Informative Still Pic Travato Video
First video giving some hard numbers for the Travato 59G. Ron says November availibility.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFCIcs2He_g Edited to make link clickable Admin
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The 110 volt water heater uses 1400 watts, but the good thing is that since it uses a resistance element, there is no inrush current.
If I chose to run this off batteries, that would be ~150 amp-hours I'd need, assuming the losses from an inverter. So, if I ran the water heater from the house batteries for 10-15 minutes, that is doable without firing up a generator, although I will have to recharge the batteries that day if I didn't have solar available.
So, depending on what the Travato's battery capacity is, the water heater could be run for a brief bit just on batteries to get things hot enough for a shower, but not for too long.
If I chose to run this off batteries, that would be ~150 amp-hours I'd need, assuming the losses from an inverter. So, if I ran the water heater from the house batteries for 10-15 minutes, that is doable without firing up a generator, although I will have to recharge the batteries that day if I didn't have solar available.
So, depending on what the Travato's battery capacity is, the water heater could be run for a brief bit just on batteries to get things hot enough for a shower, but not for too long.
