Yes this is roughly what I'm looking to do, but if you have an inverter and a battery charger, it seems silly not to also hook up some solar panels! At that po

Yes this is roughly what I'm looking to do, but if you have an inverter and a battery charger, it seems silly not to also hook up some solar panels! At that point the generator will only run if the batteries dip below e.g. 20% charge, making it extremely affordable.