Inverters with Mix of 6s and 12s
I have posted in various places lately about my attempt to find a good way to run the mixed bank of 6s and 12s. As a sort of update, here is what I have found out so far. (Two beat up T-1275s are ...
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BFL13 wrote:
On the above, IMO, the priority would be a 2000w inverter so the MW can be run at full blast. :)
well, yes that would have been ideal, but initally I had only 2 GC so a 1000W PSW inverter worked fine for the other stuff, fit fine, priced right etc. Ran the TV, air bed pump, travel hair dryer, curling iron etc.
Using the microwave we fired up the generator, but yes that gets old.
But when the panasonic inverter microwaves came out, our son bought one and I hooked it up to the kill a watt to see if the claim was correct, they varied magentron power. Yup, so i plotted VA vs. load. 50% power is about 850VA. And, yes microwave PF is just about as bad as most converters, no suprise.
Hum.... ordered the small one to replace our existing microwave and suprised DW at a rest stop when she said "I sure WISH I could use the microwave, I want soup for lunch". Suprise!!!! you CAN.
even at 50% power things heat up rather quickly, not near twice as long as you might expect.
AND when running on the generator, the generator no longer has hissy fits and doesn't "chase its tail" if the microwave isn't on 100% power. Cycling between 0% and 100% with a generator on "eco" mode makes it sound the the generator is on it's last legs!
But yes, if I was starting from scratch again, I'd probably go for a 2KW PSW inverter.
