MenuForum NavigationForumActivityLoginRegisterPost Reply: Solar panel/battery using more than if directly plugged into mains <blockquote><div class="quotetitle">Quote from Guest on February 20, 2026, 4:34 am</div>Well just a word of warning,I have a 1000w mains/battery inverter in my obsy with a 100ah battery connected and a single 450watt panel on the roof just measured the cost of running the inverter and it's more than the inverter would use connected directly to the mains to power my 300watt dehumidifier ,to be continued</blockquote><br> Cancel