Does a Bluetti AC180 run a microwave?
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- čas přidán 9. 07. 2024
- Is the Bluetti AC180 portable power station powerful enough to run a microwave? See it in action.
Products discussed available to purchase at:
Bluetti AC180: amzn.to/46xxBaT
Commerical Chef Microwave: amzn.to/3CLxDhV
CampZero 10 Cooler: amzn.to/3rlklGn
Also mentioned (good for if you DON'T want to use a microwave):
Bluetti AC60: amzn.to/3NJe4vV
00:00 Intro
01:17 The Test
03:00 Results
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A note on microwaves. After my last one bit the dust I picked up a Panasonic Inverter Microwave. It's so powerful I have to reduce power in the menu. Before hooking up my Bluetti AC500 I set up my Kill-a-Watt meter (everyone using battery backup units should have one.) The Bluetti ran it just fine no sweat, but the Kill-a-watt meter started beeping and the display went crazy, flashing multiple readings. I couldn't get a reading on it but the Bluetti indicated it was drawing +2100 watts! The poor meter was rated at 1875W at 15A, and now the readings are out of whack. I ended up buying a new one with wifi and lighted display, rated at 25A. My Bluetti can output 5000 Watts, but smaller models will be different. Just know how much it can handle.
Thank you am glad I got one
me too :)
To those asking if the AC180 will run a bigger microwave. It will NOT run my 1000w over the stove microwave. Technically, it will, but the microwave was groaning so badly that I didn't let it go for more than a couple of seconds. I tried different modes on the AD180, 60v, power boost (or whatever they call it), and it made no difference. My Ryobi 1800 battery station will run the microwave fine (I use it every morning), so not sure why the AC180 won't. I was disappointed as I wanted to get the big, clunky Ryobi off my center, but that didn't happen. Otherwise, the AC180 has been good at running other things such as window fans, small portable dishwasher, coffee machine - oh, and charging the batteries to the Ryobi power station.
Thanks for the info. This was also my experience (the groaning microwave, not happy or working well at all) trying to use this little microwave with the smaller Bluetti AC60.
Great real world demo. I appreciate the specs, being an engineer, but the real world applications are the bottom line. The AC180 is a great product. Power and portability in one neat package.
Real world applications, yes!
Power lifting is for hairdryer , halogen heater , kettle ,not a microwave. I advise to look at manual
What was the charge drainage from the Bluetti after running the microwave for 30 seconds?
Very little. (sorry, not a number). But I could easily go a week microwaving meals and not run out of power.
Good video
Glad you enjoyed it!
Where did you order yours from? And why didn’t you use a more powerful microwave like 1200w?
I got the Bluetti from Amazon. Link is in the description.
I specifically got the lowest power microwave I could get so I could run it with the smallest battery for the longest amount of time. In my kitchen, I have a regular higher power microwave. But for heating food up and boiling water, the 600 watt one for my car will be totally sufficient :)
I’ve just bought one of these and I’m going to get a 700 W small microwave of Amazon for 50 quid excellent living in a van man
so good!
I want to know if it will run a normal 1100 watt microwave.
Nice! Curious if it'll run an 1,100-watt microwave without tripping past the 2,700 surge. This is good info, thanks!
Good question! If you find out, let me know!
Great test.
Think it could handle a 700w microwave?
probably. it would depend on its peak draw, which should be listed somewhere in the specs of your item. good luck! lmk if it works.
@@lizvoosen thx for the reply!
Wow! How i wish to have that kind of Power station...to be use in our church...so very expensive here, i cannot afford yet.😢
it is a truly amazing bit of electronics! I wish you the best!
You need a ground to run a microwave for the faraday cage to protect yourself from mictowaves
your 600watts microwave is 600watts of cooking power, in real life it used 1130watts, mine is a 1100watts of cooking power and use 1700watts total power. My AC180 drives my microwave without problem for at least 6min (time to heat my frozen lunch) :)
Thanks for the info!
Happy it worked for your microwave. It won't run my 1000w microwave that pulls ~1650. From the get-go the microwave grumbled regardless of the settings on the AC180. Maybe my microwave is too old to appreciate these new fangled ways of powering it :D
@@cherylschneider-lr9nb good info here! yeah maybe try a newer smaller microwave like the one I use in the video :) good luck with it!
@@lizvoosen Since I don't test things for a living (or even a hobby), I'll stick with the one, over the range microwave I have. I just kept using my Ryobi power station until I bought a bigger unit during prime sales to act as an emergency backup power supply for my second pellet stove.
OK, so it runs a small MIcrowave. The real test is cooking food, not warming water. Charge the AC120 to full, and see how long it will run a MIcrowave before shutting down, and that would be the better test.
well, no, because when would you ever run a microwave for more than 3 minutes? Most of the time, I run it for 30-60 seconds. "Microwaves cause water molecules in food to vibrate, producing heat that cooks the food" according to the FDA. So if the water warms, so will your food.
I agree, those Microwaves are plain and simply for heating not cooking from scratch@@lizvoosen
As you got no ground, microwaves arent stopped by the faraday cage of the microwave and close like this you could have break your Bluetti