My adding inverter plans - Pls review and comment - Event Date: 29 Mar 2018

If cost is acceptable, ditch the lead-acid batteries and go with lithium iron phosphate batteries. Prices are not quite as astronomical as they used to be and LiFePo4 batteries can be drained deeper and faster than Pb-acid batteries without damaging them. That might make all the difference in whether this is a success or failure.

I am curious though to see if the OP can make it work. I have a couple of small inverters--nothing big enough to even think of running the microwave.

+1 to what furpod said. There are some differences, depending on whether the battery is wet, gel, or AGM. The wet can do initially higher current (usually), and some AGM batteries can be drawn down to ~~ 40% or so. But the voltage is not linear with respect to SOC (State of Charge), and the higher you draw from them, the more it will impact the life. IOW, you could draw at 500 milliamps, and get 110% of the watt-hours, or you can draw at 120 amps and only get 75% of the watt-hours. High amps=short life.

Originally posted by Blender Bob 1) Battery draw down needs to be managed to not kill the batteries. I will need to test / experiment where my 50% or 10.5v threshold will be.

Battery voltage must be measured unloaded and after a resting period. If you get to 10.5V under these conditions your battery is totally dead and probably damaged. Most sources indicate 50% SOC is 11.9-12.0V.

Nothing much to add -- if solar is your only means of recharging your batteries you're going to be SOL after one cloudy day.

I have and really like the Yamaha 2400iSHC.  You can spend less but you can't get much quieter.  It runs my air con and microwave, but not at the same time.  For what you'd spend on that inverter, you can have power anytime for not a whole lot more.  If you don't care about the noise you can get a generator for a good bit less than that inverter.  And you will have to spend some bucks on cables.

Listen to what folks here say.  I really don't think you'll be happy with that size inverter for very long.

TT

premix and freeze the margs in the pod freezer and cook on the stovetop or charcoal grill.  That sounds like a lot of work for 15 minutes in the nuke box and a blender.