Mark R. asked to estimate amp hour use for a bread maker. When I figured my Panisonic I disregarded mixing and beating phase as it draws so litttle. For the baking it was a 40 min. cycle. I guessed that it had a 50% + or - duty cycle. 800 watt heating elliment. With inverter losses and all I guessed about 30-40 amp hours. It's a rough guess with losses and all. My wife and I could not live without a bread maker. Ours also makes dough for long french bread finished in the oven. Also she make pizza crusts. In 1962 when I put the first breadmaker on in NZ after a trip home it would not work with the Heart inverter till I found that if the voltage was below 12.4 VDC everything went fine. For some reason the timer did not like the Sq. wave when the input voltage was high. So I would run the fridge down at the same time. Dennis Raedeke Pachoud 60 Wild Wind IV _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail