Sine Wave Inverter Anomaly
After following this recent discussion about how to best utilize a sine wave inverter for RV use I decided to go ahead and buy the 1000 watt model mentioned in this discussion since it was on sale for...
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SoundGuy wrote:
My primary use for it is to power 120 vac fans in the camper when dry camping, and based on battery reserve possibly to power our coffee machine, toaster, and my wife's hair dryer, my current limitation of course being the single G27 battery that's presently on the trailer.
BurbMan wrote:
I don't see you running a coffee maker, hairdryer, or toaster with a 1000W inverter, one group 27 battery, #4 wire and an 80a fuse....a fan, yes.
I've already done it with no difficulties at all, measurements taken with a Kill-w-Watt meter ...
Coffee machine - 505 watts / 4.4 amps - coffee hot & ready in ~ 5 minutes
Hair Dryer (Low only) - 311 watts / 2.7 amps, but certainly won't work on High
Toaster - 696 watts / 6.4 amps - nicely browned in ~ 3 minutes
Fans - power requirements for all are a mere fraction of the above, ~ +/- 40 watts depending on speed setting
As I did note earlier my G27 is now 7 yrs old so although it still holds a full charge I will eventually replace it and now that I know this inverter can run the aforementioned appliances I may opt for a couple of 6 volt batteries instead of the single G31 I had been considering up to this point to better enable the inverter to meet these load requirements.
Also not sure about the 3 pages of over-thinking here...several good technical responses were provided, and as you pointed out, these devices are designed for the plug 'n' play crowd. Since everything works the way it should when connected, why futz around with a bonding plug?
Unfortunate you consider this "over-thinking" ... some of us prefer to try to understand the "why" rather than just dumbly plugging in and hoping for the best. :S
Anyone else out there with useful comments? :@
