[tech740]

Okay, to report back the batteries made it through the night with no issues. I rearranged the wiring so that the inverter is the only thing on the battery side of the kill switch. Everything else is on the load side. After 12.5 hours, I was at 12.2 volts. Only thing I don't under stand is the amp readings I had. My inverter takes 2.5 amps to sit idle. It also has a display that tells the amperage it is putting out. It would show about 0.5amps. When I used the DC current clamp I would show that the batteries had about a 7-8 amp draw. I feel like I am missing something but I know that the battery positive and the positive to the circuit breaker to the inverter are the only things on that side of the switch. Anyways just wanted to report back how it went for future readers to base decisions from.