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Matt Hidinger
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Boat

Microwave

Propane water heater out, microwave in

Galley · 8 steps

Step by step

This cabinet held a propane water heater that wasn’t marine safe. With an inverter on board, the space could take a microwave instead. A plywood floor fills the hole the heater sat in, varnished four coats, with a new cabinet door to match.

What went in

Microwave
RCA
Removed
Propane water heater

The steps

  1. Before: propane water heater
  2. Heater out
  3. Patching the hole
  4. New shelf
  5. Microwave in
  6. With the cabinet door
  7. Above the galley sink
  8. Power from the inverter

On the AC wiring diagram See it on the tour

Step 01 · Galley

Before: propane water heater

Microwave: Before: propane water heater

Step 02 · Galley

Heater out

Microwave: Heater out

Step 03 · Galley

Patching the hole

Microwave: Patching the hole

Step 04 · Galley

New shelf

Microwave: New shelf

Step 05 · Galley

Microwave in

Microwave: Microwave in

In the model

RCA microwave

In its own cabinet on the forward galley bulkhead, right above the sink. AC from the AC panel, through the MultiPlus, so it works at anchor too.

Step 06 · Galley

With the cabinet door

Microwave: With the cabinet door

Step 07 · Galley

Above the galley sink

Microwave: Above the galley sink

Step 08 · AC power

Power from the inverter

With an inverter on board, the space could take a microwave.