self made generator

[troutman11111]

i made a generator with 1 marine battery,1 power inverter500watt, 1 charger auto,1 extension cord. this system lasted for a week at 230watts. lights,pumps heater, i leave the extension cord by my tank,and my whole system converts to 1 plug in the wall. which means if power goes out i just unplug tank from wall to extension cord. inverter 49.00 walmart. i'm a fishing and boater so i had the battery and charger. the timers will run slow! great deal at costco,199.00 for this gas generator. 1500watt 90amp 25lbs and very compact.

[justDIY]

how many amps is that marine battery?

230 watts total, or 230 watts of light + other goodies?

one week! d*mn that's a good run-time - wish my SmartUPS 1000 would last that long (no the su1k isn't on the fishtank, it's on my computers

that generator is pretty sweet, and only $200 wow ... nice thing about 120 ac is it doesn't mind a good long extension cord ... so the gen can be a ways away from where people are

[loganj]

That is a sweet deal on the generator. Does it have a 4 stroke engine? Kinda looks like a 2 in the pic. Be great for camping too! Wish mine weighed 25lb...takes two men and a boy to put the darn thing in the truck!

[troutman11111]

2 stroke engine, and the marine battery has 875 marine cranking amps, and 675 cold cranking amps. got it at walmart 79.00 1 1/2 years ago. 230watts total, lights,pumps,heater.