Shedendman
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My answer,No power(mains),No welding,simple as that
£500 worth of batteries is a lot of weight and a large bank of cells. (Presuming standard types)
For that sort of weight I would rather be loading up a diesel generator. Might cost twice the price to start with and need a bit more mantainance but it will have a better resale value, much better power output and run time and could probably male you a few quid back hiring it out if you wanted more return on it.
When the fronius/lorch get to about half that price I would have another look at them. If they turn out to be popular I expect the cheaper manafactures will be releasing them as well.
I was talking to a mate about them as he works mantainance in a quarry where money is no object for kit but he has not got one as he would rather the stuff was brought to him in the workshop!
I would have one myself as I get asked to drive accross farm fields to fix a gate or something and half a dozen rods would be plenty but I am never going to see a return on it at that price. Farmers always seem to have plenty of staff with enough time to hitch up a pto generator or put on the front loader to put my pallet of stuff onto a trailer and drag it out to site