i was thinking simple quick and easy if your at a campsite with electrical
and water hookups, camped in someones driveway etc..  not everyone has the
time to cook on a open fire or bother w/ the westy stove.  when i want to
heat up a leftover chinese takeout or a slice of pizza /tv dinner  deal.   i
would never intend to use it off grid.. only at a powered  campsite.

wow.. i never intended this to be a "camping experience" debate, just a
simple question if anyone has installed a compact microwave in their westy.
*rolls eyes*

In a message dated 3/27/2014 10:28:21 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM writes:

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.