Truck Camper adding inverter
Would like to hear from people on there recent experience on adding an inverter. My goal. To power a 1350 watt microwave for 10 minutes at max power. I have two group 27 batteries and a 120 watt ...
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Here is a short history of myself and generators:
$1200 purchased a Kipor 3000 watt electric start for 1200.
$300 I had it repaired 3 times at $100 per shot
$1300 purchased a boiley to replace the failing Kipor (a disaster purchase)
$2300 purchased Yamaha 3000
$600 added remote electric start
$2700 purchased Yamaha 3000 to replace stolen unit
$ 600 added remote electric start
$2000 built a metal cage for theft prevention.
That works out to $11,000.00. Obviously that doesn't include fuel or oil changes.
Solar, on the other hand cost $1700 (256 watts) to which I added a 2500 watt MSW inverter for $200.00 Installation was $400.00. I upgraded the inverter to a Magnum 3012 for $1700.00 and installation was $100.
So solar cost was $4100.00. But that includes the inverters which I would have purchased in any event.
I wish I had spent the entire $11 K on solar. In 2005 that would have given me about 1000 watts of solar (possibly enough to run the roof air). Today I'd run out of room on the roof for well under that price.
After I did go solar, I had a five year period with no generator because of a large battery bank and not being full time. The solar would recharge between trips.
I wanted a good size battery bank, so that cost is NOT included in the price as it would be the same with or without the generator.
In the last 12 months I've used the generator 120 hours--and that only because I had a visitor who required an oxygen concentrator be used.
$1200 purchased a Kipor 3000 watt electric start for 1200.
$300 I had it repaired 3 times at $100 per shot
$1300 purchased a boiley to replace the failing Kipor (a disaster purchase)
$2300 purchased Yamaha 3000
$600 added remote electric start
$2700 purchased Yamaha 3000 to replace stolen unit
$ 600 added remote electric start
$2000 built a metal cage for theft prevention.
That works out to $11,000.00. Obviously that doesn't include fuel or oil changes.
Solar, on the other hand cost $1700 (256 watts) to which I added a 2500 watt MSW inverter for $200.00 Installation was $400.00. I upgraded the inverter to a Magnum 3012 for $1700.00 and installation was $100.
So solar cost was $4100.00. But that includes the inverters which I would have purchased in any event.
I wish I had spent the entire $11 K on solar. In 2005 that would have given me about 1000 watts of solar (possibly enough to run the roof air). Today I'd run out of room on the roof for well under that price.
After I did go solar, I had a five year period with no generator because of a large battery bank and not being full time. The solar would recharge between trips.
I wanted a good size battery bank, so that cost is NOT included in the price as it would be the same with or without the generator.
In the last 12 months I've used the generator 120 hours--and that only because I had a visitor who required an oxygen concentrator be used.
