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TWZMYJP
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Aug 24, 2018

Why Won't My 1000W Inverter Run my 800W Coffee Maker?

2018 Jayco Class A with a factory installed 1000W inverter. Why can't it operate my 800W coffee maker when there are no other 110v appliances (that I am aware of...) on at the same time?? I will tel...
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full_mosey
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Aug 27, 2018
pianotuna wrote:
And the reason this is true is because the load per cell is 50% of what it is on the thick plates of the gc-2 jars. i.e. gc-2 is 12 cells and marine jar is 24 cells. So load per cell for 1000 watts would be 100 amps on the gc-2 cells and 50 amps on the marine jars. Plus thinner plats are "more reactive".


Yeah but, a typical 12V grp 24 FLA at 53lbs v.s. the GC2's 66lbs gives the GC pair a 26lb advantage. Wait, that makes the GC's look worse, nevermind! :)

HTH;
John

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