Portable 12V microwave.

[tom52]

The answer to boaters pray ?

http://www.thewavebox.com/

 

[Dyflin]

Depends, how much?

 

[lydiamight]

According to their web-site the suggested retail selling price is $199----or just less than £100 at current exchange rate. No doubt, however, it will be a lot closer to £200 by the time they start selling them in "rip-off" UK

 

[CPD]

Shown as $199 or about £100. 175W = 15A - ouch.

Also :

To give you a reference point, sample cooking times in a vehicle using a 12 amp cigarette lighter system compared to our other power sources:


Refrigerated slice of pizza AC 2 minutes
DC direct connect 2 minutes
DC cigarette lighter 4.5 minutes
1.1AH for a slice of pizza - sounds like a good deal /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
(I guess that excludes the cost of the pizza though)

Anyone tried one ??

 

[ronsurf]

This 'rip-off' UK attitude winds me up. Next time you have to go to hospital with, say a broken arm think about how much it costs to be treated. Think about the US, where a broken arm costs at least $2000 if there are no complications (like an overnight stay...). If you've ever been to hospital and been treated for anything, you do not have years of medical costs to pay off like US citizens. This includes childbirth. Personally I would rather pay a bit more for a 12V microwave.... Wouldn't you?

 

[nyx2k]

This 'rip-off' UK attitude winds me up. Next time you have to go to hospital with, say a broken arm think about how much it costs to be treated.

i would rather pay for private health insurance than pay my ni to get dirty hospitals and nurses who cant speak any english

 

[bumblefish]

I would ask my wife about that, but she was Welsh! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[bumblefish]

Combined with this. I wonder if you expend more energy in the process than you do from eating the meal at the end?

 

[DinghyMan]

You are forgetting that we already pay for our health care as part of our NI so comparing $2000 to £0 is irrelevant. If I worked how much NI & employers NI I have paid it would be much cheaper just to pay for health care when used - something that will come in anyway so we'll just have to pay several times for it.

 

[pappaecho]

Rip off Uk... diesel bug treatment advertised by maker 500 ml for £19.99 (RRP) - £29.99 in chandlery who are supposed to be agents

 

[Anonymous]

Remember, we are used to a minimum of 650W on a domestic microwave and this is less than 120W (12A and allow for inefficiency). Heating food (or anything else) using batteries is not a good idea (it is not efficient at the very least, and 'wears out' the batteries). With the engine running it isn't a problem, though. Try before buying.

 

[Slow_boat]

How about a 650w microwave and an inverter? Most re-heating takes less than 3 minutes. Would that flatten a 110 amp hour battery?

 

[sailorman]

we have 800watt mains micro.
mainly used in marina but do have 1200 watt pure sinewave inverter.
if using the battery bank ( 330Amp ) we set to 80% power the voltage doesnt drop below 11.5v if we run the engine voltage drops to 12.5 v with the 80% setting it gives the batteries & inverter a rest period, has worked ok for 2 yrs, batteries now 7 yrs old

 

[ChasB]

Who cooks their pizza in a microwave?

Yeuuch!!

Must be the same folk who use condensed milk... /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[bumblefish]

There used to be an advert for a microwave cookery magazine that had the catchy theme tune of 'I use mine to reheat pizzas', so do that, should be quicker than cooking from fresh/frozen?

 

[ChasB]

You're definitely never going to get 3 Michelin stars!

 

[sailorman]

Not us John, well not o/b we have a combo micro @ home pizzas + baked spud programmes

 

[mikesyam]

Got one of these and there great, Samsung, 500 watts and 12v.
http://www.akroservices.co.uk/products.php?cat=1308