[DrBudGreengenes]

Originally Posted by hawaii stoner

whoa doc that sounds awesome man living all like self reliant and shit, i live only 10 miles off a real road but we also make our power with gas and soon to be propane generators, and i am working on a trash incinerator. but anyway we have not much power and generator is off at night and when wo go to work/school so i is asking would this setup work on batteries and power inverters it seems to be under 750 watts easily wich is about all i can afford for an inverter but it would a lot of lights on battery power and i wondering if you think this is feasible and how many deep cells a will i need. also the lights you mention those are just like cfls or what i only do outdoor grows and my life away from civilisiation means i have not much idea of what lights i need to buy. sorry for the rambling post but im fucking bored and not very high.

Our Cabin runs on Battery Power most of the time...the "Genny" comes on in the morning for the coffee maker...and every time we use the Microwave.
When the "Genny" is on she is dumping 300 amps into "The Bank"
"The Bank" is made up of 22 Trojan L16's they are 6 volts each wired together to make 11 12 volt batteries that is then made into 1 HUGE 12 battery that powers my Shop with 300 watts Inverter out there and 1000 watt Inverter in the Cabin any Elec. needs above that kicks on the "Genny" it also kicks on if "The Banks" voltage drops below a preset limit the "Genny" will kick on....

How often is your Generator on and for how long?

Cuz with a Battery Bank you must put back 1.5 hour for every 1hour you use...
If its on everyday for 8 hours or more you could get by with 10 batteries (L16's)