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pcaffalldavis Senior Member Joined: 17/10/2011 Location: United States Posts: 187	Posted: 10:30pm 12 Nov 2011         sparkey said   think from mem last run was 250 approx...and pcaff try using a 6 volt sla battery u can get them in different sizes/capacity//maximite draws 140 ma approx it does stae its consumption in the manual.... Thanks Don, I was going by what Sparkey said in an earlier post a few back in this thread. Seems two different ideas got crossed. I only said I did my first SM1 test using a 9 volt battery as I was interested in seeing how long it would run. You, and others I think, then said it was not designed really for battery usage. I knew that, but assumed everyone was talking about small batteries. Then when Sparkey suggested a 6 volt battery I was confused again. If it would run on a six volt battery (larger one) then I figured it should run on a 6 volt clean, regulated bench supply at 6 volts. I was just noting that my SM1 does not run on 6 volts. I only asked for clarification because I plan on powering the Maximite for the boiler from a large 12 volt CAT battery. I also read that it was suggested to another American that recently joined the group to obtain a 6 volt power supply for the SM1 he is awaiting deliver on. For my wood boiler I plan to run all the 110 volt items from an inverter off this same battery. It will be charged using a 90 Watt solar panel and a high quailty 110v to 12 volt line battery charger/conditioner. That should make the entire system fool proof when the power goes out... which is at least monthly. For example we have had about 8 power outages in the last month as winter gets under way here. Granted this is a lot of outages, but I just wanted to make sure I was not planning on powering the SM1 from a source that had too much voltage. These batteries often get up to 14 volts when the charger and solar panel are contributing. Is that too much voltage do you think? Pete in Hyder We're all here 'cause we're not all there.