This article will help you determine the best way of wiring an extra solar panel or panels into your existing small-scale solar system. If you don’t know what series or parallel mean – don’t worry, I’ll explain it as we go on! Many people, myself included, start off with one solar panel. Over time you…
When you start thinking about using a small space (shed, summerhouse, cabin, tiny home, caravan etc) throughout the year, it becomes obvious that having some way of heating the space will extend and enhance its usability. Heating becomes a necessity if you are living there throughout the winter! As we’re mainly dealing with off-grid scenarios…
Allowing small amounts of urine to be discharged into the ground, through a soak-away pit, is the usual way of dealing with the urine output from urine-diverting compost toilets. In the UK, specifically England and Wales, the Environment Agency, permits discharges to ground of up to 10 litres per day (with certain provisos) as part…
Updated 27th March 2021 In a basic, simple compost toilet the perfect cover material does several things: Some compost toilets, typically urine-separating models with a fan, don’t need any cover material at all according to the manufacturers (for example Separett Tiny, Villa & Weekend, and the Simploo). This is because they use a fan to…