At 10:15 PM 10/25/1999 -0700, you wrote: > >We have an inverter supported by a house bank of four 8D batteries charged >by their own 185 amp alternator and monitored with an Ample Power computer. >The main loads are all 12VDC (refer-lights-water pump) and the inverter is >used infrequently so for us the system is ideal. We can hang on the hook 4+ >days without a problem and without making alot of noise. Perhaps if you had >heavy 120VAC demand the equation would be different but I don't think you're >making a mistake going the inverter route. >Ron Sallee "Arwetheryet" CHB 34 Everett, WA =========================================================== Ron are you cooking and running the AC all this time as he plans to do??????? AL . Captain Al Pilvinis "M/V Driftwood"--Prairie 47 2630 N.E. 41st Street Lighthouse Point, Fl 33064-8064 Voice 954-941-2556 Fax 954 788-2666 Email yourcaptain@earthlink.net Website http://home.earthlink.net/~yourcaptain