"wave" wave@waving wrote in message ...
| Thanks everyone for the advice, considering the advice I decided to not
| worry about the inverter technology and bought a Sanyo microwave,
| unfortunately there is no way I am going to fit this or any other
microwave
| in my microwave space without breaking the clearance rules laid out in the
| manual, obviously a lot of people must ignore these, same goes to people
who
| build home kitchens as my kitchen as a space designed for microwaves but
in
| practice it will not do the job, bummer. I guess my question is if there
is
| a person who fixes microwaves or has some other reason to know what
minimum
| standard clearances are acceptable, i.e are the manufacturers clearances
| over engineered? The manual for the sanyo says 20cm above, 10cm at the
back
| and 5cm on the sides.

Unless it's a convection combo, 25mm all round is plenty. More is nice, but
what can you do?

N