See how customers install solar power kits from GridFree across New Zealand, with our articles on motorhome solar installation, tiny homes, campervans, homesteads, and more.
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Living in a very isolated, beautiful place changed us.
It's brought me back to my childhood.
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Wade's Lifestyle Kit in Northland
"I have just completed my build and I am totally off grid. I would like to say a big thanks to the guys at the GridFree store I purchased there lifestyle kit and I could not be happier. It is worki...
Colin's Freedom Kit in Opotiki
"I had my Freedom Kit installed 10 Oct and it is running beautifully with no issues at all. We've had a couple of times where there were 2-3 days in a row of rain and cloud and I had no issues at a...
Paul's Tiny House
The freedom of living off-grid and being self sufficient has always appealed to me. Moving back to NZ we wanted to live in Waitakere but didn’t want to rent so putting a tiny house on the family fa...
Te Arahi's Home in Rodney
"Our solar systems have never missed a beat since I installed them over a year and half ago, thanks to Zed and Ethan for your help. Also my cousin Gary and his whanau who have never had power on th...
Bridget's Log Cabin in Twizel
"Absolutely loving my solar kit. I’ve been in my house since Easter 2021 and no hiccups with it. Where I live we get a lot of fog over the winter so the generator had to run a bit in the morning an...
Peter's Bach Kit in Marlborough
Our property is in the Pelorus Sounds boat access only, with no mains power. Prior to installation of the Bach Kit, I used a small Hydro unit to provide my needs. Your Bach kit has greatly improved...
Stacey's Campervan
Stacey's running our Weekend Warrior Kit in his converted ambulance camper. "I installed the kit myself. It was my first effort with all things solar, but the kit was quite straight forward to put ...
Tom and Maudi's Freedom Kit in Ruatoria
Check out our latest customer install! Tom and Maudi are running the GridFree Freedom Kit on their house in Ruatoria!
Off Grid Solar with Two Weekend Warriors
Looking to power your caravan or weekend get-away? The Weekend Warrior Kit gives you off grid solar power anywhere, anytime, so you’re free to go wherever the road takes you with our DIY solar pane...
DIY Dreams: The Reboot Life House Bus, NZ, powered by The Bach Kit
Karma and Scott are running the Bach Kit in their 1984 Isuzu bus, which they have converted themselves over the last year!
Andrew's Bach Kit
Overall we are very happy with our system, its perfect for what we need.
Uses about 40% of the stored battery capacity overnight and we don’t minimize power usage and by 10am its at 100% again.
Reuben's Freedom Kit in Hokianga
It has been about 9 to 10 months since I installed my Freedom Kit solar power system, and it has been a great experience for me as a first time user of solar power. We are fully dependent on our so...
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