off the grid

Related to off the grid: Living Off the Grid

off the grid

1. Not connected to municipal utility systems, such as the water supply or the main electrical grid. I just need to get enough solar panels installed to disconnect from the city's electricity supply and my house will be completely off the grid.
2. Free from governmental observation or control; not traceable through any means of commerce or communication that could be linked to one's identity. Fearing for his life, the whistle-blower from the intelligence agency was forced to live off the grid for a number of years, eschewing anything that might leave a digital footprint for someone to find.
See also: grid, off
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • be off the grid
  • grid
  • live off the grid
  • tap into (something)
  • at one with (someone or something)
  • be in short supply
  • supply
  • in short supply
  • zapped
  • weld together
References in periodicals archive
Today she owns the company; Off The Grid Living, Inc.
He asserted that he views the US, today, much like East Berlin, and that he is off the grid.
My first few years living off the grid certainly presented a steep learning curve.
"Water is the key, but to be off the grid, you have to use less energy.
Most of his customers who are off the grid are cottagers but any combination of products can be arranged to suit the customer's needs.
One Block Off the Grid, on the other hand, offers free solar system estimates and designs by email or phone.
Rosen is a writer and documentary filmmaker who earned his off the grid wings living in a homemade RV in Britain.
" Living Off the Grid was an invitation to artists to explore the grid's inherent duality and think of breaking out of it and moving beyond the frame," says curator Meera Menezes.
It's likely you've considered living off the grid. After all, what could be a more sustainable choice?
In race two Christodoulou lost a place off the grid to lie fourth.
Living off the grid; a simple guide to creating and maintaining a self reliant supply of energy, water, shelter, and more.
This year, he released a documentary, Off The Grid with Les Stroud, in which he and his family build a home on a 150-acre bush lot, which functions using wind and solar power, rain harvesting, and other methods in order to live "an energy-conscious and self-sustaining life." Stroud says his kids are "good with it," but back in suburbia, his son played hockey and his daughter loved ballet classes.
I love to study animals and their natural habitats, and I live in just the place to do that--I live off the grid! Living off the grid means there are no power lines by my home and my family has to find alternative ways to get heat, electricity, and running water.
Lisa Stevenson, who lives completely off the grid in south-central Alaska, started powering her mountain home with solar power 13 years ago.
His interest sparked by the purchase of a drystone shack halfway up a Majorcan cliff, he investigates the disconnected life in the UK, where there are about 5,000 conventional houses off the grid and an equal number of 'static non-houses' (tents, yurts and the like).