How far is too far for the inverter?
My inverter is going to be about 4-5 feet from the battery bank, and maybe an additional foot or two by the time I run the wire. I am using 2 gauge wire. Is that too far? The inverter will only see...
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If the inverter is MSW it will run the microwave at lower power and pull fewer amps from the battery doing that. Eg my microwave wants about 1500w input, which would be 150 DC amps drawn by a pure sine wave inverter. But my 2000w MSW inverter pulls more like 115 amps to run that MW.
Of course the lower power makes for a longer "cooking" time, but this is not an issue in real life in my case. Also the lower amps for a longer time actually gets you a lower AH draw than a higher amp but shorter time does thanks to Mr Peukert.
Of course the lower power makes for a longer "cooking" time, but this is not an issue in real life in my case. Also the lower amps for a longer time actually gets you a lower AH draw than a higher amp but shorter time does thanks to Mr Peukert.
