Inverter Power or Juicer Issues...
My wife has a Juicer that was sometimes take camping, it's has a simple low-off-high switch and a 850W motor, and runs fine off the Honda 2000 Generator and shore power. My mom has the same juicer...
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I had a similar problem with a Mr Coffee bean grinder.
We normally use the Cuisinart DB600 Coffee Grind and Brew setup which works great with shore power and running off the 2KW Generator when not on shore power and just re-charging batteries in the mornings. This grinds and make fresh coffee in just five minutes and pours up in a thermos carafe. This keeps the coffee hot all day long.
My backup coffee maker when camping off the power grid is a COLEMAN Peculator which will make our favorite fresh ground bean coffee from the propane stove top but of course you need to grind the beans first. Always using the same bottled water insures you come with the same favorite coffee taste.
The Mr Coffee bean grinder is not a high wattage unit but I could not get it work from a 150WATT MSW Inverter every time. It was right on the edge of turning on the grinding motor but most of the time it would just HUM. I too went with a larger Inverter being a 300WATT MSW and had the same problem. Then I tried a 300WATT PSW Inverter and it would work every time. I tried it on a 150WATT PSW Inverter and it worked every time. Seems it wanted to see a PURE SINE WAVE type Inverter to operate the 120VAC grinder motor.
Today I run my emergency power station with a 600WATT PSW Inverter for the Home Entertainment items, cell phone and computer chargers, fans, electric lap blanket, WX Radio setup etc and all works fine. My 600WATT PSW Inverter is installed close to the battery terminals and I run long HD 120VAC extension cord cables with multihead receptacles on the ends from the two 120VAC Inverter outlets. One cable goes to the Home entertainment area and the other cable goes to the bedroom night table area. All cords are out of sight running along the floor and walls using Wiremode cordmate II cable management kits from LOWES.
The PURE SINE WAVE Inverter setup was the fix for me...
Roy ken
We normally use the Cuisinart DB600 Coffee Grind and Brew setup which works great with shore power and running off the 2KW Generator when not on shore power and just re-charging batteries in the mornings. This grinds and make fresh coffee in just five minutes and pours up in a thermos carafe. This keeps the coffee hot all day long.
My backup coffee maker when camping off the power grid is a COLEMAN Peculator which will make our favorite fresh ground bean coffee from the propane stove top but of course you need to grind the beans first. Always using the same bottled water insures you come with the same favorite coffee taste.
The Mr Coffee bean grinder is not a high wattage unit but I could not get it work from a 150WATT MSW Inverter every time. It was right on the edge of turning on the grinding motor but most of the time it would just HUM. I too went with a larger Inverter being a 300WATT MSW and had the same problem. Then I tried a 300WATT PSW Inverter and it would work every time. I tried it on a 150WATT PSW Inverter and it worked every time. Seems it wanted to see a PURE SINE WAVE type Inverter to operate the 120VAC grinder motor.
Today I run my emergency power station with a 600WATT PSW Inverter for the Home Entertainment items, cell phone and computer chargers, fans, electric lap blanket, WX Radio setup etc and all works fine. My 600WATT PSW Inverter is installed close to the battery terminals and I run long HD 120VAC extension cord cables with multihead receptacles on the ends from the two 120VAC Inverter outlets. One cable goes to the Home entertainment area and the other cable goes to the bedroom night table area. All cords are out of sight running along the floor and walls using Wiremode cordmate II cable management kits from LOWES.
The PURE SINE WAVE Inverter setup was the fix for me...
Roy ken
