REMOTE / OFF-GRID HOMES
From van life to a permitted dream home in the wilderness.
Dragoon Mountains, Southern AZ
Fully PermittedExisting Gear ReusedOwner-Built Dream
The challenge
A DIY setup that needed to become a real system.
After years of van life, this couple bought raw wilderness at the foot of the Dragoons and built their dream home. The temporary power setup a tradesman had wired for their RV was never designed to grow into a house — and none of it was permitted.
What we built
A permitted system, reusing what worked.
In mid-2024 NewGrid redesigned the system around the equipment worth keeping, added energy storage, inverter capacity, and solar, and ran the whole job — design, permitting, commissioning — in six weeks.
System specs
- 15 kW solar
- 55.5 kWh Fortress eVault Max lithium battery
- 24 kW Sol-Ark inverters
- 14 kW propane generator
- 120/240V split phase
The outcome
An off-grid vision, made permanent.
A fully permitted off-grid home that matches how its owners actually live: 15 kW of solar, 55.5 kWh of Fortress lithium, 24 kW of Sol-Ark inverters.
35+
Years in off-grid power
1,000+
Remote properties powered
AlaskaPanama
Built across the hemisphere
Licensed
AZ ROC CR-11 & CR-42
Tell us what you need to power.
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