Installing a residential refer...DIY...UPDATE 11/16
UPDATE on page 2 after two month trip this summer. See below for rotated pictures by Executive and the start of the install.
Forum Discussion
I just finished a test run on battery power (500 AH) and at the start with 13.2V my inverter was drawing 7.5 Amps as the battery voltage dropped the amps increased to 8.3 at 12.4 V. At one point the amps jumped up to 22 and I'm wondering what's going wrong:h ... it was heating the ice tray to harvest the ice. :B
Even figuring a 75% duty cycle (18 hours run time) that's aprox 144 AH/day so almost two days before needing to recharge. I tried setting the inverter to power down when not needed, but it will not power back up so when waiting to go to work it draws 0.7 amp. I left the door open so I could see how many amps it took to start the compressor... 32 very briefly so a 500W PSW inverter would be big enough.
I already have to run the generator 1.5 hours in the evening and another hour in the morning and with the new 100 amp charger, that should not change.
For less than $10 this 12V/100amp meter is nice for monitoring my new battery system.
Even figuring a 75% duty cycle (18 hours run time) that's aprox 144 AH/day so almost two days before needing to recharge. I tried setting the inverter to power down when not needed, but it will not power back up so when waiting to go to work it draws 0.7 amp. I left the door open so I could see how many amps it took to start the compressor... 32 very briefly so a 500W PSW inverter would be big enough.
I already have to run the generator 1.5 hours in the evening and another hour in the morning and with the new 100 amp charger, that should not change.
For less than $10 this 12V/100amp meter is nice for monitoring my new battery system.
