Notes from a 7,000-foot off-grid build in New Mexico. I’m documenting the technical decisions, the data, and the mistakes of building a real off-grid life at ~7,000 feet elevation: solar sizing, battery storage, Home Assistant automation, and the long road to full electrification.
Bringing the EV Charger Inside: OCPP, Home Assistant, and Off-Grid Load Visibility
How I integrated my EV charger into Home Assistant via OCPP, the debugging it took, and why separating EV load from household load changed my sizing analysis.
How Much Solar Is Enough? The Data I Wasn't Collecting
Why naive solar sizing rules fail, how clipping hides real array capacity, and building a data foundation in Home Assistant.