Mounting 1500 Watt Invertor
Looking for some suggestions! I purchased a 1500 Watt invertor to run tv, microwave ect. This unit requires some really thick power supply cables for this kind of wattage. Where did you mount ...
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MACHZER wrote:
I was thinking going to 3000 watts but the cable requirements must be outstanding and a quick battery killer for sure!
epfd217 wrote:
Someone above posted info about the loads used by a toaster and coffee maker. Most small microwaves are 900 watts (higher than the toaster reference). Hopefully you've got a pair of batteries to provide the juice.
I have zero interest in running a microwave oven with an inverter but I am nonetheless quite aware just how severely any inverter can suffer excessive voltage drop under heavy load sufficient to cause it to trigger it's LUP alarm and eventually shut down completely. :M Even with appropriate wiring I'd bet a 1500 watt inverter would be considered marginal for this application, especially if powering it with just 2 GC-2s which would draw down very quickly under such a heavy load. The OP hasn't defined just which type of 1500 watt inverter he has, MSW or PSW - but if it's the former any appliance with a clocking device is unlikely to work properly. :( A PSW inverter will solve this issue but in higher rated sizes at considerable cost ... personally I don't see the ROI just for the convenience of being able to occasionally run a microwave oven. To each his / her own I guess. ;)
