running washing machine on inverter

[CampinGazz]

Further to my post about a low energy washing machine, i'm basicaly stuck
for just 2 models of compact washers in the UK anyway, and both draw about
the same power, both are cold fill only, but i'm going to hook that upto a
thermostatic mixer valve that will feed warm water to the machine, set the
machine to cold wash so it dosent power it's internal heater, and set the
wash temperature with the mixer valve.

My next question, will they run on my inverter, i know best thing to do is
suck it and see, but the washers are very expensive because there's not much
call for a compact sized washer in england, the average motorhome isnt big
enough to fit one in, and the average house/flat has room for a full sized
washer.

But i'm hoping someone can help a little, i've read on here about washers
sold specificaly for use on an inverter, they have a different board in it
to run on the modified sine wave compared to a grid power washer.

But i've also heard some washer will run on an inverter, some wont.

My inverter is an anteres 1600 watt modified sine wave model, it's about 10
years old, has no surge capacity because it has a soft start feature, it's a
big heavy plain metal boxed unit, nowt fancy about it at all,

It's got a very large torrodial transformer inside it to step the voltage
up, rather than the modern switched mode inverters, as i'm in england it's a
230 volt model of course)

It was origionaly used in a mobile windscreen fitters van, to power the
hoover and heat up mastic guns,
In my motorhome it powers a 1600 watt hoover, 900 watt microwave, 1200 watt
hair dryer and so on, not all at once of course, but all those items work
fine on it, the microwave make a slighty louder buzzing noise on inverter
power compared to shore power, but it's not a really bad buzz like i had
when running off a cheapo 30 quid inverter from maplins.

Of the 2 washers, one makes a song and dance about it having fuzzy logic,
the other dosent mention that, they both have variable speed spin, and a big
selection of wash cycles,

The one with fuzzy logic is a Candy aqua1000T, and the other one is a Zanusi
ZWC1300W, i'm leaning towards the Zanusi as it uses slightly less water than
the candy, importiant when my water supply is from a tank in the van,

Can anyone give me some guidance on this... i know i'm highly unlikely to
get anyone replying saying, 'i have the candy or zanusi machine, and it runs
fine on an inverter',
but what are the things to look out for when choosing a machine to run off a
modified sine wave inverter? and what can be done about it.

I.e. i assume the programmer won't run at the speed its supposed to, but for
that i could always get a very small output pure sine wave inverter, and
have that power the programmer only, with the big main inverter powering the
rest of the machine.

Any help gratefully recieved.

 

[Steve Spence]

Further to my post about a low energy washing machine, i'm basicaly stuck
for just 2 models of compact washers in the UK anyway, and both draw about
the same power, both are cold fill only, but i'm going to hook that upto a
thermostatic mixer valve that will feed warm water to the machine, set the
machine to cold wash so it dosent power it's internal heater, and set the
wash temperature with the mixer valve.

My next question, will they run on my inverter, i know best thing to do is
suck it and see, but the washers are very expensive because there's not much
call for a compact sized washer in england, the average motorhome isnt big
enough to fit one in, and the average house/flat has room for a full sized
washer.

But i'm hoping someone can help a little, i've read on here about washers
sold specificaly for use on an inverter, they have a different board in it
to run on the modified sine wave compared to a grid power washer.

But i've also heard some washer will run on an inverter, some wont.

My inverter is an anteres 1600 watt modified sine wave model, it's about 10
years old, has no surge capacity because it has a soft start feature, it's a
big heavy plain metal boxed unit, nowt fancy about it at all,

It's got a very large torrodial transformer inside it to step the voltage
up, rather than the modern switched mode inverters, as i'm in england it's a
230 volt model of course)

It was origionaly used in a mobile windscreen fitters van, to power the
hoover and heat up mastic guns,
In my motorhome it powers a 1600 watt hoover, 900 watt microwave, 1200 watt
hair dryer and so on, not all at once of course, but all those items work
fine on it, the microwave make a slighty louder buzzing noise on inverter
power compared to shore power, but it's not a really bad buzz like i had
when running off a cheapo 30 quid inverter from maplins.

Of the 2 washers, one makes a song and dance about it having fuzzy logic,
the other dosent mention that, they both have variable speed spin, and a big
selection of wash cycles,

The one with fuzzy logic is a Candy aqua1000T, and the other one is a Zanusi
ZWC1300W, i'm leaning towards the Zanusi as it uses slightly less water than
the candy, importiant when my water supply is from a tank in the van,

Can anyone give me some guidance on this... i know i'm highly unlikely to
get anyone replying saying, 'i have the candy or zanusi machine, and it runs
fine on an inverter',
but what are the things to look out for when choosing a machine to run off a
modified sine wave inverter? and what can be done about it.

I.e. i assume the programmer won't run at the speed its supposed to, but for
that i could always get a very small output pure sine wave inverter, and
have that power the programmer only, with the big main inverter powering the
rest of the machine.

Any help gratefully recieved.

Our local Sears has Kenmore front loaders that run fine on a MSW
inverter. Mine is the 417.44072300 and I run it on a AC DELCO 2500 watt
inverter.

Are these available in the UK?

 

[CampinGazz]

Our local Sears has Kenmore front loaders that run fine on a MSW inverter.
Mine is the 417.44072300 and I run it on a AC DELCO 2500 watt inverter.

Are these available in the UK?

Afraid not, i origionaly wanted something like a Lemair brand, but those are
top loaders, and seem popular in australia, but no where else, deffinately
not in the uk.

There are only 3 compact washers we can get hold of over here, the zanussi,
the Candy, and a Euronova, the latter one is imported from germany by boaty
type firms, hence they have no quarms asking 700 pounds for it!!! the
zanussi is 360 and the candy 320, and even then they are expensive compared
to a full sized washer with similar features.

I've just tried our old household washer on my inverter, it's sat out in the
garden not connected to the water, (replaced it a few weeks ago, had to get
a new dishwasher, and got a matching washer cheap to go with it)

The wwasher makes a bit of a buzzing in certian modes, i rekon it's when the
water inlet solenoids are operating, i cant connect to the water, so i can't
be sure, but it does seem to be them,

The programmer makes a slight buzz, but it moves round on it's own fine,
wether it works to the same time as on grid power i dont know.

I did notice the soft start on the inverter was cutting in when the drum
first started, but it wound up to full spin easily, and the main motor was
as quiet as on grid mains,

No smoke leaked out of the top of the machine, so that's proven that my
inverter will run A washer, but this washer is really basic, none of this
fuzzy logic stuff, no spray water distribution thingy (the zanussi has that
thing where it pumps the water from the bottom of the drum and sprays it
over the clothes when doing the wash and soak cycles.. the latest craze for
washers apparantly)