Bev's Dad

I haven’t noticed any issues with a Canadian exit point although I guess that’d be on the wrong side of the Atlantic for ya.

Well, if you want to use the bidet you must first set the water saving aerator on the sink faucet to “mist” then turn the handle to a medium temp setting before then using the bidet controls. (Bidet is connected through the cold line of the sink faucet). And then There’s the whole composting toilet talk and instructions lol

The obvious “save water as if it was gold” cause I have 200L in tanks and running the desalination unit uses a loooot of power. (I.e. power expensive)

The zine does cover power things pretty well tbh. Essentially, converting energy between states is wasteful. You have losses from solar into the batteries then out of the battery to 12V and then again from 12v to 120v so taking all that into consideration is always happening in my brain.

Also, pointing out what items are structural and can be used as handles and what would break if leaned on.

If you can’t puke outside, please puke in the kitchen or bathroom sinks.

There’s probably a lot more that I’m not thinking about.

Halifax or Toronto mostly during my winters. So down to - 25°c a few times but the average is more around - 10 or so.

To prevent overheating I was constantly pumping water through the coil that was got imbedded in cement. Heat loss once you reach shower water temps was enough to regulate it even if the stove was cooking all day. I can also remove the coil assembly from the stove during maintenance.

I also have a diesel heater and a few electric ones too since I’m usually at a de-iced dock when the water freezes but most of my heating is done using compressed pine bricks that is made with the waste from a nearby moulding company.

Edit : This was the coil assembly in an aluminum frame with stove cement before I had it mounted to the stove.

For extra complexity I plumbed a heat exchanger from a wood stove to the solar powered electric water heater too!

That describes my life living on a sailboat full time pretty well haha

I love my systems. It’s like I have my own spaceship that is built in a way that sustains me well but it easily becomes unsustainable once you have someone join you unless they know all the intricacies.

Even things like keeping an eye on the forecast and switching to my propane stove instead of the induction ome because I won’t be generating much power from few rainy days.

It’s definitely something for people that actively love the significant challenges it brings.

Feel free to ask any followup questions!