In car microwave or oven..is there such a thing?

POSSETTE

well not "in car" so much, more in my hubbys Transit van..he drives Derby to Glasgow mon-thu nights,and due to being picky eater,he is just about living on sarnies, is there such a thing as an oven that works through the fag lighter outlet?.
He stops a few times obviously,but there is never any fresh food to eat,he hates the fact its been stood for hours and charged extortionate prices for it and no sausage rolls etc in the warm displays..he would take a saus roll or pie if we could find a way of warming it.
I even suggested wrapping it in foil and sticking it under bonnet on engine!:T

does anyone have ideas..that are better than mine of course:D

steveo3002

wont be via the fag lighter , but im sure a camper van dealer would sort you something out

might work out a bit costly though lol..id imagine you need a inverter and possible another battery ? or use it with the engine on

kitchpoo

Agree, a powerful inverter, and perhaps a low power microwave should work.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/700W-INVERTER-Converts-12v-DC-batteries-to-230v-AC_W0QQitemZ350128154611QQihZ022QQcategoryZ76066QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem?refid=store

£55- 700w inverter

http://www.empirestores.co.uk/rf/emp/p.do/jmm2010-700-watt-touch-control-microwave?D=491937273&Dx=mode%2Bmatchall&Mis_item_id=15&Mis_item_loc_id=1&N=&Nao=0&Np=1&Ns=prod_in_stock%7C1%7C%7Cprod_min_base_price%7C0%7C%7Cscu_id%7C1&Ntk=group_search&Ntt=491937273&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Nty=1&Nu=this_product&SN=85+114&SNtk=littlewoods_search&SNtt=Microwaves&groupId=491937273&pageSize=12&product=491937273&seo=t&thisprod=491937273&

£35 700w microwave

Will need some robust wiring from the battery, or running off jumpleads.

POSSETTE

good idea to go to camper dealer..should have thought of that myself as we caravan all year!!
i have found a 24v oven on ebay and that looks perfect but it wont work in a van,DH mentioned inverter too..

maxheadroom

Samsung make a 12V microwave it is only 400w.

Google it or there is this guy selling them on ebay pretty cheaply.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160272476071&cguid=d8d9be9a11c0a0e204b0a080ffe16b21

It may seem pticey and of low power but The problem with an inverter and a low powr microwave is that the power output quoted is often the peak power (can only deliver this for a short period of time couple of seconds) not the constant operating power which is usually much lower. High current ones can be pretty pricey.

hewhoisnotintheknow

take some foil and wrap a potatoe in it, then wedge the potatoe on the exhaust manifold, drive until cooked

vikingaero

Maplin used to sell an in-car microwave:

http://www.t3.com/news/in-car-microwave-from-maplin-for-the-hungry-and-mobile?=36418

But if you look in any Transit van used by Railtrack contractors you'll see a normal microwave mounted in the wall.

sillygoose

If its just warm food, and depending on his travel time, many electric cool boxes can work in reverse, enough to keep food warm and on a longer trip possibly warm it up a fair bit too. If you got a 240v/12v coolbox transformer (halfords do them about £15) you can plug the cool box in at home for quite some time to get up to power, then transfer it to the cigarette lighter in the van.

This sort of size
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_180762_langId_-1_categoryId_165657
would do it but this one is bit expensive, can be bought cheaper, if you find one this size that is about 60-65watt (5amps) it will be effective. The trick with these is the insulation, makes a little power go a long way.

POSSETTE

thanks for all these ideas..will look into them..cheers

goldspanners

what about using a food flask? you can keep things like hotdogs warm for hours inside them.

anewman

goldspanners wrote: »

what about using a food flask? you can keep things like hotdogs warm for hours inside them.

And a good trick is to pour boiling water in first and let the thing inside heat up, then pour it out before putting your boiling hot food in :beer: