At 12:16 PM 7/30/2011, Daniel Rotblatt wrote:
>When the inverter is connected and no load, the voltage drops
>immediately down to 8volts - no sagging.  Disconnect the inverter
>and the voltage at the battery reads 12.x volts again.  I don't
>think it's a bad battery.  Since I cut off the posts to make it fit,
>it's mine now anyway.

A load high enough to make your battery voltage drop to 8 volts when
you connect it would cause smoke and flames to come out of the
inverter and/or wires.  You have a high-resistance connection in the
battery somewhere, no doubt at the post as previously mentioned.

Yours,
David