2000 Watt Invertor Issues, Need Help
My 2000 watt Prosine invertor works fine on small loads like TV, computer, etc, but when I fire up my LG 1000 watt micro wave/convection oven the invertor kicks off after 8 seconds, my batteries are n...
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ewarnerusa wrote:
While the wiring can certainly be a culprit, I think getting hung up on it's diameter isn't all that appropriate when you are not pulling the max rated continuous load from the inverter. Granted, the 1500 volt amps or so that the OP is probably loading the inverter with is quite a bit but I think 1/0 cable should accommodate that provided that the wire length isn't too long. I think the culprit is only 2 x 12 batteries. As already pointed out in this thread, you would want 3 or more 12V batteries to deal with the big voltage drop that the 1500 VA load would put on them. I have this same issue with my 1500 watt PSW inverter and TT microwave. It can run it for about 5-10 seconds before the inverter cuts out.
Thanks for that info, as I stated above I am thinking my 2000 watt invertor and 2 12 volt batts might be my issue, everything is fine and dandy till I start the mirco wave, I just added up what my true watts are on micro and the background watts always running and it adds up to 1950 watts.
As to the wire length its short, under 5 foot.
