Date:         Sat, 25 Oct 2003 10:30:55 -0400
Reply-To:     80 Westy Pokey <pokey@VANAGON.ORG>
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From:         80 Westy Pokey <pokey@VANAGON.ORG>
Subject:      Re: Microwave oven in Westy?
Comments: To: Craig Oda <craigoda@COMMUNITYBUILDERS.INFO>
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I am not an electrical guru, so I can't tell you if this
would work of of a battery inverter setup... but my hunch is
no.

That said, while at Westies at Watkins I brought a full
sized kitchen microwave because I could not get my propane
tank to fill. I sat it right on top of the closed stove lid
and it fit very well.

We were plugged into "shore power" so we didn't have to
worry about draining the battery. The only glitch was when
we tried to run the electric parabolic heater (1500 watts)
and the microwave together... that tripped the breaker
inside the van.

Thanks,
Chris

---- Original message ----
>Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 13:00:42 -0700
>From: Craig Oda <craigoda@COMMUNITYBUILDERS.INFO>
>Subject: Microwave oven in Westy?
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>
>I have a dual battery setup.  My auxiliary battery is a
sears die-hard,
>not a deep-cycle.   At the time, the Optima was too
expensive and it's
>hard to get many batteries into that compartment behind the
driver's seat.
>
>I think it would be good to put a small microwave oven in
the westy,
>maybe on a stand to the left of the kitchen burners, over
the popup drawers.
>
>Does anyone have experience with putting a microwave in a
westy?  I'm
>thinking of just a small microwave to heat up refridgerated
foods.  I
>want the microwave to run off the battery.  I don't usually
dock my
>Westy into the power grid.  I don't run too much else off
the battery
>except for the interior lights.
>
>Regards,
>Craig