"Ignoramus25850" wrote in message
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A post by Wayne, which I at first disagreed with, made me think.

I already have a generator, my notorious Onan DJE

http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/onan/Diesel/

I realized that also have two things:

1) a Ferrups FE series UPS with functioning inverter, but blown charging
circuit. 1400 honest VA.

2) A heavy 12V battery charger pictured he

http://igor.chudov.com/misc/ebay/tmp3/

(look at the orange colored item).

I suppose that I can buy a few marine 12V batteries, or forklift
batteries, tie them in parallel, and use in the following manner:
charge during generator runtime with the big charger, and when the
generator is out, use the Ferrups FE inverter to supply (limited)
power to the house. It should be enough to run fridges and furnace and
a couple of lights or TV.

This is approximately what I do.
Why pile operating hours on the generator when, most of the time, the load
is minimal?