We're anticipating our CA power company to shut power off for significant periods during critical fire season days. We have back up generator power.
However, we'd like to power a Champion ASA50 swamp cooler overnight (8 hrs) so that we need not listen to the generator.
Specs say it pulls as much as 11.4 amps. Truth be known I'm not sure how to read the spec label (see attached) .
We have a Traveler 1500 watt inverter with one (1) deep cycle battery that performed adequately during the recent power outage to run computers and TV during the evening. I'm presuming the inverter would handle the cooler as well (at least if run alone) but my question is:
How do I calculate how big a battery bank we'll need for an 8 hour run. We can power the cooler and recharge the batteries during the day with generator power.
Thank you
CR
However, we'd like to power a Champion ASA50 swamp cooler overnight (8 hrs) so that we need not listen to the generator.
Specs say it pulls as much as 11.4 amps. Truth be known I'm not sure how to read the spec label (see attached) .
We have a Traveler 1500 watt inverter with one (1) deep cycle battery that performed adequately during the recent power outage to run computers and TV during the evening. I'm presuming the inverter would handle the cooler as well (at least if run alone) but my question is:
How do I calculate how big a battery bank we'll need for an 8 hour run. We can power the cooler and recharge the batteries during the day with generator power.
Thank you
CR
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