Moonstruck
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- Moonstruck
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- Sabre 42 Hardtop Express
Size matters, but it may be more of what you do with it that counts. I, being a little slower to pick up on things, have finally come to an epiphany. While contemplating adding another 8D AGM battery to my house bank, it dawned on me that there could be no real advantage. As long as I can run all items on the inverter circuits for 24 hours before the bank is at 12.2 volts why enlarge the capacity? I would not have to run the generator as frequently, but it would still have to run the same amount of time for charging. Or would it?
With that stated it seems that more battery capacity is not needed, and would not really save any generator hours. By turning off my biggest power drain, the ice maker, all else can run 48 hours. So, is the 510 amp hr house bank currently installed large enough?
With that stated it seems that more battery capacity is not needed, and would not really save any generator hours. By turning off my biggest power drain, the ice maker, all else can run 48 hours. So, is the 510 amp hr house bank currently installed large enough?