Is the inverter an electrical draw if there's nothing drawing electricity from the inverter? If a 2000w Inverter is turned on with nothing plugged into it, is it drawing 200w +/- from the battery bank?
The SAR/camping mods to my Basecamp are almost done. I've got 4 12v 205AH Gp31 AGM's, a Kyocera 135W 12V Solar Panel with Solar Boost 2000E 25A 12V Charge Controller, and an Air Breeze 200W 12V Wind Turbine.
For DC I need to power a new ARB fridge, radio equipment, lights, etc. For AC, besides the pure sine wave for computers, the biggest draw would be a large coffee maker that requires 1500w when brewing.
There is a pre-installed shore-power plug that converts directly to the batteries without first passing through a charge controller or inverter. I do not have an inverter yet.
So, should I get a battery tender for the shore-power such as sold by the great folks AT and a 2000w pure sinewave inverter, or should I get one of the expensive pure sinewave 2000w invertors that have the charger built-in?
TIA
The SAR/camping mods to my Basecamp are almost done. I've got 4 12v 205AH Gp31 AGM's, a Kyocera 135W 12V Solar Panel with Solar Boost 2000E 25A 12V Charge Controller, and an Air Breeze 200W 12V Wind Turbine.
For DC I need to power a new ARB fridge, radio equipment, lights, etc. For AC, besides the pure sine wave for computers, the biggest draw would be a large coffee maker that requires 1500w when brewing.
There is a pre-installed shore-power plug that converts directly to the batteries without first passing through a charge controller or inverter. I do not have an inverter yet.
So, should I get a battery tender for the shore-power such as sold by the great folks AT and a 2000w pure sinewave inverter, or should I get one of the expensive pure sinewave 2000w invertors that have the charger built-in?
TIA
