Did I chose decent battery. New to this

[bagins52]

I am not looking to sell anything back to light company. I was trying to hookup to them. They wanted 5k. After buying the land. Clearing part and building house. Well funds limited.
so I thought would use solar and generator backup. I know 200 watts isn't enough. But is a start. Just like will need more batteries.

[PNW_Steve]

No, you threw your money away....any WTF would anyone hook 200 watts to the grid?

I missed the mention of selling power back to the grid in the original post. They did mention a small weekend cabin. Silly me.... I assumed they were off grid.

200 watts is still pretty minimal for an off grid application.

Question for the OP, what kind of loads are you trying to support ?

Edit: I went back and reread the OP and they specifically said "off grid".

[thastinger]

No, you threw your money away....any WTF would anyone hook 200 watts to the grid?

[PNW_Steve]

Starting batteries are generally a very poor choice for this application. They may work for a while but will fail much more quickly than a true deep cycle battery.

T-105's, L16's and similar.

[bagins52]

I bought a deka 1140 amp tractor battery. Actually 2 of them. Also bought 2 100 watt mono panels to charge them. They wanted 5k to hook to electricity. I like ideal of going off grid. Is small weekend cabin