Help me buy an inverter
I don't think I need anything fancy. I have 2 things I want to run on battery occasionally. 1. Keurig Coffee maker 1450 watts for about 6 minutes per day 2. Fridge in my outdoor kitchen when ...
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full_mosey wrote:
I have one of those 1100W Panasonic inverter MWs with 10 power settings. I have run it through the power settings with a KAW and made a list of the Watts for each setting.
I have a 1000W Magnum inverter/50A charger. I use a single 100AH AGM with 2/0Ga with 7ft round trip. That is 2x3ft, 1ft and a fuse.
I have no problem running the MW up to power setting 6 which is 980W.
How about the "list" for each setting that you mentioned?
Yeah... Failing inverters, or appliances not working unless the battery is full, and God knows what else. This is why I'm still reheating leftovers in a double-wall pot on a propane stove, and my inverter is $20 MSW for laptop etc. To run the microwave, I would need a decent inverter (and it still could fail), transfer switch, designated fuse or breaker, few feet of #1 or #0 wire with lugs and all, and a battery monitor to watch all those big amps and little volts (which amps I don't care to monitor now with the highest load ~10A and batteries full every day on solar). Around $450 total, all said.
Double boiler for reheating leftovers: $10. I realize that without a big inverter I'm missing out on hair drier, but I'm not sure I would have much use for it :)
