Off Grid systems
An Off Grid system, is as the name indicates, is primarily for areas where mains 230v electricity is either not available, or not needed. As an example, an Off Grid system may be installed at a remote farm location where it is simply uneconomic to pay out thousands of pounds just to install a cable, followed closely by ongoing electrity bills.
In this scenario, it makes so much more sense to use that money to install a self sufficient power system and be free from electricity bills!
Break Free!
To be independant of the Grid you will need, as well as either wind turbine or solar PV array, a suitably sized bank of batteries, a charge controller to charge the batteries from the microgenerator and a suitably sized 230v inverter.
The 230v Inverter will convert the either 12volt or 24volt battery voltage into 230v AC. We can supply a range of combination charge controllers & inverter units. Made by the international company Mastervolt or Outback these units are designed for daily use year in year out.
Basic systems will simply use small battery charge controllers coupled onto some 12v leisure
batteries, which can run a small 230v inverter. This will provide power for lights and, say, a TV or radio for a few hours, or just lights for a much longer time... When Off Grid its all about being aware of your resources and not wasting them.
We have installed a variety of systems to suit different requirements
Most Off Grid installations are for domestic customers who need power for their day to day
requirements, lights, appliances, etc, but are unable to have access to mains grid electricity, either by choice, or simply that getting connected by the local utility is going to cost far too much to make it a sensible option. We have one customer who was quoted £38,000 to have ovehead power cables installed across a few fields. At these sort of costs, going Off Grid is a very sensible option. Once in place, the power is free!
This Dartmoor location needs to be off grid, simply because there is no mains grid power anywhere in the area, so besides having a noisy, smelly and environmentally unsound diesel generator running all the time, solar PV has been the way to go as it was one of the acceptable solutions for the Dartmoor National Park, being low visual impact. 
email: enquiries@chrisrudge.co.uk