tom-
i didn't have any time to put meters on things while i was up there. too busy building another deck with RE. i'll post about that tonight.
the inverter is connected to the bank with 3/0 copper with anti-ox and solid copper connectors (6') and has a 150 a fuse that has never blown. the AC side of things is all #10 hard wired to the inverter and branches off to various locations. the coffee maker was plugged into an outlet ~110' from the inverter (still #10), and on a 15' #14 extension cord.
i'm guessing my air compressor draws ~800w min. while running, and my chopsaw, which doesn't have a soft start feature draws WELL over 1200w when your first pull the trigger. (induction motor)... and my inverter did that just fine, so, i'm guessing there aren't issues with the wiring connections.
I am not familiar with how new coffee machines work but if it has some kind of switching power supply feeding the heater it could draw huge spikes.
i think this might be the case. either that, or my wiring is too stout, and maybe the coffee machine on a 100' #16 cord would do it?? i've read about putting capacitors across the AC hot and neutral, much like a motor start capacitor. is it actually that simple, given the correctly sized/rated capacitor is used?
i'd be more than willing to drop $150 on capacitors if that might solve these finnicky issues. i just don't know how to find and or install them. (help!)
i'm already thinking about getting an outback 3500 vented jobby, but even then, the same capacitor rig could be used with the new inverter.
thanks for any info!
adam