What appliances will work with standard inverter?

invertors have a peak wattage.

all devices have a peak wattage that they pull to get them jump started. your counter top probably exceeds that peak wattage

in other words.

the blow drier. 1600 watts. but the second you flick that switch. it probably pulls 3000 watts for a very brief second before it drops down to 1600.

everything needs a jump start to make them run. and that jump start always exceeds the normally running wattage.

your inverter probbably has a peak of 3600 watts. but runs continous 1800 watts. look at the lable on your invertor and the lables on your devices.

 

You might want to go get it serviced at a shop. The APU csn power any household appliance when in good condition. The previous driver probably knew the APU was going out and sold you a lemon. Unfortunately the repair costs can be steep.

 

screw the APUs that have the built in inverter. the best way to deal with that situation is to have another big inverter (if allowed) professionally installed to the batteries. leave the APU on auto. run what you want. when the batteries need charged, the APU kicks on and charges the batteries. this way, the APU only runs to charge the batteries. if your using the "shore power" feature on the APU, i do believe it has to be running for the built in inverter to work.

i drove for BIR for a while, and i had an eagle international that had the thermoking tripack apu, no inverter. i had my own inverter hooked up to the batteries, and i ran what i wanted to and never looked back. just be sure and leave that APU on auto or you will be in a hurt locker trying to start that truck if you forget about the inverter and something is running.

 

i don't have anything to test the devices. but i once had a 300 watt small window mount a/c. i woulda though my 400 watt invertor would have ran it. that was before i realized that there's a power spike to kick start the thing. which exceeded the 800 peak watt for my 400 watt continous. ran fine with a 750 watt invertor. 1500 watt peak rated.

but like others have said. it's possible maybe the invertor is worn out. or something else in your system.

i've got a 1500 watt right now that don't work. it got fried with my 1000 watt one burner stove. now, if i turn the invertor on. it drains 4 batteries in a heart beat.