Off Grid "Camp"

[Builder Bob]

"We are not in the suburbs, are we Toto?"

Back to batteries & Solar arrays, which is not too bad, provided you have no "Power Hogs".
I looked on YouTube, there are a ton of videos that you can review. I saw a couple from the UP

 

[scott_b]

I met a guy who built a really nice place off the grid. I will qualify this by saying I am not sure this was all to code.
Power - he had a large number of deep cycle batteries running to an inverter. This powered led lights, TV, etc . He had a couple solar panels that were really just meant to keep the batteries charged (no load) while he was gone. He had a diesel generator that ran the fridge, charged the batteries and ran the well pump. This was usually on for a few hours a day.
Water - a couple large drums in the attic that would be filled when the generator was on that provided gravity flow to the sinks, toilet, shower, etc. used a small on demand propane water heater supplied by 100# tanks.
Waste water - the sinks, shower and urinal ran into a "grey water" field. The toilet had a large, buried tank that would be pumped out once a year.
Heat was via wood stove an a small propane wall furnace to help keep the temp up during the winter while he was out and about

 

[Builder Bob]

Weight of water, 8.33 LBS per gallon
55 gallons x 8.33=458LBS
I see superstructure to support a static load of (200% x 450) 1000 LBS and it will freeze
Underground tank with circulation/insulation may be an answer.
We need a Heat Transfer Engineer to determine feasibility.
Diesel Genset may be overkill, as we do not know the electrical load or the solar array size.

 

[scott_b]

He was very clear that the tanks in the attic were drained every time he left - especially in winter. Not 100% sure, but I believe the diesel generator was an opportunistic buy - came out of a motor home, boat, etc.