REMOTE / OFF-GRID HOMES
A solar trailer, rebuilt into a permanent equipment room.
Between Phoenix and Payson, AZ
Repurposed SystemPermanent InstallOff-Grid Residence
The challenge
Temporary equipment that needed a permanent home.
Solar trailers get sold as complete power systems. This customer bought one in 2020 to power a residence between Phoenix and Payson and learned the hard way: not enough solar, not enough battery.
What we built
A permanent equipment room from a trailer's parts.
Rather than write the investment off, NewGrid salvaged the usable components into a permanent plant — a new equipment shelter, battery bank, and solar array, with the trailer's gear repurposed where it earned its place.
System specs
- 8 kW solar
- 60 kWh industrial flooded lead-acid battery
- 12 kW Sunny Island inverter
- 12 kW propane generator
- 120/240V split phase
The outcome
New life for an expansive residence.
The property has run off-grid since January 2021 with minimal generator time. Our standing advice held: there is no one-size-fits-all in off-grid.
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.
Send us your location, your loads, and what the site has to do. We'll tell you what's realistic before you spend anything.