Our microwave works off a normal 3000W inverter not pure sine
Same here..... 3000w mod sine inverter and a 900w (input power NOT cooking power)
Worth remembering that a lower power inverter will take longer to cook something than a higher power one BUT is likely to be kinder to the batteries in terms of how much power it drags out of the batteries....
I.E. the total power used will be the same but not dragged out in one big peak hit.
My understanding is that if you want to run a microwave from a modified sine wave inverter, it needs to be a non-digital microwave i.e. a basic one with no push buttons to set a timer display, but one with a simple dial that is used to set the duration.
Not true , ours is fully digital
It may work, but I think the point is that it's life may be shortened.
I see something like 130 amps when we run ours. Ouch.
Mabee so Steve but it has been running that way for 7 years now , probably longer than some that use 240v constantly
Yea, some people are just lucky. Do you buy lottery tickets? lol.
We had a digital one and never had an issue.... Only reason I changed it was it fell off the table it was on under 'spirited' cornering....
To be honest the only factual evidence of something being killed by mod sine wave I've come accross has been induction charged cordless toothbrushes....