check out the new remote control Jockey Wheel SmartBar rearview170 Beam Communications SatPhone Shop Topargee products Enginesaver Low Water Alarms
Members Login
Username 
 
Password 
    Remember Me  
Post Info TOPIC: microwave


Member

Status: Offline
Posts: 10
Date:
microwave


this maybe a stupid question  but how do you guy's permanently mount your microwave in your vans

thanks in advance  dingo



__________________
dingo


Guru

Status: Offline
Posts: 1467
Date:

You dont want to know how mines mounted! very agricultural. Its bolted to the bench so it wont move.



__________________
D.L.Bishop


Guru

Status: Offline
Posts: 4730
Date:

You will find extremely few that are not mounted permanently in a van. If itis a modern van that came supplied with one it will be built into the cabinetry.

__________________

PeterD
Nissan Navara D23 diesel auto, Spaceland pop-top
Retired radio and electronics technician.
NSW Central Coast.

 



Guru

Status: Offline
Posts: 1467
Date:

If you mount a Microwave oven inside a cabinet, make sure its well ventilated as you will over heat the magnetron & kill it.



__________________
D.L.Bishop


Guru

Status: Offline
Posts: 4206
Date:

Ours was in van as original eguip.

It is mounted via 4 longer screws from the underside of the shelf & they replace the 4 that are normaly throught the 4 rubber feet, these feet are still in place.

JC.



__________________

 

 

Be your self; there's no body better qualified !                    "I came into this world with nothing , I still have most of it"

 

JC.

 


 

                                             

                

    

                          



Guru

Status: Offline
Posts: 652
Date:

Our microwave came with the van. It has a bracket that passes over the top of the unit and bolts into the shelf on either side. It also has a moulded plate screwed into the shelf at the front of the microwave where the front feet fit into. There is a vent at the back of the shelf.

We only realised the problem with this setup recently when the original microwave died, and we realised that we had to get one that was the same size so the bracket would fit over it correctly.

__________________


Guru

Status: Offline
Posts: 1467
Date:

MAGNETRON overheated.JPGSince i repair microwaves, heres a picture of a complete Magnetron. The 2 on the right are the actual tube in the middle. The one on the right has been severly over heated, due to lack of ventilation. These things generate a lot of heat & there is a fan inside trying to getrid of it.



__________________
D.L.Bishop


Guru

Status: Offline
Posts: 4206
Date:

Thanks DEBE, ours does have an external vent behinde the unit.

JC.



__________________

 

 

Be your self; there's no body better qualified !                    "I came into this world with nothing , I still have most of it"

 

JC.

 


 

                                             

                

    

                          



Member

Status: Offline
Posts: 10
Date:

thanks guy's for the help much appreciated dingo


__________________
dingo
Page 1 of 1  sorted by
 
Quick Reply

Please log in to post quick replies.

Tweet this page Post to Digg Post to Del.icio.us
Purchase Grey Nomad bumper stickers Read our daily column, the Nomad News The Grey Nomad's Guidebook