Replace microwave convection oven
Looking for advice I want to replace my sharp 850 watt convection microwave with a 1700 watt oven. Anybody know if the circuit is strong enough to carry the load with out tripping out. Also I can't f...
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Microwaves are usually rated in output power, which is lower than the input power; a "1700 watt" microwave would either be a commercial unit (which probably requires a 240V circuit and definitely would be hard to use in a typical RV) or a rather misleadingly advertised one with about 1100 watts output power.
The microwave would be fed from some AC circuit. If you have an inverter, it may well be an output circuit from the inverter (and that would presumably be fed from a breaker for the inverter/charger). You should be able to determine which breaker by switching them off one by one until the microwave goes dead (and if it does not, turning off the inverter presumably would make it go dead).
I would expect the existing circuit to be adequate, generally speaking. If you have an inverter, do make sure it is rated to supply adequate power (the input power rating, not the output power, of the microwave).
The microwave would be fed from some AC circuit. If you have an inverter, it may well be an output circuit from the inverter (and that would presumably be fed from a breaker for the inverter/charger). You should be able to determine which breaker by switching them off one by one until the microwave goes dead (and if it does not, turning off the inverter presumably would make it go dead).
I would expect the existing circuit to be adequate, generally speaking. If you have an inverter, do make sure it is rated to supply adequate power (the input power rating, not the output power, of the microwave).
