Reading all the recent inverter & battery threads has led me to a question.......
At our house in the campo the electric is off more than on. We spend days there, but obviously can't leave any food in the fridge - coolers are our friend. So, we're going to have an inverter installed soon. All the talk about the cycles has me concerned. The house is almost always empty, my suegra spends a few days a month there, rarely more. She sleeps there, but we never do. It's only used daily when we're in DR [and, of course, everyone descends on it during Semana Santa because it's at the beach]. We pay a flat electric rate, no meter, so I'm not concerned about energy consumption - I'm concerned that the batteries will be dead in a year with all the use they'll get. I don't want to be spending $800-$1000 every year. Is there an on/off switch to inverters? If so, would you recommend turning it off when leaving for extended periods? Or are we better off just leaving it on and unplugging the fridge etc.?
AE
At our house in the campo the electric is off more than on. We spend days there, but obviously can't leave any food in the fridge - coolers are our friend. So, we're going to have an inverter installed soon. All the talk about the cycles has me concerned. The house is almost always empty, my suegra spends a few days a month there, rarely more. She sleeps there, but we never do. It's only used daily when we're in DR [and, of course, everyone descends on it during Semana Santa because it's at the beach]. We pay a flat electric rate, no meter, so I'm not concerned about energy consumption - I'm concerned that the batteries will be dead in a year with all the use they'll get. I don't want to be spending $800-$1000 every year. Is there an on/off switch to inverters? If so, would you recommend turning it off when leaving for extended periods? Or are we better off just leaving it on and unplugging the fridge etc.?
AE