PSW Inverter - No Load Current

otrfun wrote:
Our in-bed camper will only hold two batteries. Wanting to power the microwave, TV, satellite and laptops. Thinking a 2000w PSW inverter would be the right size. Noticed most 2000w inverters have no load current approaching 2 amps. A bit high. Don't want to be constantly turning the inverter off and on during the day to conserve. The Xantrex Prowatt 2000 is the only "2000w" PSW inverter I've found so far with less than 1 amp of no load current. Of course, in reality it's only 1800w continuous with only 3000w surge (typically surge is double the continuous) which may explain the lower no-load. Does the Prowatt 2000 have a good track record powering microwaves? Other 2000w PSW inverters with =< 1a of no load current I may have missed? Thanks.

My former inverter was a ProWatt PSW 2000 and it had no problem running our 1500w microwave...I used two 6v GC’s...But to start, the battery cables were too smallish (creating a bottleneck) and the low voltage alarm would shutdown the inverter (Performance limited by cable size and lengths). So I upsized to 0004 ought AWG cable, and eventually swapped out the home-sized 1500w oven for a better and far more ‘system optimized’ 850w SS Panasonic, and ordered a SS MW oven trim kit (google) to tidy-up the gap - looks uber Professional!...To avoid wasting power, you can order a remote hardwired off-on switch for the ProWatt...

BTW, I also agree with 2oldman on the solar!...As for the two 6v GC’s, no problem running the Panasonic 850w....

3 tons