Longer time. The power can go out here for all night, in fact you can count on 4 hours per day it seems lately. The EDEs can not keep the electricity flowing. 24/7 is the biggest myth since "the check is in the mail"
CB, don't you think it will get better in June, when all the power plants are hypothetically going back online? I'm sure hoping for that.
Last night on the news it was discussed and said that it will take about a year to get back to normal. I hope they are wrong.
And keep in mind that discharging lead acid batteries below 50% will greatly diminish their useful life. So more is better for several reasons except for the price you pay.
Great point.Which is why lithium is much better but more expensive.Some lithium batteries will allow you to discharge to 80 even 100 % without affecting cycle life.As far as 2 batteries lasting longer I don't believe that to be the case.For example if you were to have a 12 volt battery @ 100 amp hours and since amps x volts = watts then that would be 1200 watt hours, hence a 6 volt battery @ 100 amp hours would equal 600 watt hours.Since you would need 2- 6 volt batts to equal the 12 volts that your inverter works off of, that would be 6 volts + 6 volts ( series connection ) giving you 12 volts same as the single 12 volt battery capacity.So I don't believe that is the answer as to why the 6 volt battery is the preferred choice.
Two batteries of the same capacity will last longer than one is the point.
Here you can find 6-volt Trace T-225 for 4000 pesos. A decent battery
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I was thinking about just hooking up my house inverter to my car battery for my internet router and a light bulb. Can I do that? I dont want to buy batteries for my inverter. Why are inverter batteries 6 volt?
