time2roll wrote:
BFL13 wrote:
time2roll wrote:
I don't think a microwave has much surge at the start. s/b easy to stay under 100 amps. Only real surge in an RV would be an air conditioner and that is not really a concern if you are limited to one battery.
A "700w" Danby MW we had wanted 1050w input and made the 1000w PSW inverter pull 100 amps as seen on the Trimetric. The inverter showed its overload light but kept running. After a few times doing that, the inverter burnt out some components on its circuit board.
You need a Panasonic 'inverter' microwave.
Set to low power these actually draw less current instead of cycling the megatron.
Yes, that would be an advantage for using a bigger MW that can hold bigger pots without pulling more amps via inverter. That 700w was too small.
As it is the MH we have now has a big enough 1991 Dometic "RV" MW which will only run on PSW, and we are ok with the 2000w PSW inverter we have now. Newer MWs will run on MSW (BTDT), but not this 1991 job.
