This guy HAS made a small off-grid home for around $2,000:
http://www.simplesolarhomesteading.com/
More info on his Yahoo group, too:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/simplesolarhomesteading/
Now that’s just cool. I saved in Favorites for future reference.
Thanks for posting the link.
I’ve always been curious about something.
What kind of power can you get from solar cells if it’s cloudy out? Does that cut the efficiency 50%? 90%? I guess I’m assuming you would still get some kind of wattage out of them, but no wheres near as much as full sunlight...
I just don’t know. Anybody?