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    Real World Battery Backup Harmon XXV

    Had our power go off yesterday at appx 3pm - 11pm. I have AIMS 1250 Charger/Inverter hooked to 100ah Battery. Started beeping at 6 hours. I switched to smaller battery (30ah Battery to start generator). That ran until I switched the stove off after 90 minutes of run time (still going...
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    Jotul 300 - Backup Battery Pack Drained in 3 days

    Hi everyone, I have a Jotul GF 300 DV IPI. It is brand new from 2016. Recently a beeping red light on the control panel (IFC Board) came on, indicating the batteries in the back up battery pack were low. When the red light is on, I am unable to light the pilot. 1. I unplugged the plug from...
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    Real World 4 Hour Test of Inverter

    Did my 1st real world test of my Backup Inverter today (Sep 24, 64f outside). Stove draws about 102 watts on Medium Speed. 1.02 Amps. Test done to see if this battery is any good and provides power. Inverter will draw it down to Low "battery alarm: 10.5 Vdc-11.0 VDC" On the Surface it...
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    Charge Voltage - Universal UB121000-45978 12v 100AH Deep Cycle AGM Battery

    My Aims 1250 Watt 12V Pure Sine Wave Inverter Charger PICOGLF12W12V120AL has 2 settings for AGM Batteries. I was going to go with AGM1, but it seems to me the battery is AGM2 or 14.6. Not that it can be much difference. Anyone really know the charge voltage for this battery? (See...
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    How long will a 100-Watt Portable 40800mAh CPAP Battery Pack power a small fan?

    This is so exciting, I'm new to the forums and this is my first post! We're gearing up for the next Hurricane (may it NOT come speedily in our days) and the main concern for being without power (besides the obvious survival issues that we've got covered) is my wife not overheating. She thinks...
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    My Backup Power Inverter Setup For My Harman

    Hello sirs! I have seen a lot of threads with people asking about what inverter to get for a power outage or what size battery etc... but it's hard to find people to share actual results after receiving advice here on the forums, so I thought I'd share my setup. I hope someone may find some of...
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    What happens when the power goes Out?

    Have used wood stoves all my life but in my new home will be installing a pellet stove - most likely the Quadra fire Vermont AE (various reasons including the appearance, it is quiet, it seems to have simple battery backup). Will do direct vent and AOK. My questionson are: what happens when...