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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / RVs / May 2005Hunter's New Microwave
Hi Gang, Well, much angst over buying a new microwave, since mine died a few days ago. What I really want to do is get a new 28' trailer and move all my cabinetry into it... okay, my second choice is to remodel the kitchen in here. Take out the big stove/oven combo and replace it with a two burner cooktop (Like in the Sprint) and out a microwave/convection oven under it where the oven is now. That would free up a huge storage space over the fridge. I also would put in a new kitchen counter and a new sink. All this will happen but not until fall. I'm hitting the road on Monday for the summer adventure. So, back to the microwave. I called around and found a few Dometics. I decided I want a Dometic because it's a closed in space and RV microwaves are vented forward. The prices were astronomical. 349.00 to 399.00!!!!! Yeowser. Remember, I just want it for 6 months. I headed to Wally World and for the heck of it stopped at some RV places here in Ocala. No one had one for less..... My last stop before Walmart was a large RV dealer..... full of SOBs. I went in and asked if they had any microwaves. The nice lady said no, but they could order me one. Well, it's Thursday and I'm leaving on Monday so no good. I thanked her and turned to leave when I saw it...... A black Dometic, on a card table, surrounded by coffee makings. "There's the one I want!" I exclaimed. "Oh, we took that out of a coach when the people wanted a convection/microwave instead." It was perfect, I measured it.... well...a little deep but close enough. I proposed a deal. "What if I go buy you a brand new microwave, would you trade me this one for a new one?" She thought about it and said, "Sure... but get a small one, this one is too big and too much power." My ship had come in. I drove to Target and got a $44.95 little Whirlpool microwave with lots of bells and whistles.. (Remember when they cost thousands and were the size of a Bambi?). I drove back and became the proud owner of a slightly used Dometic..... Walt, the local Airstream repair genius, and I are going to fool with the back of the cabinet to make it go back further. Cool huh? Hunter Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "...holy sh.t...what a ride!" >I drove back and became the proud owner of a slightly used >Dometic..... [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Hunter No doubt about it, you get the SMS Medal of Honor. Canoli >Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well-preserved body, >but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "...holy sh.t...what a ride!" >No doubt about it, you get the SMS Medal of Honor. > >Canoli LOL, as the only woman member.... IIRC.... I am proud to accept it. That said, I was just leafing through a CW catalog and they have what looks like the same microwave for 125.00 on sale. Now, I'm not sure what the local dealers are selling for 350 to 399 but I have to think it's a microwave/convection oven.... Either way, I got the microwave for 44.00... Hunter Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "...holy sh.t...what a ride!" H> So, back to the microwave. I called around and found a few Dometics. I H> decided I want a Dometic because it's a closed in space and RV H> microwaves are vented forward. The prices were astronomical. 349.00 to H> 399.00!!!!! H> Yeowser. Remember, I just want it for 6 months. My Class B came with a 500 watt Gold Star in it, one of the cheapest there is. I didn't know that a microwave had to be custom desgned for an RV. In my case, I think it vents behind the cabnetry somewhere. JPinOH Jon Porter <jporterDropthis@netwalk.com> Sat, 07 May 2005 20:06:28 -0400 >My Class B came with a 500 watt Gold Star in it, one of the cheapest there >is. I didn't know that a microwave had to be custom desgned for an RV. In >my case, I think it vents behind the cabnetry somewhere. Hi Jon, Lots of people use regular microwaves. Mine is in an enclosed cabinet and I wanted it to vent forward. It's all temporary anyway, I'm redoing the entire kitchen in the fall. Hunter Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "...holy sh.t...what a ride!" H> On Sun, 08 May 2005 08:18:20 -0400, Jon Porter H> <jporterDropthis@netwalk. com> wrote: >> My Class B came with a 500 watt Gold Star in it, one of the cheapest >> there is. I didn't know that a microwave had to be custom desgned for >> an RV. In my case, I think it vents behind the cabnetry somewhere. H> Hi Jon, H> Lots of people use regular microwaves. Mine is in an enclosed cabinet H> and I wanted it to vent forward. Mine is completely enclosed in also, at least in the front. Thats why I commented, I didn't know that it was something to consider. I do know that the wall beside it is hollow, so it probably vents into there. The bottom of that wall opens up into an area that contains the Magnitec, batteries, and more hollow space. JPinOH Jon Porter <jporterDropthis@netwalk.com> Sun, 08 May 2005 20:10:18 -0400 > H> So, back to the microwave. I called around and found a few Dometics. I > H> decided I want a Dometic because it's a closed in space and RV [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > >=== Posted with Qusnetsoft NewsReader 2.2.0.8 Every built in microwave that I have ever installed had a simple conversion to either vent up or forward. I have used a GE Spacemaker Convection Microwave in our converted coach for over ten years with no problems. George >Hi Gang, > [quoted text clipped - 59 lines] >Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well-preserved body, >but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "...holy sh.t...what a ride!" Terrific. Should've consulted you when I was looking for a new laptop. I just bought a new HP zv6008cl, one of those with the widescreens. I went into Sam's whining and crying about how the old Compaq fried it's motherboard, and yes it was 5 months beyond warranty and no I didn't have the receipt any longer, let along the original box and boo hoo. The manager, every bit as unimpressed as I expected, offered me this one for $998, which was their list price. He told me they only have a 6% markup on laptops. But then he threw in a 3 year warranty. Parts and labor. I was just about to brag about my fortune here, when you put me in the shade. I sit in awe. Bob www.arcatapet.net/bobgiddings |
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