i mispoke when i said tv antenna...i meant my roof mounted satelitte dish. If I interrupt power to it...it then re-aims itself etc...when I turn power back on.Probably cheaper if i live with that and turn inverter off when gone for the day....the batteries seem to stay up for a long time with inverter off.....i assume the inverter itself is a load...according to my inverter gauge...inverter and refrig draw 5-8 amps ( this is from memory ).
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litespeed wrote: duh...i have 4 6v house batteries..about 10 months old.
4 six volt house batteries 10 months old, assuming you have checked to make sure they have not been boiled dry by a low end single stage converter, means you have around 230 usable amp hours of power (460 total) That is at the 20 hour rate.
25 amps draw, will take that down in around 8 hours or just under.
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My Prosine 1800 inverter is a bit of a hog at idle and it only draws 2 amps.
The rest of the trailer is 1/2 amp at idle including running the fridge on propane.
litespeed wrote: i mispoke when i said tv antenna...i meant my roof mounted satelitte dish. If I interrupt power to it...it then re-aims itself etc...when I turn power back on.Probably cheaper if i live with that and turn inverter off when gone for the day....the batteries seem to stay up for a long time with inverter off.....i assume the inverter itself is a load...according to my inverter gauge...inverter and refrig draw 5-8 amps ( this is from memory ).
If that's the Winegard 3005, yes they will do that.. But unless you're in wind that the antenna shouldn't be deployed in anyway, let it point itself, then shut it off and leave it that way until ready to stow. It draws very little power in "standby", but I'd rather see it completely Off as well.
The refrigerator should be on Propane or automatic. If it is running on AC when the inverter is on check the outside compartment outlet. My outlet has two outlets like a normal one but one is on inverter and one is not. That is because the ice maker is run by the inverter and draws very little current. The refrigerator draws the 8 amps as suggested. We run our generator 2 hours in the morning and two hours in the evening at least. The inverter is left on most of the time. The satellite is turned off once locked.
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