inverter with car battery

[Jc lover]

Hey guys as we know sandy was one of the most disaster of all time was awful myself was one of them ones that lost all my stock now that I'm beginning to stock of my tanks over again I was wondering if anybody knows a way that I can backup in case of an emergency like so. I cannot have a gas generator so I wanna do something where can use an inverter does anybody know how big should I go with the inverter for something to last longer than usual please help I would like to invest into something like that in case of a power outage any ideas I don't own MP 40 so I like to invest into a good inverter with a great battery if someone can help even if it takes me by more than one battery thank you Guys in advance

 

[marrone]

The battery you want to get a deep marine cycle battery or better yet get 2 golf cart batteries, as that will give you a lot of amps, which you need to turn over some of the bigger pumps that you may have. I found a couple of places in Brooklyn that actually delivered the battery to my place for free. I brought my inverter a long time ago, got it from some online place, and don't really remember the spec or what I looked at but just brought one that could handle a lot, I sure someone else could give you better spec on what to get when looking at an inverter.

 

[Jc lover]

I was told that the more amps on the inverter the faster the battery gos can this be true

 

[Dan_P]

I was told that the more amps on the inverter the faster the battery gos can this be true

An 80 amp hour 12 volt battery will deliver 1 amp of current for 80 hours. When you use an inverter to step up the voltage to 120 volts, it will deliver 1 amp for 8 hours. If you connect two batteries in parallel, the system will deliver 1 amp for 16 hours or 2 amps for 8 hours. In terms of watts, for one battery 120 watts for 8 hours, for two batteries 120 watts for 16 hours or 240 watts for 8 hours. The maximum number of watts is determined by the inverter.

I use a Power Bright inverter. Consumer Reports has good things to say about it.

I suppose as a backup power source, it is better than nothing.