Brian,
If you're going to depend on your battery for power while boondocking,
it cannot be emphasized enough that you should use one of the worksheets
on the solar power sites to chart your usage. You're just guessing
otherwise.
<<Jim>>
B W Ganoe wrote:
>
> Jim,
>
> Took the words out of my mouth. Yes it is more effecient going 12v, but not
> near 10 times. There is always power loss during any conversion and an
> inverter is no different. I do know that the watt draw for the tv we got
> was the lowest we could find locally. I figured 8 amp/hour for the new tv
> and 2 amp/hour for the digital satellite receiver. These figures are from
> rvsolar.com. When I get a 100 watt solar panel, three batteries with my 2K
> generator we will be ready to boondock with at least 3 hours of tv per night.
>
> ...........Brian...........
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