bob_b wrote:
I think that I could make it work.
I'll find out soon enough, I'm sure:B
1) Motors don't like non-sinusoidal waveforms. Make sure you get an inverter that produces true/pure sine wave, not modified, or you may overheat the motor coils or draw more power than you expect.
2) Figure in some losses for the inverter.
3) Don't rely too heavily on the factory AH specs for your batteries.
4) I'd want a generator and ideally an autostart feature that will start the gen when the inverter detects low battery voltage.
Your math was correct. The units were wrong (watt-hours and amp hours should have been used instead of watts and amps), but it makes no diff to your calculations.
I'm sorry to hear about your refer problems. I've used my propane refer happily for 40+ years. I had to replace the control board once and after 30 years, I left my RV keys with a repair shop when we had a problem at the start of a trip (full refer load of food) and they moved the RV to a non-level spot (after promising not to do that). I had to replace the damaged refer. Other than that, my only problem has been one replacement of the gas probe sensor and some yearly cleaning.
