Rusty,
It should draw 10 times the CURRENT, not POWER when operating from an
inverter. Remember that POWER is VOLTS times AMPS. There definitely is a
small loss of efficiency from the inverter, but it's not quite as bad as
you describe.
<<Jim>>
Rusty Coonfield wrote:
>
> i learned that anything connected to an inverter uses 10 times the
> amount of power that a DC powered appliance would and thus shortening
> your battery time a bunch!
>
> -rusty
> fayetteville,AR
> 76 land yacht (in CA w/ girlfriend)
>
> B W Ganoe wrote:
> >
> > Bob,
> >
> > Why not use an inverter. I bought a 300 watt portable unit from Camping
> > World as a standby till I do the solar panels, extra batteries, whole coach
> > inverter thing. I just bought a new(low watt consumption" 13" AC tv and I
> > can run both a satellite receiver and tv off a single battery with the 300
> > watt inverter while boondocking.........but not for a long period of time.
> > That, will be addressed in phase II. ;~)
> >
> > ............Brian...........
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