As I’ve stated before we are semi offgrid, we tend to use coolers to keep our food cool and can be difficult more in the summer than winter. You will want a good cooler to do this and yes they can be expensive but it is a good investment. The one we chose is the Lifetime 55 quart cooler. We chose it because it has flip tabs instead of having to pull the big rubber pieces up which is hard to do in the winter.
We keep ours outside due to the limited space inside, so you will want to have it in an accessable area and in the shade. Instead of buying ice all the time, you may want to invest in a freezer with solar set up. A freezer doesnt usually use power as much as you would expect and about a 100 watt system with a single car battery should work fine. Just make sure that you have enough amp output for the peak which is when the compressor first kicks on.
With our cook stove, we went with the camp chef, which is a propane stove and has its own oven in case we decide to bake things. We have been using it for about 3 years now and can say it does very well. It has 2 large burners on top, and 2 oven racks inside the oven which can fit up to a 12 inch pizza.
Our toilet is a chem toilet but I am seriously thinking about going back to a composting toilet with a urine diverter. They do work very well and you dont have to continue to purchase the chemicals which prevents the feces from breaking down. Considering the majority of the contents of a toilet ends up being liquid, it would save trips to a dump station for the chem toilet where as with a composting toilet you can either compost the waste, burn it or have it hauled away with the trash depending in the local laws.
We do have a single light in the house, a fan and now an air conditioner in our house. As for heat I am using a buddy heater which sometimes is too hot in the winter, so its not used a lot but is also hooked up to a 20 lb propane tank.
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