Buck Turgidson
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By those with stealthily sponsored youtube channels perhaps but in real life the cost of replacing gas with electric for cooking is ridiculous.
Inverter size for microwave?
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By those with stealthily sponsored youtube channels perhaps but in real life the cost of replacing gas with electric for cooking is ridiculous.
coopec
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It would be expensive if the yacht was small and didn't have adequate generating capacity.
JumbleDuck
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Why not just use a 12V microwave oven?
coopec
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I really doubt there is such a thing.
My next-door neighbor is a trucky and he has a 12V (24V?) "lunch heater" which he uses to heat his meals but that doesn't do any cooking.
JumbleDuck
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Freebee
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yes you can get a 12v microwave but the current drain is big!
pvb
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But about the same as running a mains microwave from an inverter.
rogerthebodger
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Even in deep datg Africa have 12VDC microwaves
Greatest Invention Ever? The 12V Travel Microwave Oven Is Now In...
coopec
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Well that's new to me! (I notice they are currently unavailable though(???)
The WaveBox is a portable 12V microwave oven. It is available in a 12V only model, as well as in an AC/DC version. With the AC/DC model, you don't have to stress your battery if you're at a camping spot with electricity, but you can still enjoy the convenience of microwave when power is not available.
The drain on a 12v battery bank would be very significant (20A) though so you'd have to have a decent generator.
12V Microwave Oven Wavebox®
12V Microwave Oven - 12 Volt Wavebox
KompetentKrew
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My Panasonic breadmakmer uses only a peak of about 550W and about 550watt-hours to bake a large loaf. Recently I've been using it only to knead the dough, which I've been baking as rolls in the oven.
I guess you could get several microwave meals out of 550watt-hours of battery - how much induction hob use could you get out of it?
Graham376
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Yes and when it busts, you're throwing away the built in inverter which was the major part of the purchase cost.
Kelpie
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It depends on how far you want to go with it. If you want to completely ditch your gas system and go with a massive lithium bank, and buy Victron everything, then yes it will cost a fortune.
But you could also just get a cheap unbranded inverter, run it from your standard bank of four Trojans, and accept the limitations. Keep the gas installation but use electric when it's sunny enough to keep the batteries full (and, of course, where you have access to shore power).
I know that one forumite is doing exactly that, and seems very happy with the setup. I plan to do something similar myself.
Elessar
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Nonsense
coopec
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I wondered why I had never heard of a Wavebox 12V microwave but I don't think were ever sold in Australia. In Australia it would be against the law to pull up anywhere and stay overnight in your caravan (mobile home) We have " caravan parks' and all sites have 240V power.
Wavebox was apparently taken over by "Power Hunt" and now has been discontinued.
Interesting a cooking rack is no longer supplied it is not needed....?
In Australia I think you'd be battling to by a 12V one. (The price would be hideous anyway.
Wavebox was apparently taken over by "Power Hunt" and now has been discontinued.
Interesting a cooking rack is no longer supplied it is not needed....?
In Australia I think you'd be battling to by a 12V one. (The price would be hideous anyway.
Jamie Dundee
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This may be the case now but when I was travelling down there 2003/2006 there were plenty of outback ‘sites’ where I needed to run my generator.
coopec
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Of course if you are "off roading" where there are very few caravan parks that is another matter. But what manufacturer is going to target those people for sales?
(Your nick-name wouldn't be "crocodile" by any chance would it?) ? ?
rogerthebodger
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Clive looking at outback truckers there would be a market for maybe 24Vdc microwaves.
When I was building DistantShaws there was a different 12vdc microwave and considered buying one but decided to go for a 240vac and a seperate inverter as I could used the microwave off shore power and a mains generator if available. I could also use the inverter to power other mains only devices.
Doing it this was gave more flexibility.
SWMBO did get me to buy a small mains oven to do oven cooking but the microwave I fitted did include an infrared grill but did not will not run that from an inverter as it would run the battery's down too quick. We only use the grill when on shore power
When I was building DistantShaws there was a different 12vdc microwave and considered buying one but decided to go for a 240vac and a seperate inverter as I could used the microwave off shore power and a mains generator if available. I could also use the inverter to power other mains only devices.
Doing it this was gave more flexibility.
SWMBO did get me to buy a small mains oven to do oven cooking but the microwave I fitted did include an infrared grill but did not will not run that from an inverter as it would run the battery's down too quick. We only use the grill when on shore power
JumbleDuck
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rogerthebodger
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Yes that would do nicely.
The 12vdc one I saw a while ago was called Road something if I remember correctly.
Clive should do a market survey in the Australian trucking industry and then may be we can setup to export then a to untapped market.
coopec
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The TruckCheft would no doubt suit some situations - maybe a geologist and the crew cooking a meal in the outback under the stars.
My next door neighbor (and all the other inter-state truckies) have two drivers - one drives while the other sleeps. They have a 24V fridge/freezer and a food warmer. They couldn't possibly stop to use a 20L microwave to cook their meals. It's 4000km (2500 mile) each way and they must drive, unload, load, drive and take a day off each week. What a life! ?
I wonder if the Truck Chef has a turn-table?