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stickbowjoe
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Feb 16, 2014

Minimum inverter?

I've been spoiled by shore power for most of the last 2 years. Just keeping an eye on things on a lovely little 2811 acre ranch in west Texas.

Cool gig, btw, and not hard to find. But that's for another day...

Anyway, I just bought this new Lance 850, had it on the truck 2 weeks, got the bugs worked out, and I'm feeling frisky.

As in boondock fishing frisky. As in 8# redfish from my kayak frisky.

New rig has no generator, though. Will probably cough up the grand for the 2k Honda, but not just yet.

No solar yet either, although that is likely coming as well. Had 90w on my 1010, and it was useful. I'm thinking 140-150w would allow me unlimited boondocking in good weather.

I have grown quite attached to my little coffee grinder and my Waterpic, though. Both 120AC.

I use each every morning, and would purely hate to give them up.

They are the only 120AC devices I require, though.

So...could an inverter supply the power needed to run them every morning?

The coffee grinder runs about 30 seconds, the Waterpic about 90.

I only have one group 27 battery.

Oh, and could an entirely electrically ignorant man like myself install it without electrocuting himself, or frying the camper wiring?

Thanks.

Joe