This might solve a long time gardening problem we all have of lines freezing in the winter. It might also help us with a host of other household power consumption problems.
Clark, this appears to be an AI generated and voiced and scripted video. I’m unable to find any other results on Google about this kind of contraption. I’m also unable to find any results for “Eli Stoltzfus,” the notional inventor. The video links to an AI-written page selling an AI-written e-book for $17 about off-grid energy systems.
Does any of this actually exist?
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The material is true enough in the video. This one builds on that first video
This one is similar but much more specific about how it works. Most Amish builds they adopt use passive methods. They didn’t originally come up with design in many cases but they do use the design and pass it down in the family.
The water pump that people refer to often that does not require electricity is also true enough
In addition there are many individual components I power using solar. Amish mostly just use solar to power freezers
Many amish systems plans are free
I of course have respect for old time ingenuity. Maybe these systems work; I don’t have the time to watch these videos and evaluate. But the webpage for this guy sure sets off my grifter alarm, and your Amazon link is an AI generated book. Reader beware!
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This stuff doesn’t work economically. Trim your electric use. Insulate very heavily and have a small living place, use heat pumps. get rid of gas/oil heating system. Go solar with battery bank. Use your hybrid car under extremes to generate electric in winter and use the waste heat to heat your home. Paint your walls white so 1 bulb provide enough light.
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A study of builds back around 1980 found the most effective insulated home was double-wall construction using vapor barriers, gasketing, staggered stud placement and a gap between the inner and outer wall. Both walls with insulation. Tested in Minnesota winter, could keep comfortable temps with just incandescent lightbulbs. Would need an air exchanger, I’m sure.
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