[vox-tech] UPS and auto battery

[Rod Roark]

On Sunday 07 March 2004 03:28 pm, Rod Roark wrote:
...
> Checking my recent electric bills, it looks like my house
> uses about 1000 KWH per month when not running the AC
> (electric stove, gas heat).  That computes to about 12 amps
> average use, so it would seem that with 8-10 batteries and
> a hefty inverter I could keep the whole house running for
> about 24 hours.  Can that be right?

Um, never mind.  12 amps at 115 volts is not 12 amps at 12
volts....

-- Rod