Re: [A/S] Microwave on an inverter?

[Jerry Flanders <jeflanders@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mine is not true sinewave. Mine is a $180 cheapie 1500 watt 
continuous VECTOR brand.

Doing the math on battery consumption: If I assume the microwave 
takes around 1100 watts and the inverter is around 92% efficient, 
then an hour of operation would take around 1200 watt-hours. This is 
100 amp-hours at 12 volts. A pair of deepcycle batteries is rated at 
around 200 amp-hours, so even an exorbitant 60 minutes of microwave 
usage only half-consumes a set of fully-charged batteries.

Typical microwave usage is a few minutes at a time, a few times per day.

Jerry 4404