Will 1K inverter work microwave?
I have a small Class C with a battery bank of 2- group 24 batteries. I have about 165 Amps available at fully charged. I recently replaced my microwave with a slightly smaller .9 cuft 900watt Advent...
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Small microwaves often need 700-900 watts, Normal size ones 1000-1100 and Big ones up to 1200-1350 .. So a 1,000 is ... iffy.. I'd got 1500 to be sure.
In another thread I said (using different words) every electrical appliance has a tag or stamp that tells how hungry it is.. My Microwave needs: 1,500 watts of which 1,100 cooks the food and the other 400 is lost running controls and such.
Add 10% for safety,, So a 2KW inverter would be the minimum for my nuk-o-matic (And that is what I have).
In another thread I said (using different words) every electrical appliance has a tag or stamp that tells how hungry it is.. My Microwave needs: 1,500 watts of which 1,100 cooks the food and the other 400 is lost running controls and such.
Add 10% for safety,, So a 2KW inverter would be the minimum for my nuk-o-matic (And that is what I have).
