Cascadia &microwave

As much as I hate the PornStar... The retarded design of Freightliner's cabinets are enough to make me ask for an International... I am having this same issue, I think the truck is a 2013. My microwave is a basic Sanyo 700-watter from WalMart, and it is just a touch too wide to even wiggle into this space. Looks like the outside trim uses Torx bolts from the inside, thinking it may fit if I remove the trim and then reinstall once the microwave is in place. Thoughts?

 

I installed mine in the cabinet above fridge.
http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...ce-for-a-microwave.265576/page-4#post-4762556

 

I don't have a fridge in mine. Which spot are you referring to? This is the space I have in mind for mine... Passenger side, second space down... I'm told that edge trim can be removed to allow squeezing this in, then reinstalled to help retain it. It will be tight but I think it will work.

 

Yes this is the space. My microwave looks smaller. I didn't have to remove any trim. It was tight do.

 

With the top bunk down I used two one inch ratchet straps to strap my microwave to the underside of the top bunk. If you do it like that make sure you put something between the top of the microwave and the bottom of the bunk so the door has clearance to open. Had it strapped that way for 3 years and it never moved an inch.

 

I plan on doing exactly that, once I remember to grab the microwave out of my storage unit. I have the cheap 700W Rival the other guy was talking about. Never got it to work in my old ProStar, but I think the inverter was too small. This truck has an 1800W.

 

It's a question of peak load vs sustained load. An 1800 watt inverter will be good for up to an 1800W surge (startup), vs a sustained load capacity of about 900W... It's not a set-in-stone formula, I think, but figure on the inverter being able to handle a continuous load of about half its rated capacity. So if you have a 1000W inverter, it will only be able to do about 500-600W continuous, which is not enough to power a 700W microwave safely, if at all.

 

Back on the first page there is a picture of the same microwave I bought fits fine in the tv hole and used the tv strap to hold it in.

 

We have a bigger fridge and we strapped the microwave to the top.