I just bought a gasoline powered (or whatever other power you wish to hook up to the V-belt) antique washing machine with wringer on top built in.
We plan to use this at antique engine shows, but can also do our laundry in it if need be.
We have converted the entire house and barn lighting to LEDs, so we can run the boiler, refrigerator and all lighting on less than 2KW.
We heat our hot water with solar, and are slowly converting the house heat and electricity to solar and wood.
The goal is to be able to go off grid within a couple of years, sooner if need be.
Add one Lister engine, which can run anything under the sun with a bit of ingenuity, and you’ve got an off the grid swiss army knife of power. They run great on peanut oil or veg, as well.
there was a law, in some parts, that you had to be connected to commercial power...did they ever revoke that rule....