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Old 01-14-2022, 08:19 PM   #8
boater3
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Beneteau installs a 2,000w inverter option. I have it. Its great. It powers all of the outlets. I even had an extra outlet added outside. If 1,500w is the max you will use at a time, and maybe a TV, charging phone, etc, 2,000w should be fine. If you plan to run multiple power hungry things simultaneously, then add it up, and go larger. I build a custom 880aH house bank. Running off inverter eats power, especially a high watt appliance. Make sure to also install a battery monitor and don't discharge your batteries too far. Deeper discharges and more cycles = less battery health/life. Finally, our inverter came wired so you can leave it on and switch between shore power and generator without losing power to the outlets. That was very cool when we had networking equipment but eventually we moved that to DC.
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