Power supply & Power inverter for boondocking
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I am currently running a single Group 24 Deep Cycle battery. I need to run it 2 hours in the morning and 3 hours in the afternoon/evening, or the best is doing a 7 to 10 pm charge to get me through the night with the parasitic losses.
Today, after scouring looking for a good used Honda EU2000i for a couple of months, I gave up... everyone wants top dollar for beat to cr*p, run in the dirt, filthy motor oil and air filters weekend warrior Toy Hauler generators that are not in top shape, for 8 to $900, and looking hotter than a $2 pistol. Since I already built myself a pairing cable and a 30 amp box with circuit breaker, I didn't need to buy the Companion model. Now I own a new one, with a known history, mine.
Yep, I got a brand new one, for $900. Before the 2014 price increase, although Honda is getting more and more competition. Paired, I will be able to run my 13.5k A/C. I figure 4 to 5 gallons of gas to break it in for 20 hours and it's first oil change.
I am thinking of getting another group 24, but I may just wait for this group 24 to go soft and then go the golf cart 6v battery route then. Normally, at night, I run 6 22w bulbs, and try to do so with the generator running and the lights on, until shut down time, so as to effect discharge of the battery the least amount of hours over night.
I am curious what is causing the 1-2 amp hour parasitic drag all night long, when everything is turned off, on the battery?
Today, after scouring looking for a good used Honda EU2000i for a couple of months, I gave up... everyone wants top dollar for beat to cr*p, run in the dirt, filthy motor oil and air filters weekend warrior Toy Hauler generators that are not in top shape, for 8 to $900, and looking hotter than a $2 pistol. Since I already built myself a pairing cable and a 30 amp box with circuit breaker, I didn't need to buy the Companion model. Now I own a new one, with a known history, mine.
Yep, I got a brand new one, for $900. Before the 2014 price increase, although Honda is getting more and more competition. Paired, I will be able to run my 13.5k A/C. I figure 4 to 5 gallons of gas to break it in for 20 hours and it's first oil change.
I am thinking of getting another group 24, but I may just wait for this group 24 to go soft and then go the golf cart 6v battery route then. Normally, at night, I run 6 22w bulbs, and try to do so with the generator running and the lights on, until shut down time, so as to effect discharge of the battery the least amount of hours over night.
I am curious what is causing the 1-2 amp hour parasitic drag all night long, when everything is turned off, on the battery?
