How can all of my energy needs be met by a couple of solar panels?
The easiest way to meet all of your energy needs with a small, simple system is to reduce loads as much as possible. Since the miniHomes are small and well insulated and feature super-efficient appliances, it is easy to heat and light with a tiny fraction of the energy required in a regular house. All lights, pumps and fans in the miniHome are the most efficient models we could source and anything you plug into a wall-outlet is powered by a 2kW inverter. In the SOLO and DUO models, heavy thermal loads, like the refrigerator, furnace, hot water and oven/range are powered by propane – which is over 95% efficient as a PRIMARY ENERGY! In the 12WIDE line, we have selected a Sunfrost refrigerator – legendary for energy performace and quality. From the 0.5gal/min showerhead, to our 3W LED light bulbs, the miniHome offers all the modern conveniences we are accustomed to, at a tiny fraction of the energy consumption (1/10th the water, 1/10th the fuel and 1/100th the electricity of a conventiona
