Solar, lithium batteries and a generator that starts itself, built for cottages, hunt camps and year-round places past the end of the hydro line in Northern Ontario. Sized from how you actually use the place, so you're not hauling more gas than you need to.
A few panels, a few batteries, then the freezer and the well pump show up
A lot of camps start small: a couple of panels, some lead-acid batteries and a generator for when the sun runs out. Then the family adds a chest freezer, a pressure pump, a second fridge, Starlink, maybe a heater fan, and the system that was fine for weekends now has the generator running half the day. We look at what you run today and what you want to run, and build the system around that.
Panels, batteries, inverter and generator working as one system
Battery and inverter specs are the manufacturers' and apply to the specific models installed.
Short days, deep cold and a long drive if something goes wrong
Battery level, solar and generator, wherever you are
With an internet connection at the camp (Starlink works), our HiveGuard automation lets you check the batteries, solar and generator from your phone, and lets us spot a problem before you drive five hours to find it. It can text you if the generator is called to start and doesn't.
See a real example: our recent off-grid installations.
We go through what you run and when: the fridge, the freezer, the pump, lights, heat, the tools in the shop. Your generator hours and fuel use tell us a lot too. Then we size the solar, batteries and generator to that list, so you know what it will and won't carry before you buy.
Often, yes. Many camps keep the panels and replace the batteries and inverter, or add to them. We look at what's there first and tell you what's worth keeping.
For most camps used in winter, yes, but it runs far less. The inverter starts it only when the batteries need it, then shuts it off.
Not under Ontario's Home Renovation Savings Program: it only covers homes connected to the Ontario grid. If your cottage is on the grid, see the solar and battery rebate.
We're based in Skead, near Sudbury, and work across Northern Ontario, including camps well off the highway. Call or text and tell us where the camp is.
Call or text with what you run and where the camp is. We'll give you a straight answer on what it takes, what it costs and how much less you'll run the generator. No pressure, no sales script. 249-878-5651 · info@honeybeesolar.ca
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