Hi all,

recently I had to get a new microwave oven. I measured my old
dead oven so I could get one of similar size, to fit various cooking
containers

It was 305 x 310 x 195mm, or 18.4 litres

So I go shopping, armed with a ruler

A local retailer had one advertised as 20 litres for $65. Sweet.

But when I measure it in-store, I find it's barely 11 litres, and
not even big enough to get a dinner plate in. Eh ?

Long story short, I finally decide on one which is the same size
internally as the dead one, 19 litres. But the box et al says it's 23.
Similarly with every single other oven I looked at - all are stated
to be much bigger than they actually are. If I'd not measured
them I could have easily gone by the boxes and had to go back
to swap for another

I have the uneasy feeling I'm missing something stupidly simple
but the maths is pretty straightforward. 30.6 x 30.4 x 20.8cm
is not 23 litres, it's 19

Do I have it right ? Surely it's right. If so, why the discrepancy ?
It wasn't just this particular store either, or even the store's doing,
the manufacturers write the capacity

Joe


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