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Hi Jerry I am an ex truck driver and have used inverters of every size to
power my 110v stuff I went to 110 after going through loads of 12v things
got tired of burning up coffee pots the inverter opened up a whole new
world with me living on the road when my wife and me saw the advertisement
for the NU WAVE induction cook top I thought this would work great so we
got the deal for two of them when we got them we tried it at home and it
works like a dream but when I put the other one on the truck it would not
work so I got a bigger inverter still nothing I then got the other one from
home and tried it still nothing so I called the company and asked them
about it and was told that because of the way they are made that they will
not work with inverters the nu wave is only1300 watts and I was pushing it
with 2500 and 3000 watt inverters so it must be something with the circuitry
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On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 7:36 PM, Gerald Work wrote:
> All good points and I am well versed in the arithmetic involved with
> batteries and inverters. This Prevost, like many current high end coaches,
> is an all electric coach with 1850 ah of AGM batteries. All the appliances
> are residential devices. There is no propane on board although I do carry a
> small bottle to power the propane fire pit and the BBQ.
>
> The appeal of induction cooktops, and why they are common on new coaches,
> is they heat food very quickly while imparting far less heat into the
> interior of the coach so it stays cool unlike cooking with propane or
> resistance. Those same traits are why they are so popular in other
> countries around the world and are becoming more common in residential
> applications here as well.
>
> The fast cooking means the inverter, while drawing substantial power, only
> does do for a short period of time - a few minutes for most applications.
> Very much the same arithmetic as powering a microwave from an inverter which
> many motorhomer's do from far smaller battery
> banks.
>
> Yes, turning on the 17500 watt generator is an option, and what I would do
> for extended cooking applications, but I also want to explore the inverter
> option for quick use. Hence looking for anyone who has experience doing so.
>
> Thanks for the input.
>
> Jerry Work
> Kerby, OR
> .......
> rom: Jim Miller
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> On Oct 17, 2017, at 7:02 PM, John Yurtinus wrote:
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>> This is one thing I never quite got. What's the allure of an induction
> cooktop in an RV? I don't see any advantage over propane and a whole lot of
> drawbacks.
>
> Hi John,
>
> I am usually a lurker on GMCnet and only pipe up occasionally. I, too, am
> interested in the reasoning behind using any electrical cooking method in a
> GMC be it inductive or resistive - but even more so I was wondering why one
> would even consider running it from an inverter.
>
> Like solar panels and wind turbines, these inverters seem to have some
> magical Star Wars light-saber allure and end up getting used for all the
> wrong reasons. Unfortunately the EE concepts of P=IE and P=I^2R (re
> conductor loss) are usually ignored on the inverter setups and result in
> installations that are either marginal in performance or are outright
> dangerous.
>
> I guess if one has an unlimited supply of DC then drawing 12V @ 200 amps
> for a half hour while cooking dinner is OK..but why not just use propane?
> Or, if you really must have electrical cooking - start the genset for a bit?
>
> Sign me ?baffled?...
> ?Jim
>
> Jim Miller
> 1977 Eleganza
> 1977 Royale
> Hamilton, OH
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