Induction Cook Top

[JRW-NAW]

Does Newmar put the induction cook top on a seperate electric cicuit?

Thanks.

Jay

 

[Neal]

Yes, it requires shore power (or GEN) as noted by looking at your circuit breaker panel for the 120V breakers. Notice one side is shore power side (side with A/C's) and the other side is the inverter side.

 

[Kevin D Pem]

Just for information, anyone know what the power requirements are for these units?
As you all know I don't have one but I use a portable one outside.
How about a pic, I just want to see how the other side lives.

 

[FL-JOE]

Our 4369 had that cooktop which was plugged in to a 110 outlet. I always assumed it would work off batteries but I never tried it, just like I thought my microwave would work without generator or shore power, but again I never tried it. With 8 batteries in my bank I thought the only things I could not run when not on shore power or on generator was the three a/c units.

But Neal is probably correct.

 

[Richpatty]

I have often thought of trying to plug the induction into the outlet on the kitchen outlets and run it off the inverter. As long as you don’t run much else.

 

[FL-JOE]

I certainly ran about anything plugged into a 110 outlet off the inverter when I had my 17. The DW could do her hair dryer for one thing. I thought the salesmen told me originally everything could be ran except a/c units when not plugged in or on generator, but like I said before I never actually tried it so I don't know if that was good info or not.

 

[Neal]

It is probably fine, I just use extreme caution after @MapNerd's event where he lost all power due to a blown inverter fuse. I now have 3 spare fuses and hope to never use one. When I use the air fryer I typically plug into the induction cooktop plug due to the fear from above scenario but last time I did use the under cabinet plug (inverter side) and it did fine. Be aware of electrical loads. Know the ratings which are probably on the underside of the cooktop but I'm too lazy to look.

 

[Kevin D Pem]

So @Neal What size breaker is the induction top connected to?

 

[Neal]

What part of lazy was unclear! Fine, I'll get out of my chair...

It's 120V / 1800W on a 20A breaker.

This is "my" model induction cooktop, different coaches have different models, dual burner, blah blah blah.

 

[MapNerd]

to be fair, we were using the cooktop, convection oven and instant pot air fryer all at the same time and turned them all on within minutes of each other, and we were on 30amp service, and the generator wasn’t running.

we’ve learned to slowly increase our heating appliance loads, have the auto gen start set, and tend not to use the air fryer unless we’re on 50amp service.
No issues so far...

i do carry 2 spare 300amp fuses now though!

 

[Kevin D Pem]

I am ever mindful of my inverter output. To be honest I would not be able to use it. My single coil unit is 1400 watts max. and most of the time I use it at the start-up setting of 1100 or step it down. My system is set with an Air switch(180 amp breaker). Because the cook top is an inductive load there is a start-up hit but it seems quite low in my case.

Only two items in my rig are not used on inverter are the A/C and the air fryer/ micro.

To keep with this post linage the circuit use is a 20 amp dedicated circuit. If the kitchen circuit you want to plug into is dedicated 20 amp then it should be fine. Even if not dedicated and is 20 Amp you should be ok as long as Like @MapNerd posted you don't try to overload the circuit.

 

[FL-JOE]

to be fair, we were using the cooktop, convection oven and instant pot air fryer all at the same time and turned them all on within minutes of each other, and we were on 30amp service, and the generator wasn’t running.

we’ve learned to slowly increase our heating appliance loads, have the auto gen start set, and tend not to use the air fryer unless we’re on 50amp service.
No issues so far...

i do carry 2 spare 300amp fuses now though!

So I wasn't dreaming when I said everything in our 4369 (8 battery bank) could be ran except a/c units when not hooked up to shore power or generator? My AGM was always set to have the generator come on before my house bank got too low so I never worried about that.

 

[MapNerd]

So I wasn't dreaming when I said everything in our 4369 (8 battery bank) could be ran except a/c units when not hooked up to shore power or generator? My AGM was always set to have the generator come on before my house bank got too low so I never worried about that.

You can do it...for a few minutes!