Microwaves are high-power loads, and advertised cooking wattage may be lower than electrical input power.
Check the appliance label or manufacturer specifications rather than relying only on cooking watts. Make sure continuous AC output has adequate headroom.
Microwaves usually run for only minutes at a time, so battery energy use may be manageable even though instantaneous power demand is high.
Enter battery capacity and average device load. This planning estimate uses 85% usable efficiency.
Actual runtime varies with conversion losses, cycling loads, temperature and battery condition.
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