Blackouts happen. They can be a minor inconvenience, a serious health concern or something in between, but most people would rather avoid them, especially if they're unprepared. The rise in rooftop ...

Living off the grid has its perks, but you have to know how to power your home to get the most out of it. One new off-gridder took to Reddit to try to extend how long they could power their home and ...

"The National Rules for Electrical Installations (I.S. 10101) does not explicitly restrict back-up supplies, such as from ...

Master Electrician Leonard O'Donovan turned to solar electricity to power his cabin rather than pay $50,000 to get on the grid. The president and owner of West Linn Electrical Inc., Oregon City, Ore., ...

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Whether you're camping, equipping your getaway cabin or just switching to a money-saving, off-the-grid lifestyle, home security remains important. But since lots of home security needs Wi-Fi or wired ...

We moved to West Virginia and built an off-grid cabin on rural land. Our home requires a lot of upkeep, but our lifestyle has ...

This compact but capable tiny house offers an impressive amount of flexibility for its size. Measuring just 7.2 m (23 ft) in ...

More travelers are booking off-grid cabins this time of the year as demand grows for places that replace screens with scenery. Off-grid cabins operate independently from public utilities, often using ...

For some Navajo Nation families, power in the home is a luxury – not a given. Fort Lewis College’s Village Aid Project Solar Initiative is trying to change that. Students, alumni and faculty – under ...

The continent’s abundant sunshine offers a vast reservoir of clean energy. While infrastructure lags behind, home solar ...