Yes, that would be my suggestion as well.. tho I don't think the old man wants to or can spend the money on that. That machine seems to draw a shitload of power, you'd prob need a ton of battery watt hours to run it for 8hrs.. I'll maybe throw a kilowatt on it, now that the trip is over, out of curiosity.. this was all newly discovered 'gotchas' to me while already on the trip 😅😅😅