120v LED vs CFL vs 12v Lamps Results
Following up on another thread discussing using inverter and 120v lights with LEDs or CFLs. I have been using a CFL for a reading lamp for some years, but now have an LED bulb to make a comparison. ...
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Which inverter is it exactly? Is it PSW or MSW?
With high amp draws like 150a, you can do it with two batteries only if they are more than 75% full (roughly) before they have such voltage sag that the inverter alarms off. This has nothing do with the inverter choice. To be able to run the high amp item with the batteries down a bit more than 75% you need more battery.
If you are doing "50-80s" off grid, that means you will seldom be able to run the MW with two batts. If you are not off-grid, you don't care what the inverter can do or not.
If you are on solar off grid with the two batts and getting sunshine every day, then you will not be doing 50-80s but more like 75-95s. Now you will have more chances to run the MW with just two batts.
The whole purpose of the entire set-up is so you can make proper toast in a real 120v toaster in the early morning in quiet hours when your batts are at their lowest before solar can bring them back up later or when you can use the generator.
With only two batteries you are at risk of having to make toast with the bread-burning rack that goes on the propane stove that sets off your ceiling fire alarm every time, making the dogs bark like crazy, waking up the entire campground.
With high amp draws like 150a, you can do it with two batteries only if they are more than 75% full (roughly) before they have such voltage sag that the inverter alarms off. This has nothing do with the inverter choice. To be able to run the high amp item with the batteries down a bit more than 75% you need more battery.
If you are doing "50-80s" off grid, that means you will seldom be able to run the MW with two batts. If you are not off-grid, you don't care what the inverter can do or not.
If you are on solar off grid with the two batts and getting sunshine every day, then you will not be doing 50-80s but more like 75-95s. Now you will have more chances to run the MW with just two batts.
The whole purpose of the entire set-up is so you can make proper toast in a real 120v toaster in the early morning in quiet hours when your batts are at their lowest before solar can bring them back up later or when you can use the generator.
With only two batteries you are at risk of having to make toast with the bread-burning rack that goes on the propane stove that sets off your ceiling fire alarm every time, making the dogs bark like crazy, waking up the entire campground.
