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bshillam
Joined: 21 Aug 2007 Posts: 782 City/Region: Bellingham
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 1981
Vessel Name: Heaven To Me
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Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 12:13 pm Post subject: Compact microwave. |
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Anyone have one of these looks like a great little unit,
http://www.homedepot.com/p/203624141#BVRRWidgetID
I was thinking of tossing the .8/.9 microwave that takes up a lot of counterspace for this little puppy. |
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rogerbum
Joined: 21 Nov 2004 Posts: 5922 City/Region: Kenmore
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2008
C-Dory Model: 255 Tomcat
Vessel Name: Meant to be
Photos: SeaDNA
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Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 1:08 pm Post subject: |
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I don't have one of those. I replaced the microwave on our Tomcat with a convection oven. It's a much more flexible device as i can bake and broil in it too. Not good for making coffee our hot water but better for every thing else. _________________ Roger on Meant to be |
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thataway
Joined: 02 Nov 2003 Posts: 20829 City/Region: Pensacola
State or Province: FL
C-Dory Year: 2007
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: thataway
Photos: Thataway
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Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 1:50 pm Post subject: |
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It says 750 watts for cooking power. Wonder what the actual consumption is? Can a Honda EU1000 run it? _________________ Bob Austin
Thataway
Thataway (Ex Seaweed) 2007 25 C Dory May 2018 to Oct. 2021
Thisaway 2006 22' CDory November 2011 to May 2018
Caracal 18 140 Suzuki 2007 to present
Thataway TomCat 255 150 Suzukis June 2006 thru August 2011
C Pelican; 1992, 22 Cruiser, 2002 thru 2006
Frequent Sea; 2003 C D 25, 2007 thru 2009
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Home port: Pensacola FL |
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redbaronace
Joined: 29 Aug 2012 Posts: 581 City/Region: Puget Sound
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2006
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Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 10:08 pm Post subject: Securing Microwave |
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We went to the Victoria, BC in some nasty weather last week where we had closely stacked 5 foot wind waves (25 knot winds) which brought a lot of water over the bow and really tossed us around. Some items which were sitting on counters or unsecured found their way onto the floor.
We just purchased a 750 watt 0.5 cubic feet microwave which we plan to house on the counter of the rear port side locker. I believe in its proposed location, it would have fallen off the countertop. So my question is how have folks secured their countertop microwaves to keep them from bouncing around or falling off the countertop in big wave conditions.
Wondered if Museum Putty would have the ability to hold the microwave. It is designed to hold items in earthquakes, but not necessarily the weight and movement of a boat crashing in big waves.
As always your help is appreciated.
Last edited by redbaronace on Wed Mar 30, 2016 10:17 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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JamesTXSD
Joined: 01 Mar 2005 Posts: 7446 City/Region: from island boy to desert dweller
State or Province: AZ
C-Dory Year: 2007
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: "Wild Blue" (sold 9/14)
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Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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I made a shelf under the dinette for a small microwave; put non-skid on that and the microwave never moved. Low in the boat, but you did have to put your head under the dinette table to use it. |
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rogerbum
Joined: 21 Nov 2004 Posts: 5922 City/Region: Kenmore
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2008
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Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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I don't know how your oven is set up but the convection/toaster oven I installed has some side handles on it. I drilled holes through those and put blind nuts in the shelf. That allowed me to bolt it down on both sides. See below.
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Aurelia
Joined: 21 Aug 2009 Posts: 2331 City/Region: Gig Harbor
State or Province: WA
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Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 10:25 pm Post subject: |
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We have used straps similar to this to secure microwaves and other items. Some have their own adhesive pads but they can also be epoxied in place for more strength.
http://www.amazon.com/Parent-Units-Electronic-Equipment-Straps/dp/B00CO8ER4Q
Greg _________________ Greg, Cindie & Aven
Gig Harbor
Aurelia - 25 Cruiser sold 2012
Ari - 19 Cruiser sold 2023
currently exploring with "Lia", 17 ft Bullfrog Supersport Pilothouse |
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thataway
Joined: 02 Nov 2003 Posts: 20829 City/Region: Pensacola
State or Province: FL
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Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 11:20 pm Post subject: |
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One other way of securing the microwave is to make some foot blocks, screw or glue them to the shelf top. cut holes in the top of the block, the same size as the feet of the microwave. I have then used a small piece of shock cord to be sure it did not bounce out of the cut outs in these blocks.
I also have some museum putty. It might be adequate, but I find many uses for it. |
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texasair
Joined: 01 Feb 2009 Posts: 407 City/Region: Cypress, Texas
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Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 12:14 am Post subject: |
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Bob, I have found that the 750 watt cooking power microwaves trip my Eu1000.
One has to search to find an old school 600w cooking power microwave.
The bonus is that it has analog controls, I have also found that inexpensive digital control boards don't last long in a marine environment. Same thing with AC units.
My 5,000BTU analog Ac barely runs up the RPM's on the eco throttle on my EU1000, But the EU1000 has to work hard to power even the 600W microwave.
Some microwaves list the actual power consumption, some only the cooking power. It seems that on small microwaves the actual power consumption is 200-300 more watts that the cooking power listed
Here is an example http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/301845045945
tex |
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