[bushpilot]

i went w/ some deep cycle/marine batts from auto zone, 12mo warranty there....
and az's are all over - ive since sworn off on auto zone since they fired employee Devin Mclean in Virginia (former military, came to the aid of his fellow employees & manager during a robbery).

nice thing about that plug-in volt meter is it has some idiot lights on it (for a quick glance)....when on batteries i know what the volt/charge level is...and when on AC i know what the output of the converter is...does nothing to tell me what my Ah (remain or load) is but i just watch the volts & start the gen when it gets "dangerously" low.

we dont live off batts for long... to & from camps or traveling on the road....and even then if they get low i just start the GEN & let the converter/charger recover 'em.