I am not an engineer – but I bought this inverter with a Sharp 80W solar panel and a Sunforce charge controller to provide lights in a barn. The power company wanted to charge me $200 to connect power, $25 a month connection fee, and usage It took about a 1/2 day to set things up. Of course the hardest part was installing the solar panel. Once that was done, it was very easy to connect the panel to the charge controller and to the battery. I bought a Sears Marine Battery that is charged by the panel and I … Read More

I am not an engineer – but I bought this inverter with a Sharp 80W solar panel and a Sunforce charge controller to provide lights in a barn. The power company wanted to charge me $200 to connect power, $25 a month connection fee, and usage It took about a 1/2 day to set things up. Of course the hardest part was installing the solar panel. Once that was done, it was very easy to connect the panel to the charge controller and to the battery. I bought a Sears Marine Battery that is charged by the panel and I … Read More

Looking at the power graph, in the Amazon product description, lets be moderately optimistic and expect 40 kWh per month. Where I live we are charged about 20 cent per kWh.
This generator will produce energy that I can buy for $8 a month. That cannot “significantly lower my electrical bill”. At $500 it will take more than 5 years to recover the money.
Also I will save money if I had the need to charge batteries, or if I had appliances that use 12 volts, but I have none. To be able to get 120 volts I need a … Read More