Author: Jon Los

After a couple of years of enjoying/hating my cobbled together hydro, the decision was made, I needed something reliable! Fixing the thing every other day was starting to get to me and, since all I could use for a lubricant was canola oil (not good for much else!), it was time to spend a few…

I guess the big question for anyone wanting to harness a creek for power is how much will it cost. Not everyone has a big bank account and the up front costs can be a bit daunting. There’s tons of off the shelf micro hydro generators available, from cheap Chinese stuff to reliable, quality built…

While Micro Hydro power is the optimum off grid energy solution, there is one thing that screws it up, and that is Frazil Ice! Are there ways to defeat this enemy of micro hydro systems in the Northern and Southern hemispheres? Not only small scale hydro is affected by this natural phenomenon, but larger systems…

Having lived off-grid since 1996, I have now started living on-line as of February 2024. I’m building the site the same way I’ve built everything else, one mess at a time.