This stuff is hard, near to the surface or poking above it, and basically impossible to trench through. The property I’m working with has many basalt outcroppings (“lava rock”).

Why solar? This is also a blend of several reasons. A 500Wh pack shorting out is very exciting - I want a separate space for this.

I play with high energy battery packs.

Some of my work involves fumes - soldering, spot welding, adhesives, etc.

I’ve worn headphones for a lot of my working life, and don’t want to wear them if I don’t have to. On other occasions, aggressive symphonic metal at high volumes is useful.

I prefer quiet spaces, suited to concentration, for working.

If I share work and home space, I have a very hard time separating work from “not-work.” I’ve learned this lesson in the past, and don’t care to repeat it.

This is important to me for several reasons: I do some generic tech work, some battery pack rebuilding, and some teardown/analysis/reverse engineering of various gizmos (usually cheap stuff out of China).Ī standalone structure gives me space to work that’s separate from the house. Keep reading for a summary of the entire process! Why a shed? Why off grid?Ī few months ago, I moved to a beautiful rural location in sunny farm country, and I work from home. This is a summary of my build, with links after each section to posts that contain radically more information (and way, way more photos) of each build stage.

Desk space, wall mounted monitors, a lab bench, and plenty of shelving.

A through-wall heat pump for cooling and heating.

A 2kW Aims Power inverter for 110v power.

12kWh of Trojan T105RE batteries in a 48v bank for storage.

2kW of solar panels on swinging mounts for power.Plywood interior walls, because I think they look good and they make it easy to mount things.Aggressive insulation for year round use: 3.5” of rock wool (5.5” in the ceiling), plus 2” of foamboard on all walls and the ceiling.I spent around three and a half weeks turning it into my very own office. That’s an 8’x12’ Tuff Shed Premier Pro Studio. On the other side, I’ve built an awesome lab bench for small electronics projects and battery builds. On one side, I’ve built a great desk corner with plenty of power and more than enough AC to keep me cool when it’s over 100F out. A few months ago I moved to a few acres in the country, and needed somewhere to work - so I built myself a solar powered off grid office out of a Tuff-Shed Pro Studio!

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