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Subject:Re: Microwave oven in Westy?
From:Joe Federici
Date:Fri, 24 Oct 2003 17:07:00 -0400

Your concern with a microwave is the amount of power it uses and how
often you want to use it so the question isn't will it work but how
much time before the battery is dead. They do make RV models  but
they still draw quite a bit. Deep cycles or flood batteries are not
made for this type of draw so you may be better off buying a new
better suited AMG or gel cell when you have the moeny.

JFF

>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