Interesting find about Panasonic Inverter Microwave
As you all know, Panasonic inverter microwaves actually reduce the power instead of cycling between 0/100. I decided to analyze the different power setting and share my discovery with you so we can all better use these appliances. For certains actions or reheating I believe it can have a positive impact.
Panasonic 1200 watts NN-SD671S with Inverter Technology. All measurements at walls with P3 k!ll-a-watt rounded to 10. Since were are talking about pre-converted power usage, 1000 watts used doesnt mean 1000 watts of cooking power. But we can observe pattern and correlation between measurement.
Power 10: cycle between 50w (long) and 1000w (short).
note: you can actually hear the microwave switching between high/low
Power 20: cycle between 50w(mid), 1000w(short) and 650watts(short-mid)
Power 30: consistently @ 650w
Power 40: consistently @ 775w
Power 50: consistently @ 1025w (quite an impressive jump from power 40, non linear)
Power 60: consistently @ 1150w
Power 70: consistently @ 1250w
Power 80: consistently @ 1375w
Power 90: consistently @ 1600w (another non-linear jump from power 80)
Power 100: consistently @ 1800w
Conclusion:
-Power 10 and 20 is marketing gimmick since the inverter used in most of their 200$ microwave cannot invert below power 30. I believe power 30 to be superior for some low-power kitchen tasks due to the fact that it never spike above 650w.
-Unexpected jump between power 40»50 and power 80»90.
Kinda explain odd behavior I was observing in the pasts few years. Like the intensity of reheating between 40 and 50. It also prove me right to continues using power 90 instead of default 100.