Preparing for expansion

[SkyDancer]

Is it possible to start out with a 2000w imverter with 196 amps, with merely a 100ah battery and 2 100w panels?

So that theres room for expansion later on?

[organic farmer]

Say like if the inverter was dropped in your lap and you need to somehow use it? Sure that might work.

[SkyDancer]

Right but the 200w of panels operate on like 12 amps so then I would need a small fuse/breaker on the panel side and then keep the larger amp stuff behind a 250A fuse?

[SkyDancer]

And what size fuse at the 100ah battery?

[organic farmer]

I have breakers at my panels.
Then a voltage spike shunt/lightning device,
a 100 ft run into my house,
another voltage spike shunt/lightning device,
then another breaker and it goes into my charge-controller and the inverter.

[SkyDancer]

"Say like if the inverter was dropped in your lap and you need to somehow use it? Sure that might work."?

So say a
2000w inverter was dropped in your lap, you'd have to use 4 or 2 guage wire with it or even larger wire because 2000w inverter creates 196 amps, so would it work?

[organic farmer]

200 watts of panels will only ever create 200 watts of power. The issue comes when your battery bank is full, then there might be a lot of power ready to flow. From the battery bank to the inverter you would need large high capacity wiring.