IT'S A MIRACLE! 13.5AC on EU2000i Generator!

road-runner wrote:

MrWizard wrote:
all i'm saying is thats a D**** big MW that won't run on a 2000w generator
unless something else is going on, WH ?

I'm not as surprised as you are. I know from experience that at a few thousand feet altitude a 1,000 watt microwave can max out the eu2000i all by itself. Having said that, however, I believe a lot of RVers don't know about (or forget to) change the fridge to "gas only", or turn off the power converter.

A 1000W microwave, with it's power factor and draw from the control circuit can easily draw 1600VA . Not that's near many 2000VA (note VA, not W, since most generators are really VA) continous rating.

So, with a few other things on the microwave may put it over the limit.

Now, a very good solution is to toss the 100W micrwave and install a 1000W panasonic true inverter microwave which doesn't cycle power between 100 percent and 0 to the magentron, but runs at a continous power level between 10 and 100 percent. 50 percent is around 800VA. works great on a 1000VA sine wave inverter. We love it. And in almost all case it doesn't take twice as long to heat something, maybe 1.5X.