Thanks for the tip tankist, I'll try to remember that. The dc-dc psu is at least a few months away, in stage II. For the time being, I will use a 300 watt inverter I picked up a few years back at Walmart.
To get the project off the ground and keep the finances managable, I've divided it into stages and the stages into steps. Nothing is really set in stone because it is all a learning process for me. Even with the wealth of knowledge offered in this forum, not everything will work the same for everyone. So the planning only goes so far, I just got to go out and do it. I'm taking things slow, so if anyone else has tips or sees things out of place, drop a line.
And don't worry, I have been working on this for about a week, just haven't had time to resized the pics. And this is my first post on any forum, so I'm learning about this too. More progress to come
