One large inverter or 2-3 small ones?
So as I get closer to adding solar (or at least a larger battery bank) to my RV, I have more questions than I started with! Big thanks to the folks who have helped me along so far. I found a great...
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I found that large inverters draw a bunch of power... My 1500WATT AIM PSW Inverter will draw over 150AMPS if fully loaded. If you just have one 110AH battery it would only last about 15-20 minutes... Don't know what you four 6V AGM batteries will produce but if it is around 450AH then a fully loaded 1500WATT Inverter may only last a couple of hours...
Just keep that in mind...
I run all of my home entertainment items including HDTV and DVDs on a 600WATT PSW Inverter. I ran two 120VAC drops from this unit, one going to the home entertainment area and the other one going to the nite stand near the bed. Typically I will draw around 20AMPs from my 255AH battery bank using this inverter bewteen 8PM to 11PM then it will all drop down to around 1-2AMPS draw the rest of the night until 8AM the next morning when I can run my generator to re-charge the battery bank back up to 90% charge state in a three hour time period. Then I can do all of this all over again for the next day/night battery run...
Check with others how many AMPS they draw using their high wattage Inverters...
My game plan is to run the smaller wattage items from the Inverter and then wait until I have the generator running to handle the larger wattage items.
Roy Ken
Just keep that in mind...
I run all of my home entertainment items including HDTV and DVDs on a 600WATT PSW Inverter. I ran two 120VAC drops from this unit, one going to the home entertainment area and the other one going to the nite stand near the bed. Typically I will draw around 20AMPs from my 255AH battery bank using this inverter bewteen 8PM to 11PM then it will all drop down to around 1-2AMPS draw the rest of the night until 8AM the next morning when I can run my generator to re-charge the battery bank back up to 90% charge state in a three hour time period. Then I can do all of this all over again for the next day/night battery run...
Check with others how many AMPS they draw using their high wattage Inverters...
My game plan is to run the smaller wattage items from the Inverter and then wait until I have the generator running to handle the larger wattage items.
Roy Ken
