American Tug 34 Owner Experiences
Outlet
As previously noted, later AT34s have
You will need to remove the microwave to see if you have this venting. The microwave is easy to remove, lift the front edge and pull it out.
The Microwave is heavy (25lbs ++). A second person is needed to unplug it from the outlet once you’ve pulled it out. To reinstall the microwave, reverse the procedure: the front feet fit into ‘sockets’ in the woodwork to hold it in place.
We did not have this venting, so we started searching around for a solution.
We came across a vent with a collection box arrangement in West Marine. The collection box has two 3 inch holes to which we attached some air vent hose and ran them down to two 3 inch holes cut into the bottom of the microwave cabinet.
This has the added advantage of allowing the hot air from the fridge to vent past the microwave and directly out
into the cabin, behind the starboard pilot house seat. We like having the vent hole on the side rather than on top of the microwave cabinet, as we could imagine the problem of small things falling through the vent if it is on top of the cabinet.
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