Battery recommendations for 1500W inverter

syperk wrote:
Thanks again for all the details - lots of good stuff here. I did indeed install the GC-2's after reading that they were "best" for off the grid camping (we pretty much never stay at places with electrical hookups), but the relatively high internal resistance is an unexpected problem.

Hunting through the archives I did actually find a post from full_mosey saying that they successfully ran a 1000W inverter off a single 12V AGM battery so it seems like a pair of those should do the trick (confirmed by som eother posts above). It's a bit of a pricey upgrade for the ability to reheat my coffee in the microwave (or run my Nespresso machine once a day), but having sealed batteries would also be nice. We'll see!

And I know that a generator would solve all my issues, but I'm a bit philosophically opposed to getting one - that's why I have the solar panels on the roof!

Part of going AGM is to have an ammeter so you can tell when they are fully recharged. I use my Trimetric. AGMology is a whole other topic, but you have to follow their procedures. It is not like Flooded batts and an hydrometer.