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SoundGuy
Mar 19, 2016Explorer
DrewE wrote:
It makes very little sense to get a 3000 watt inverter if you'll only have two batteries. It's somewhat akin to attempting to tow a massive 5th wheel with a F-150.
Nor (as I mentioned earlier) does it make sense to expect to run a microwave oven with just 2 batteries as source power ... sure, it might initially work when the batteries are at full charge but as they draw down chances are voltage drop will be so severe with such a heavy load on just two batteries that the inverter's low voltage alarm will trigger and eventually the inverter will shut down. The solution is to increase battery capacity to at least four OR better still eliminate the one and only heavy draw item in the OP's original list of items he wanted to power (the microwave) and there's no reason he can't do any one of them with a 1000 watt PSW inverter.
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