{"id":2179,"date":"2017-08-26T16:44:03","date_gmt":"2017-08-26T04:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travellingk.com\/?p=2179"},"modified":"2018-01-01T20:18:01","modified_gmt":"2018-01-01T20:18:01","slug":"removing-caravan-microwave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/travellingk.com\/removing-caravan-microwave\/","title":{"rendered":"Removing Caravan Microwave"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On a rainy evening I was staring at the microwave, thinking about how little I actually use it. That got me thinking about how much space I would have if it was gone. I’ve been struggling with food space, with an extra container for the flour, fruit, eggs and porridge that I move around the caravan, depending on what I’m doing. By taking out the microwave and making it a food cupboard I solve that problem!<\/p>\n

I’m aiming to just use solar power which means I can’t use the microwave anyway. The microwave takes too much power and I need to be plugged into a campground power supply to use it. Learn how little power I can use here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Taking the microwave out<\/h4>\n

It took me a while to figure out how to get the microwave out. It’s all very prettily put together with no obvious screws and I had a few false starts.<\/p>\n

I eventually learnt that the microwave framing just required pulling off.<\/p>\n

Then I learnt that I needed a thinner handle on my screw driver to take off the wooden edging above the microwave.<\/p>\n

It’s surprisingly heavy. I’ve been overly cautious with what heavy items I have in the caravan. I’m sure taking the microwave out has deducted a good amount of weight. The microwave sat over the tyres, which is better for the weight distribution and I could safely have the bulky food items permanently stay there. It makes me wonder how heavy the fridge and stove are.<\/p>\n

I then found that the microwave plug was still a UK plug! Which does makes sense to run the UK microwave in my UK Sterling caravan.<\/p>\n

There is an extra wooden platform under the microwave that I wanted to take out, but there is a screw that is stuck. Guess I’ll be leaving the platform where it is for now.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t