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3K views 12 replies 9 participants last post by  Glid 
Just take a load chart of what tools you will be using most, Add up the watts and amps then find your perfect match!
A good load chart will also list the possible surge currents of various tools/appliances. Some stuff needs more juice to start up than it does to run.

The fire dept. I used to be a member of bought a used ambulance to use as a rescue "van." It had an on-board inverter, so we installed two 500-watt floodlights on extending masts. We also carried one of the department's two 'cip saws on it.
From the inverter, with nothing else on, triggering the 'cip saw would trip the GFCI. If one or both floodlights were on first, no problem. The inverter had plenty of capacity, but the GFCI was taking its job seriously, I guess.
 
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