Power density
Powering RV utilities
Pressurized Solar Fluid (Glycol) Systems
Primitive disposal systems
P-type silicon
Public Utility Regulatory Policy Act (PURPA)
Pulse-width modulation (PWM)
Pure sine wave invertors
Radiant barriers
Radiation
Radio communication
citizens band (CB)
family radio service (FRS)
general mobile radio service (GMRS) radios
multi-use radio service (MURS)
Rail mounts
Rammed earth construction
Rated battery capacity
Rated module current
Reasons to go off-grid
to avoid high cost of traditional utility connections
to entertain an intelligent mind
to minimize environmental impact of grid
non availability of grid
public image
to reduce our national dependence on fossil fuels
to save money by lowering utility bills
for services when grid goes down
Recreational vehicles (RVs)
categories of
bus conversion
class A motor home
class B camper van
class C motor home
fifth-wheel trailers
folding trailer
home-crafted RVs
hybrid trailer
park model
teardrop trailer
toy hauler
travel trailer
truck camper
features
powering RV utilities
prices
Rectifier
Recycling, waste
composting
Refrigeration
freezer compartment
rooms for
temperature
Renewable energy sources
Resistance
Retrofit
Reverse current
Roof mounts
R-value
Satellite internet services
Satellite phone communication
Secondary battery
Self-discharge
Semiconductor
Septic systems
Series connections
Set point
Sewage
black water
gray water
Shallow-cycle batteries
Sheds
Shelf life
Shelter(s)
adobe
cast earth
cob
cordwood
earthbags
houseboats
hybrid dwellings
insulated concrete forms (ICFs)
land
log homes
manufactured green home
manufactured homes
native American
dwellings, traditional
papercrete
passive solar design
rammed earth
recreational vehicles (RVs)
requirements
intermittent venue
permanent venue
transient venue
and sheds
slip-form stone buildings
soft shelters
stone
straw
straw-clay
tents
tepee
transient shelters
yurts
Short-circuit current
Silicon
Single crystalline method
Single-wide dwelling
Sizing the system
battery bank
energy estimation
solar module array
solar panel mount system, choosing
Slip-form stone buildings
Soft shelters
Solar aperture
Solar cells, See Photovoltaic cells
Solar collector
Solar design, See also
Passive solar design
requirement of shelter
Solar energy
Solar fluid, SWH
Solar fraction
Solar hot-water heating
Solar module array, sizing
Solar oven
Solar panels
Solar photovoltaic principles
Solar resource
Solar storage tanks
Solar thermal principles
Solar water heaters (SWH)
active versus passive
batch (ICS) systems
closed-loop drain-back systemsi
components of
backup water heater
collector mount
controls
expansion tank
heat exchanger
isolation and tempering valves
storage tank
water pump
heat exchanger
integrated collector storage (ICS)
open-loop direct systems
open-loop versus closed-loop
pressurized solar fluid (Glycol) Systems
solar fluid
thermosiphon
thermosiphon systems (TS)
South-facing windows
Specific gravity
Springs
Square wave invertors
Squatting
Stand-alone AC system
Stand-alone DC system
Stand-alone DC-AC systems
Stone
Storage tanks, SWH
Storm harvesting systems
Stratification
Straw-clay structures
String ribbon cells
Subarray
Sulfating
Surge capacity
Switches
Tankless heaters
Tapered-wall yurts
Task lighting
Teardrop trailer
Telephone communication
cell phones
landlines
satellite phones
Temperature
celsius scale (C)
fahrenheit scale (F)
Tents
advantages
bug screening
double-walled tents
durability
four-season or expedition tents
materials for making
protection from water
shapes
sizes
three-season tent
yurts versus
Tepee
Terminals
Thermal capacity
Thermal mass
Thermoelectric
Thermopane
Thermosiphon systems (TS)
Three-season tents
Tilt angle
Toilets, See Composting; Transient toilets
Toy hauler
Tracker
Transformer
Transient shelters
Transient toilets
Transportation
alternative methods of
gasoline-powered cars, drawbacks
hybrid and electric cars
zero-emissions vehicles
Travel trailer
Trickle charge
Trombe wall
Truck camper
True solar
Tungsten filament
Turbines
Ultrafilter
Uninterruptible power supply (UPS)
Universal connectors (SAE connectors)
Utility interface system
Utility intertie systems
Vagabond subculture
people
clubbing
squatting
Vapor barriers
Varistor
Vented cell
Ventilation
Venue comparison, off-grid, See also Generalized off-grid venue comparison
Vertical-axis wind
turbines
Voltage drop
Volts (E)
Waste
carbon-rich waste materials
composting toilets
latrines
nitrogen-rich vegetable waste
primitive disposal systems
recycling
composting
septic systems
sewage
transient toilets
Water
backup water heater
catchment systems
conserving
differential controls
expansion tanks
harvesting precipitation
heat exchanger
heat pump heaters
heating devices
indirect water heaters
isolation valve (solar bypass)
on-demand or tankless heaters
solar storage tanks
solar water heaters (SWH)
springs
tempering valve
testing
water pump
water table
water-source hygiene
wells
Water systems
hydroelectric systems
micro-hydro systems
Pelton wheel impulse turbine
water catchment system
water heating and distribution
water protection, tents
water pumps, SWH
Watt
Wattage ratings
Wattage usage, tips for reducing
Watt-hour
Waveform
Websites
food, water, and waste management
solar energy
sustainable and renewable energy
Welfare subculture people
Wells
drilling site
hand-drawing method
Wet shelf life
Wind chill
Wind farm
Wind systems
horizontal-axis wind turbines
hybrid wind/PV system
vertical-axis wind turbines
Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs)
satellite internet services
Wires, in a circuit
ground wire
live wire
neutral wires
Wiring the system
batteries
parallel connections
series connections
sizing
Xeriscaping
Yurts
fabric yurt
frame-panel yurts
tapered-wall yurts
tent versus
Zero-emissions vehicles