Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net> While looking for something else, I turned up an interesting fact: Panasonic Inverter 1200Watt Microwave ovens are $109 at WalMart The implication is that there is a 1.2 kW HV DC power supply in there!!... Hmmmm...