Microwave doesn't work on the genny....
It is quite strange actually... It has power and turntable rotates but it doesn't cook. Get to the campground, plug in, and it works fine. I can't imagine that a 4500 watt gen won't run a microwave...
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Microwave ovens are quite frequency sensitive since the magnetron used in the US is designed to operate on 60 hertz with only a small variation allowed. The turntable turning, etc, with no heating, is a common problem when folks take a US microwave oven to a foreign country where 50 hertz is the standard. I would say the OP's problem vary strongly suggest the frequency is off a bit too far. I've used a microwave to test for frequency accuracy when tuning up a generator when my freq meter wasn't available. It's not a perfect test, but it's pretty close.
