malexander
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Anybody ever had a coffee maker smoked by the inverter?
Gary RV Roamer said:Yes. Coffee makers with timers for start/stop or duration are digital and don't always play nice with modified sine-wave (MSW) inverters. The Mr Coffee brand handles MSW OK, but B&D , Hamilton-Beach, and others tend to "smoke" on anything other than pure sine power.
malexander said:It was a B&D. Thanks Gary!
I knew it had to something to with the sine-wave of the inverter.
NY_Dutch said:We prefer the most basic Mr Coffee machine they make. It has an 'On/Off' switch. That's all, no clocks, no timers, no electronics, just a resistance heater and thermostat that's pretty impervious to power source and voltage swings. They usually cost about $15 at Walmart, and if we're someplace we don't want to or can't run the generator when off shorepower, we can just heat up water on the LP stove and pour it into the grounds basket with the top open.
malexander said:Anybody ever had a coffee maker smoked by the inverter?
malexander said:Well all, it's been 2 months now. I just found out Friday, a Lasko tower type fan forced electric heater doesn't like the inverter either.
I was using one in the MH while plugged in at the house, power went off for about 4 hours, thus the inverter "kicked-in". 3 of the small ceramic heaters just quit while the power was off.
The Lasko, well, it wouldn't come back on. I just trashed it, pretty sure I knew what the problem was.
Sun2Retire said:Pure dumb luck we have a Mr Coffee, only because it's the same unit we have in the house (model BVMC-SJX33GT). Has a "strong" selection (brews slower) which make a great cup of coffee if you like strong coffee. Also has an available metal carafe decanter. Finally, very reasonably priced. So far no problems on modified sine wave.
Rene T said:You never told us if you had a MODIFIED sound wave inverter or a PURE sine wave inverter. What's the make and model.
Great Horned Owl said:You don't need dumb luck. Rather, you need dumb devices. Smart coffee makers, space heaters, electric blankets, etc. have digital controls, and also have cheap, not very well filtered power supplies. MSW inverters mya very well destroy them. Dumb devices (those with no digital display) will generally work fine with MSW inverters.
Joel