Very interesting set, Larry. Make mine the first, small margin - the others aren't so behind for my taste.
I'd get a voltmeter on the setup, to check if the Van is keeping up with the inverter at idle. and do watch out for signs of excessive heating. You probably don't want that pair of batteries to deplete past the point where they turn the van back on... lf original message follows: On Jan 21, 2010, at 3:02 PM, David J Brooks wrote: > The first one is great Thanks. For what it's worth, I'm now running my1100W inverter off the deepcycle battery, jumpered to my van battery, as my van idles in the driveway. > > Dave > > On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 5:16 AM, Larry Colen <lrc at red4est.com> wrote: >> As you may have heard, we've been having a spot of weather lately. >> Tuesday >> Morning at about 8:30AM a tree took out some powerlines a couple >> hundred >> yards down the road. It has now been about 42 hours, and PG&E says >> that >> they might have power restored by 11PM on Thursday. Last night, >> the crews >> went out and repaired the wires. I thought it would be a fun >> technical >> challenge to try to get some photos of them working at night: >> http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157623254140926/ >> >> It turns out that the 8 year old RV battery that ran my UPS is now an >> ex-battery. It also turns out that it weighs 123 pounds, which >> explains why >> it was so difficult to lug up and down those steps. Fortunately, >> when I took >> it over to a friend's house to charge it today, I also had a marine >> battery, so, when I got home tonight, I was able to run my computer >> for a >> bit. >> >> -- >> Larry Colen lrc at red4est.com sent from i4est >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML at pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >> and >> follow the directions. >> > > > > -- > Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. > www.caughtinmotion.com > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > York Region, Ontario, Canada > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML at pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. -- Larry Colen lrc at red4est.com sent from i4est Luiz Felipe luiz.felipe at techmit.com.br http://www.techmit.com.br/luizfelipe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
