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Really appreciate finding this community! Been learning a lot.

Curious if folks run a dedicated branch circuit for their ovens?
 
Really appreciate finding this community! Been learning a lot.

Curious if folks run a dedicated branch circuit for their ovens?
Yes, certainly if the wattage is over 1,400. Many of the microwaves posted in this thread, even some which wave the text "1,000 watts" in their title, actually pull a lot more than that. For example,
https://www.amazon.com/Microwave-Technology-Convection-Defroster-Countertop/dp/B09HKPSRWW - which literally says "1,000 w" in the title,will actually pull 1,800 watts in Convection mode. So it's important to read the manual.

1,800 watts is 15 amps, so that should get a 20 amp circuit just for the microwave. Otherwise you may find yourself resetting breakers more often than you'd like. Or worse.

Same thing with Induction cooktops. Many of those can pull 1,800 watts.

Read the manual and confirm, and add 20% for breaker size .
 
I have mine dedicated, my AC panel is with all my controls. It gives me a way to shut it off if needed without having to pull it out of the shelf its on.

Also the wattage is the cooking power, here is mine. You can see its a 1,000w but needs upto 1,600w input.
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what inverter size (watts?) are y'all running with such ovens? and what total battery Ah? or are you mostly using these on shore power like @BadWolf ?
Similar to others and yours, we are running the Victron Multiplus 3000 (24-volt in our case) and I've pushed it to 5kW of output with no trouble. We've run oven, cooktop, and water-heater simultaneously frequently; I've pushed by intentionally adding the espresso machine at the same time. No problem. There's some consumption posts for those devices a couple pages back in this thread.
 
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