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Originally Posted by roflwaffle
What about a deep cycle battery and an AC inverter?
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That's a good idea, but I recall having performed the calculations a while ago for something like this.
On a quick search, I found that the average deep battery produces 100 Watt-Hours. If the EBH is in the range of 400-500 Watts, then your looking at 12-15 minutes of full power. Inversion may loose some in the translation -- but it takes at least an hour to get some appreciable gains to overcome the weight of the extra battery.
Batt experts can probably chime in here, but I think this is the case. The same goes for solar -- not enough power for the heater.
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