Well that helps explain part of the problem... so to have a good ceiling, I should really have a 1500 watt inverter... was looking at a Xantrex online with that very amount... I think my other problem is I need to get a solenoid ala gowesty to replace the hella relay, and moving from 10 guage to at least 8 for charging the battery wouldn't hurt... 

From: GMac999 <gmac999@yahoo.com>
To: obeechi@RUNBOX.COM, vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: RE: Running a second inverter

> Mark,
> 
> One thing about the HP printers and any laser printer for that
> matter.
> During power up, they draw 2 to 3 times the "rated" power.  They run
> a self
> test and heat up the fuser during that time.  A 400 watt printer can
> draw up
> to 1200 watts.  The rated power is after they are up, running and
> printing a
> page.
> 
> GregM. 
> 
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> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> Behalf Of
> Mark C
> Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 8:05 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Running a second inverter
> 
> Referencing my post on Printing w HP1020 off a Deep Cycle Battery, 
> 
> I guess one solution would be to run one inverter off the deep cycle,
> for
> things like the radio et.. and to run a second inverter off the
> starting
> battery, and to use this inverter for when the engine is on... so
> that the
> engine acts as a generator... and then you could better power things
> like a
> small printer of 402.5 watts...
> 
> Assuming there isn't some technical flaw in taking this approach...
> you
> could store each inverter under the front seats... (maybe with the
> front
> propped up, and the rear fixed in position, so you could more readily
> plug,
> unplug, turn on, turn off...) (or maybe reverse the direction of the
> inverter and plug in through a cutout... but then turning one off/on
> while
> driving would require a yoga technique... ) 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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