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Breaker for microwave

I need to turn off the microwave. I am in storage and only have a 15 amp service. I am running the inverter to charge the batteries and need all the power I can muster. None of the breakers at the foot of the bed show the microwave. Thanks, Larry
Larry and Terry
Ex 2004 U270 36'

Re: Breaker for microwave

Reply #1 –
Quote from: LTG –
I need to turn off the microwave. I am in storage and only have a 15 amp service. I am running the inverter to charge the batteries and need all the power I can muster. None of the breakers at the foot of the bed show the microwave.

Larry,

Not even the exposed breaker panel?  In our '03 the microwave circuit is one of the ones run off the inverter (at least it is in our coach), so its breaker is in the slave panel (in our coach, that's the smaller one at the foot of the bed that doesn't have a cover, and ours is breaker #2 in that panel).
Learn every day, but especially from the experiences of others. It's cheaper!  - John C. Bogle

2000 U320 36' non-slide / WildEBeest Rescue
2003 U320

Re: Breaker for microwave

Reply #2 –
I always just unplug the microwave (easy access in my 2002) when I don't intend to use it for a long period.  There should be a breaker in the inverter panel (at least there is in my 2002), since it won't be in the primary 110V panel.  I'm not sure what may have changed by 2004, tho.
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Was:  1990 U280 36'
Was:  2002 U270 36' (With a bathroom door) Build #5981
Is:  2021 Leisure Travel Van Wonder 24RL
2015 Jeep JKU, 2003 S10 QC 4x4 or 2017 C-Max
Lake Havasu City, AZ (or Gillette, WY)

Re: Breaker for microwave

Reply #3 –
The microwave shouldn't draw any significant power if you don't use it. Why not just leave it connected?
David and Carolyn Osborn
1995 U320C SE 40' Build 4726 Feb 1995
FMCA 147762
Motorcade 17186

Re: Breaker for microwave

Reply #4 –
Thanks. There is an inverter panel and it is at the foot of the bed. My problem was that it is so high up that I could not see it because I failed to raise the bed skirt up high enough to see it. This forum and its individual members are great. Thanks again. Larry
Larry and Terry
Ex 2004 U270 36'