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2 @ 105 aHr.. 210 total. Divide by 4.. ~50 aHr. of "Safe" available power. (To stay within the 25% discharge amount) If ~10 aHr. was used, That's ~20% of the safe capacity used..
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Yep don't want to take them down more then 25%. I figure if that continues as my normal usage, give or take a bit, and stay one night a week, or maybe two on occasion, the 100 watt solar panel kit should be able to keep up a recharge for me. Last week I took both batteries in to my local mechanic and had him put a load test on them to make sure they were both good, and then charged them up good at home before taking them back to the lake. This week I plan to pick up the solar panel kit from Harbor Freight and set that up.
The only thing I've found in the paperwork is, it says the inverter will consume some power even with no load.
If it drew down another amp hour or two overnight that wouldn't bother me, but I wouldn't want to see it draw down 5 or 10 overnight.
By the way the 12 volt ceiling fan you told me about works great. The first dimmer burned out, which I'd seen in the reviews happened to a few people, but at $9 I just ordered 2 more quick. Now I'll have an extra on hand if it does it again.
I have a cigarette lighter plugin in the wall by the TV. So I bought an adapter for that, and wired the dimmer in to that. Then I ran wire back to the bed and left the on and off switch there where I can reach it. Now if I want to shut the fan off in the middle of the night I can just reach up and shut it off. Then unplug everything in the morning.