Ashley & Rob's Sustainable Adventure
90% of all Solar Panels are produced with Silicone, and 95% of all Solar Panels sold in America are produced with Silicon. The main difference between Solar Panel brands is the purity of the Silicone used during production. It is important to look into the manufacturing process when purchasing. The 2 Main types of Silicon… Continue reading 5 Things to Know about Solar Panels
If you haven't already, take a look at our post about the 3 Types of Holding Tanks, or keep reading if you know about holding tanks. In this post, we will Water Pump The SHURflo 3.0 Revolution Water Pump looks like a solid pump. It's 12v and uses 7amps, while that is a relatively high consumption, it's not… Continue reading Plumbing
Fortunately, school buses are blessed with a decent amount of natural light. This will be great during the daytime when there is an abundance of light available. But what about our plans at night, or in the early morning? We've decided that 90% of our lighting will be in the form of LED strip lighting.LED Strips… Continue reading DC Lighting
Since it is impossible to know where we will be going, or what the drinking water will be like; we will be installing the Hydro-Logic Stealth-RO150 w/ Upgraded KD. We do not anticipate this being a "whole house" install due to the large amount of grey water created by RO Filters; instead this will be… Continue reading Water Filtration – Reverse Osmosis
Along with the rooftop solar panel array, our battery bank is going to be our primary source of power. Because of this we need to seriously consider how much energy we, not only consume in an average day, but how much energy we can realistically harness with our solar panels in that same day. Our main energy needs… Continue reading The Battery Bank
