Incinerating toilets and mini-split air conditioners on solar? (lemmy.world)

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Has anyone here ever had success running either of these in a solar-powered off-grid structure?

I've seen and read several sources/product reviews that advise against using each of these (especially incinerating toilets) with a solar setup, but I've heard anecdotes from a couple of people who used a dedicated solar panel for a mini-split and had no problem.

I think an incinerating toilet is the best option for my location, but I'm not sure if I can swing it off-grid.

(Cross posted in !off_grid)

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[-] DoomBot5@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

In the Ambition Strikes YouTube channel, they've installed several mini splits and an incinerating toilet. Their entire property runs off solar + batteries.

2 caviouts though:

they're not professionals, often times they don't really know what they're doing
their solar setup is massive, so can probably absorb the issues with high surge devices by the sheer scale of it.

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