Best microwave for 22 cruiser

Thanks Greg, I'll have to see if I can find some. Perfect for what I was thinking. Bob, I do have that meter you mention. In fact, I just pulled the meter out of my tool drawer the other day to see how much my Cpap was drawing as I got a new inverter. Not much without the humidifier! :D I'm pretty sure my Honda 2000 can power the 750 watt microwave when I use it as opposed to shore power. But I should put the meter on it while it's still in the house just for curiosity. Colby
 
There's a photo of my built-in microwave in my album. It's under the front port seat base. Never had any regrets with this system. Lots of frozen egg croissant's went through it over the years. My EU2000 or my Pro sign inverter both ran it in all ranges. As I recall is wasn't more than 1000 watts.
 
They are handy at home and work but on a boat the size of mine it would take up too much space, add too much weight and eat too much hydro.

If you are building it into a cabinet don't forget the back needs to be vented or it will overheat and shut off.

My mom managed fine without one - when I worked late she would heat up my plate of dinner in a frying pan. Put a metal ring from a mason jar in the middle, added water up to the top of ring then put plate on ring and lid on frying pan. Dinner was steamed - it did not take long and did not dry out like food in a micro.

Regards, Rob
 
Gary, I like how you installed yours under that seat....but I need all that cabinet space! :shock: I'm probably going to look into some of those thumb latch things, or something equivalent. Really want to just be able to use the microwave on the countertop, or table. And also be able to take it off the boat or put somewhere out of the way if we need that counterspace.... Colby
 
Colby, This is what we use, about as compact as you can get, I think a couple of other brats have the same one.
600w cooking power actually uses close to 800 w. We carry a Honda EU 1000 on the boat and it works hard but will power it. An EU 2000 wont even break a sweat. It has old fashioned analog controls. Down here on the Texas coast we sometimes have durability issues with electronic controls on cheap appliances. The salt air does not seem to agree with them, No such issues with the analog controls. The analog ones are getting hard to find.


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Thanks Tex. But we already have that 750 watt Microwave. I think it'll do fine here in our mostly fresh water use areas! :) Also think I found some straps to use to tie it down. The thumb style mentioned earlier were a bit more pricey than I wanted to pay. I found some "furniture tie downs" that I think I can make work. And if not, I can always use them in the house! Colby

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Anything with digital controls can only operate with pure sine wave power. Most of the inverters sold have square wave power output. There are some that have modified sine wave power what will work with most, but not all, digital controls.

Just bought a 12 volt input, 1000 watt, 110 Volt, modified sine wave output, unit from Walmart, shipped from their Hong Kong supplier, for use on Red Top. Since it is NOT marine rated, it must be kept dry. Price delivered was less than $50 to here in NC.
 
On a 22 foot boat the best cooking instrument for us has been a frying pan on a butane cooker. Can’t say I’ve ever considered something advanced as a microwave.
 
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