Advice on inverter size
I suppose my main question is will a lower watt inverter be more efficient? Currently have a 400w inverter to power my laptop. Would like to power a TV and small sound system as well. I dont want ...
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Fisherman wrote:
I use a 300 Watt pure sine for the TV and Satellite receiver and it has never even kicked the fan on. For those that run the coffee pot and toaster from an inverter, it's going to take a lot longer to charge the battery than the 10 minutes the generator would be running to make coffee and toast.
If you are off grid here in a provincial park, you can't run the gen until 9am. (At least that is the rule. There are always those that think the rules don't apply to them!) So for breakfast earlier than that, it is inverter for proper toast in a real toaster instead of that bread-burner stupid thing that goes on the propane stove top for maximum smoke--setting of the fire alarm and that makes the dogs bark--not cool :(
Once gen hours start you can recharge the batts
