Date:         Thu, 27 Mar 2014 07:27:34 -0700
Reply-To:     Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: iWaveCube the worlds smallest microwave...any westy owners
              bought one??
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I'm with David on how a microwave fits into the camping experience. But
in case someone else feels differently, an apparently-identical unit
also listed on eBay at
<http://tinyurl.com/q3aakmy> is rated at 600 watts.

At the very minimum -- depending on inverter efficiency and resistive
losses in wiring -- that's more than a 50A draw from the battery. A
ten-minute run of that microwave would pull at least 8 Ah out of the
battery. Seems doable but make sure the wires to the inverter are chubby
enough to support the 50A+ current w/o a significant drop in voltage
else the inverter may shut down.

--
Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
Bend, Ore.

On 03/27/2014 06:36 AM, David Bjorkman wrote:
> Looks somewhat interesting.  What kind of power is needed to run it,
> I wonder?  Still, I don't know if I could bring myself to take one
> camping.  Microwaves are sure useful, but they fall into a category
> that I see along with TV's that just do not fit with a campfire.
> I'll remember this the next time my fire goes out before the potatoes
> are done :o).
>
> Dave B.
>
>
> On 03/27/14, JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:
>
> anyone bought one of these? at only 12 lbs and taking up less than a
> cubic foot of space, i was thinking it might be a nice idea...
> thoughts?
>
> _New Dorm Watt Personal Desktop Microwave Oven Watt Cube Portable
> Camping | eBay_
> (http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Dorm-Watt-Personal-Desktop-Microwave-Oven-Watt-Cube-Portable-Camping-/151229061382?pt=Small_Kitchen_Appliances_US&ha
>
>
sh=item2335f45906#ht_1272wt_1098)
>