jcpainter wrote:
Our generator is a Cummins/Onan 5400. The inverter/charger will be the 2000W Magnum MS2012. The rig has two new 6-Volt Trojan batteries, wired in series.
For those of you that actually have a working inverter/charger/generator system . . . . is it true that the neither the microwave nor the circuit with the GFI on it can be operated on the inverter?
When this was installed, the bathroom outlet and half the kitchen outlets were not put on the inverter. The tech said that because they were on a circuit controlled by a GFI, that they could not be put onto the inverter.
Is this true?
Thanks for prompt responses . . . . appointment is early in the A.M.
Jean Painter
No this is not true. A properly installed inverter has no problem running microwaves wether it is on a GFI. Circuit or not. Having said that, if your inverter produces a modified sine wave instead of a sine wave there are some devices that may not like it. For example, the microwave in our little C class did not like a modified sine wave. The one in our A class didn't care. We now have only sine wave inverters but the original inverter in the A was a modified sine wave. Served us well for nine years before it smoked. 458 Xantrex.
