How long will this battery inverter run
Sorry for all the questions, lots to learn. Any idea how long I can comfortably and safely run a 700 watt inverter and one deep cycle battery from advanced auto, wet cell with 59 amp hour rating if I...
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BFL13 wrote:time2roll wrote:
Guess? 15 amps x 6 hours = 75 amp hours. So you need 150 amp hours minimum. So 3 batteries should be enough. I throw in one more for good measure and unknown conditions.
Or bring the Honda.
Yes, but people seem to be assuming the battery will run down to 50% before the inverter shuts down, when I am wondering if the inverter will shut down right off because the inverter-battery wiring is not good enough. Or it might shut down real soon after it does run for a short time.
I am questioning how people can be assuming that without knowing the actual wiring.
I think we are all stating, what we think is the best case scenario
And that it could be worse
We don't know wire size, we don't know state of charge
We don't know if it's going to alarm in five minutes or 2 hours
We know he can't possibly get six, and most likely will would only get two or three at best
