Real Solar Projects & Customer Stories

Stony Batter Tunnels with Tim

Stony Batter Tunnels with Tim

Part of the constraints on the site as they've indicated is no electricity. So sure I could go and spend a vast amount of money and run cables to the...

Mar 11, 2022Rachel Simpson
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Bridget's Log Cabin in Twizel

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...

Mar 10, 2022Rachel Simpson
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Leah in Pipiwai, Wins Off-Grid Solar!

Leah in Pipiwai, Wins Off-Grid Solar!

The Bach Kit is life changing. To have a fridge, a freezer, lights, being able to charge my phone - I've flattened so many car batteries! Being able to have whānau around, you know...

Jan 1, 2022Rachel Simpson
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Karen + Hayden's Off-Grid Cabin

Karen + Hayden's Off-Grid Cabin

Karen and Hayden (@TravellingK on Youtube) were originally planning to get a Starter Kit for Karen's vintage caravan, but after buying a patch of land in Taumaranui, their plans changed....

Nov 16, 2021Rachel Simpson
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Peter's Bach Kit in Marlborough

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...

Oct 19, 2021Rachel Simpson
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Stacey's Campervan

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...

Sep 27, 2021Rachel Simpson
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Tom and Maudi's Freedom Kit in Ruatoria

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! 

Sep 16, 2021Ethan Simpson
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Karen's Bach Kit near Taumarunui [VIDEO]

Karen's Bach Kit near Taumarunui [VIDEO]

Recently Karen purchased a Bach Kit to power their new cabin they've built on a patch of bare land near Taumarunui, and she videoed the process of her and her...

Jul 29, 2021Rachel Simpson
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Off Grid Solar with Two Weekend Warriors

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...

Jul 5, 2021Rachel Simpson
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DIY Dreams: The Reboot Life House Bus, NZ, powered by The Bach Kit

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!

May 6, 2021Rachel Simpson
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Andrew's Bach Kit

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...

Mar 30, 2021Rachel Simpson
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Marie's Tiny House

Marie's Tiny House

Meet Marie. She built her own tiny house, and has been living there for over year! Early in the process she got in touch with us to get her solar...

Feb 4, 2021Rachel Simpson
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Reuben's Freedom Kit in Hokianga

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...

Jan 25, 2021Ethan Simpson
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Martin's Freedom Kit in Dunedin

Martin's Freedom Kit in Dunedin

Our kit is installed on and in our three bay shed high on Mt Cargill, overlooking Dunedin city.  We installed the racks and panels ourselves, and had a sparky connect...

Jan 18, 2021Ethan Simpson
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Marcia's Family Home in Raglan - Upgrading the Bach Kit

Marcia's Family Home in Raglan - Upgrading the Bach Kit

We purchased a Bach Kit for our whare back before Christmas 2019. It was great over the summer months and kept up with what we needed it to do. When...

Dec 3, 2020Rachel Simpson
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Rebecca and David's Homestead in Owhango - Freedom Kit

Rebecca and David's Homestead in Owhango - Freedom Kit

Rebecca and David are running the Freedom Kit with the Hybrid Inverter at their family homestead 'Fodder Farm' in Owhango.

Nov 2, 2020Ethan Simpson
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Gene's Home in Gisborne - Freedom Kit

Gene's Home in Gisborne - Freedom Kit

Gene is running the Freedom Kit at his family home in Gisborne. After a 6 year journey, construction on the house was finished earlier this year, and he, his wife...

Oct 5, 2020Ethan Simpson
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Tom's Tiny House

Tom's Tiny House

We checked in on Tom earlier this year and had a quick chat about how he's finding off-grid life so far! He's running the Bach Kit on his tiny house...

Sep 4, 2020Ethan Simpson
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Jane's Freedom Kit in Whangerei

Jane's Freedom Kit in Whangerei

We are really pleased with the setup so far. We got the lead carbon batteries and so far have not discharged below 70% with them generally 90 - 100% charged....

Aug 7, 2020Ethan Simpson
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An Update from Orca Bus - One Year On

An Update from Orca Bus - One Year On

When we first talked to Rachel and Marius, they were just one month into living in their newly renovated housebus, Orca. It's now been over a year of adventures, and we're lucky...

May 14, 2020Zed Song
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Elias and Maria in Auckland

Elias and Maria in Auckland

Check out this fully off-grid relocated house, located south west of Auckland CBD.Massive water storage and 10kw of solar/battery capacity using our Freedom Kit. The super-resilient owners Elias and María have also...

Apr 3, 2020Zed Song
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Nathan in Karamea

Nathan in Karamea

 I have had a great experience purchasing our solar system from GridFree. Their website is full of useful information for working out what we want, they have been very helpful...

Feb 27, 2020Ethan Simpson
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Marie's Tiny Home - Interview

Marie's Tiny Home - Interview

Originally from France, Marie has been in New Zealand for several years, and we first met her in June of 2019, when she purchased a Tiny House Kit with a...

Feb 17, 2020Zed Song
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Graeme in Nuhiti

Graeme in Nuhiti

"We successfully installed the Bach Kit this Summer on our place at Nuhiti and are more than happy with it. It does a fridge-freezer, another freezer, lights, toaster, jug, battery...

Jan 15, 2020Zed Song
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