I'm all over what you're saying here. I've been doing solar & wind for 2 years with the greenhouse/shed outbuilding & have learned a few things. I'm using 4 200 AH deepcycle marine batteries (not enough) with 1000 W of panels & a 400 W windmill @ 12 mph to run a 2000 cubic foot greenhouse ventilation & heating system. I should have called this thread, "12 V or 24 V air or water pump" because I don't like the inverter at all. I think Water Wizard has it right, & the life of the DC pumps is so poor that it's not worth messing with. Put an inverter out in the bush, it'll be dead in a year I promise, I've done it. An inverter is pretty heavy duty solid state transisters, doesn't like burning heat followed by 90% humidity & turtle turds & then an ice storm. I'll either fire up the Husquavarna to clear some fetch & put up a windmill aerator or fire up the Husquavarna & put up a water well.
