Wavebox....Anyone heard of it?

Wavebox has been around for a few years now. The downside of the Wavebox is the wattage issue. Voltage times by amperage equals wattage ... so if you have a 12 volt system with a 30 amp line ... you'll have a 360 watt micro-wave. It takes 700 watts to pop popcorn. So you tell me just how efficient will it be.

 

"Efficiency" isn't the issue, I don't think. It will be as efficient as any other electronic product, give or take. The issue would be cooking time. If that's what you meant... I have been curious about these, but they are so expensive and I have heard very few opinions about them from people who have actually used them.

Personally, I don't expect to cook popcorn, but I would like to be able to take a frozen Banquet meal or something like that and heat it up. Theoretically, a 20Amp, 12V socket ought to be able to yield 240Watts. Most cheap microwaves at Walmart are about 700W (though, I've seen a few 600W). Most frozen meals give you a cooking time on the basis of a 1000W microwave. So, if it takes 5 minutes to cook at 1000W, then a 240 watt Wavebox should cook the same meal in 20 minutes and 50 seconds. That's if the math is linear but it's likely not, and in which case, you'll just have to go the non-scientific way: invest the money and try it out.

Hey, then, you could report back and let me know whether I should spend the money.

 

Please do let us know how it goes and post back into this threa if you don't mind. I'm subscribed to it so I'll know when you've written back about it.

 

Please do I was looking into getting one myself but I'm allowed an inverter! Not really sure what size yet but they said they sell one for 100 and install it for another 100 so for 200 I have an inverter and installed not bad!

 

For the purpose of a microwave, you'll want at least a 2000W inverter. Most economy microwaves are 700W (with a few 600W). But they have a starup surge considerably higher, so a 1000W inverter wouldn't cut it...

On that note, if they allow you a 2000W inverter, I'd go that route regardless of how well or how poor this wavebox is. Always stick to the convenience and dependability of AC appliances. My experience with 12V DC appliances has been, well, inconvenient and unreliable.

 

High- Thanks! I know that my company allows wired in inverter not sure of wattage yet! But will keep this in mind!