Inverters and generators... Need info

I have a harbor freight inverter generator and a 2000 watt inverter, harbor freight as well. If you got an espar it uses a 100 watts???? I have a trickle charger for like 10 amps, it keeps the batteries topped off and the generator idles. I'll use the generator when I'm sitting for more than a day. I'll make coffee straight from the generator, which causes high rpms. It's the 2000 watt generator.

It will run a stand up ac unit, fir about 7.5 hours.

Yes I can make coffee with just the batteries and the harbor freight inverter I have. But I normally run the truck whem i make Coffee or use the microwave.

I would get a non inverter generator with 3500 watts. It would run probably 14 hours running an AC. Rather than 7 or 8. I got the small one, since it fit in between the hoses when I pulled tanker. But the small one is light. 60 pounds with fuel.

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I have a 2,500 watt pure sine wave inverter. I use welding cable to supply it with power from the batteries with a 200 amp fuse and a cut off switch.
I run a small apartment type refrigerator with it which draws a small amount of power. Anytime I use it for larger loads, coffee maker, microwave, convection cook top, I always have the engine running. Large watt loads can draw up to 150 amps off the batteries.
Friends had 4500 watt generator, they cooked, ran an electric heater and had the engine block heater plugged into it. Worked fine.

 

117 volts x amp= watts. so ac's have start up amps and running amps. so anything you buy. look for amps.

 

It's clean enough for everything except computers and TV's. A hot plate, space heater, coffee pot are just heating elements. The microwave is more than taking electricity and turning it into heat by having a resitance wire.

The exhaust, I got into the habit of putting the generator by the landing gear and chaining it to the landing gear. More for my neighbor than my self. I have seen people run an exhaust line to the ground at the back of the tractor.

 

do not buy anything until you do what i said above. 1000 watt heater will use like 9 amps. a 1500 gen wont run it

 

I have 2 , 2 gallon gas tanks. It fits in my vault. And before near the hoses, and or in the side box. I would leave the generator chained to the hose rack, now it fits in my vault.