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Called Newell service & was told they don't put the cooktop on the inverter and that the only items the inverter operates is whatever is listed on the inverter circuit breaker panel in the electronics bay.

No offense to Newell, but that doesn't make a whole lot of sense... you'd have to fire up your genny in the wee hours just to scramble some eggs...  yours is definitely wired differently than mine then. How easy would it be to light up that back panel with the inverter?