R2 120V Outlet experiences?

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We were considering taking our camper out with the R2 this weekend. I decided to see if it'd actually be able to power the camper at all. I know our R1's struggled with it enough that I ended up not bothering. Our Sierra EV's inverter is so much stronger here that it was kind of stupid to even try anything else.

Our setup in the camper has a Victron Multiplus II 48V/5000VA inverter. It's minimum 120V input setting is 10.9A. My R2 keeps kicking off the outlets. At first it took a little bit of time, but now I only get a few seconds before it kicks off. Shows off in the car and no output at the camper. The 1900W written onto the outlet sits there mocking me. 1300W is significantly less. I'm hoping there's a chance the field outlet might be able to take up the slack here, but I'm not confident, and it greatly complicates being able to both charge the car and use the outlet (which some people said wasn't possible, but they were wrong. See below. Charging limited to 32A while the 120V outlet is on)

I also tried using my mitre saw off the outlet. It slow starts for about a half second before the outlet gets disabled. Again, something I can run without issue on my Sierra.

I guess my next step is probably just getting an adjustable 120V ->48VDC charger and bumping that up until just before it shuts the R2 off.

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Interesting. I guess the onboard inverter is not liking the miter saw inrush current spike, so is the Victron a similar surge load, it seems so from your tests? Have you tried the outlet with other loads? I'm guessing other surge loads like mains powered air compressors and vacuums may have a similar issue, so perhaps a 1500/1800W fan heater to see if a hopefully more purely resistive load might get closer to the plug stated output. I looked but didn't see any specification in the R2 manual for the outlet.

It will be disappointing if this is an area where Rivian have trimmed costs with a relatively weak inverter. If so then for me I guess the solution would be getting a portable power station that can hopefully charge reliably from either 12V or 120V outlets and use that as a buffer into everything else, but it shouldn't be necessary if that's what it takes.