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likely startup/peak vs. running - the output watts are likely rated as running/sustained for some period of time.

-j
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Thanks for the replies. The above seems to make a lot of sense. I let the microwave run for about 10 minutes though and it never really went down much. It leaves me wondering.

Sorry to bring up an old thread, but I was having trouble with a kill-a-watt and measuring a microwave. The microwave supposedly has 1650 input and 1200 output watts. When I measured it with a kill-a-watt it showed input between 1900 and 2000 watts.

Is there a problem with kill-a-watts measuring microwaves? Maybe because of their higher wattage?

When I saw the above comment by adaseb, I thought he or maybe someone else might know something about this.

Thanks for any help that can be provided.