Inverters, difference between modified sine wave & pure sine wave

The table top cookers either induction or resistance coil uses ENORMOUS amounts of power. Your piddly inverter aint got the beef to feed those things much less be able to vent itself trying to while it quietly burns up.

Even if you did get the table top going strong cooking or frying etc, I hate to think of the plastics all around you plus flammable sheets in your bunk and vapors from your dirty side box with all the grease, oils fluids etc.

Find yourself a nice set of 12 volt cooking pan, dutch oven etc. Put together something that dont take much to cook on those little things. even if the Dutch Ovens take a few hours. You are not in a hurry.

Maybe I got it all wrong on my end, words are difficult to imagine what exactly you are using without pictures.

the sine has to do with the ability of computers to enjoy good smooth power. They have to have it a certain way. Im too sick to properly lecture about sine this morning. But I'll leave it to someone else to get into it.

I hope you have a better day.

 

Sounds like you have a problem somewhere. That Inverter should handle the fridge with no problem, Like X-Heavy said the table top burner takes a huge amount of juice, you will probably need to leave the truck running while your using it. Remember that your batteries are not made to have huge draws of power off of them unless you have something like a deep cycle batteries installed. Might make sure your cables to the batteries are big enough to handle the load your putting on them, I would use something around 12 gauge wire, as far as the fridge goes what do you mean by it keeps burning out the Inverter? Is the Fridge New or used?

 

I wonder if maybe you just got a bad Inverter, it does happen once in a while.

 

by burning out you mean you have to keep replacing the invertor...? or is it blowing out the fuse....?

you do know that INDUCTION COOKERS REQUIRE special pan's right.....you can't use standard pot's and pan's.. you MUST USE pot's and pan's made for INDUCTION COOKING...

pure sine wave is what you have in your house (clean power) modified sine wave (dirty power). the wave is not the same and some things REQUIRE clean power like TV, some COMPUTERS, PRINTER

sound like the wiring to the invertor is to small. standard wire's for a 1,500 watt invertor would be way to small for a 5,000 watt invertor as would be the fuses... most invertors over 2,000 watt need TWO sets of wires and the wires should be BIGGER than your truck battery wires... I use O gauge wire..

 

Not just checked but pulled individually and challenged for load, voltage and so on. Most mechanics in heavy trucks are aware of the necessary process of testing them to reveal if they are dying, dead or playing possum. Or strong and healthy.

Winter is the one season that kills batteries. In my own vehicle I am on my forth one in 5 years due to our winters. Dehydration is the main issue. I am getting ready to replace it with a sealed one.

 

I had a modified sine wave 1,800 watt inverter that did everything I ever wanted, but when I bought an induction cooktop, it would not run. The electronics in it are not compatible with a modified sine wave inverter.
I installed a 2,500 watt pure sine wave inverter and everything worked great after that. Even the microwave worked quieter. Your 0 gauge wires are probably large enough.
A pure sine wave is like the waves in the ocean, the voltage gradually goes up, then gradually goes down. Nice and smooth.
A modified sine wave is a crude digital representation that is very choppy.