marvin4239
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Dene":3jct3vn8 said:
Dene has the I-Cube Microwave and apparently it won't work off a modified sine wave inverter.
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Portable Microwave
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Dene has the I-Cube Microwave and apparently it won't work off a modified sine wave inverter.
Oly:
I'm going to guess that the new mini-microwave suffers from the same faults as the ones discussed before: (except for having it's own inverter.)
1. Too small an inside area for many uses.
2. Too slow to heat or cook anything up; simply not powerful enough. If it only draws so many Watts, and that's all the energy it's got available to heat with (minus the inefficiency of the energy conversion from electrical to heat.)
3. No turntable for even heating.
4. 110-120 vac means you need an inverter, generator, or shore power to run it. (Exception noted above.)
5. It's Overpriced! $130 for a microwave that won't perform with a $50 unit!
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If you want quick, easy heat for hot water or heating wet towels, forget the electrical route, including the "coil in a cup" quickie college shortcut.
Get a single or double burner propane stove and blast away with quick, direct combustion heat from concentrated petroleum fuel.
No need for wiring, batteries, inverters, switches, fuses, or fussy circuits!
As long as you're going to be using it over a short period and watching it constantly to cook or heat water, you don't need to worry about CO2 build up, CO detectors, or propane monitors.
Just be sure to store the partially used canisters outside in a well ventilated area where the heavier than air vapors, should there be a leak, cannot collect.
It's cheaper and faster than an electric alternative, and one heck of a lot simpler, too!
No Surprise: The KISS Principle Wins Again!
Joe. :teeth :thup
I'm going to guess that the new mini-microwave suffers from the same faults as the ones discussed before: (except for having it's own inverter.)
1. Too small an inside area for many uses.
2. Too slow to heat or cook anything up; simply not powerful enough. If it only draws so many Watts, and that's all the energy it's got available to heat with (minus the inefficiency of the energy conversion from electrical to heat.)
3. No turntable for even heating.
4. 110-120 vac means you need an inverter, generator, or shore power to run it. (Exception noted above.)
5. It's Overpriced! $130 for a microwave that won't perform with a $50 unit!
***********************
If you want quick, easy heat for hot water or heating wet towels, forget the electrical route, including the "coil in a cup" quickie college shortcut.
Get a single or double burner propane stove and blast away with quick, direct combustion heat from concentrated petroleum fuel.
No need for wiring, batteries, inverters, switches, fuses, or fussy circuits!
As long as you're going to be using it over a short period and watching it constantly to cook or heat water, you don't need to worry about CO2 build up, CO detectors, or propane monitors.
Just be sure to store the partially used canisters outside in a well ventilated area where the heavier than air vapors, should there be a leak, cannot collect.
It's cheaper and faster than an electric alternative, and one heck of a lot simpler, too!
No Surprise: The KISS Principle Wins Again!
Joe. :teeth :thup
Pat Anderson
New member
Yes indeedy! I wish we had our money back for all the silly things we bought - we will make a KILLER deal for anyone at the SBS who wants a 12 volt pizza oven!
Sea Wolf":3ts1v2tq said:er, too!
No Surprise: The KISS Principle Wins Again!
Joe. :teeth :thup
Hello everyone,
I've been lurking around this site for quite some years now, gathering up all the information on THE boat that I plan to buy when I retire. I haven't chimed in as of yet, because you all already have the bevy of info already at hand. This subject however I can offer up some info that I have direct knowledge in.
I am a truck driver (Peterbilt) and I have depended on a microwave oven to cook many a meal in my truck for years. Although you probably will not be able to pull it up on your computers... Go to most any "PILOT" or "PETRO" Truck stop (now called Travel Centers). they have a package deal... a small microwave oven w/ a matched inverter all in one box for somewhere around $139 bucks. It is small enough to fit nicely in any sleeper of any truck (or boat) and cooks very well! Although I already had a nicer (bigger) inverter already installed in my truck, I just put the one that came with the package deal (cig lighter plug) behind the seat of my pick-up incase I ever need it. It is pretty small, has a turntable, and cooks very well.
I have already taken up enough space with this, so if anyone would like any more info... just let me know..
Tommy
I've been lurking around this site for quite some years now, gathering up all the information on THE boat that I plan to buy when I retire. I haven't chimed in as of yet, because you all already have the bevy of info already at hand. This subject however I can offer up some info that I have direct knowledge in.
I am a truck driver (Peterbilt) and I have depended on a microwave oven to cook many a meal in my truck for years. Although you probably will not be able to pull it up on your computers... Go to most any "PILOT" or "PETRO" Truck stop (now called Travel Centers). they have a package deal... a small microwave oven w/ a matched inverter all in one box for somewhere around $139 bucks. It is small enough to fit nicely in any sleeper of any truck (or boat) and cooks very well! Although I already had a nicer (bigger) inverter already installed in my truck, I just put the one that came with the package deal (cig lighter plug) behind the seat of my pick-up incase I ever need it. It is pretty small, has a turntable, and cooks very well.
I have already taken up enough space with this, so if anyone would like any more info... just let me know..
Tommy