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#51 Vic Harder

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Posted 07 January 2018 - 09:15 PM

I found travel coffee mugs into the top of which the bottom of the melitta cone holder can rest safely and do the pour over with said mug(s) in the sink.  Then add Baileys (or even better - Buffalo Trace Coffee Cream) and you are good to go.

I'm a straight up rye guy myself, but I like your thinking!


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#52 Ronski

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Posted 16 January 2018 - 08:30 PM

I'll wade into this... If you are running anything with a fan/motor, you want a pure sine wave inverter. That means nice curvy waveforms, vs the alternative, which is basically square waves that motors don't like. For that matter, sensitive electronics don't like square waves, nor does radio gear.

Sine wave inverters cost a lot more, and you have to decide what you want to do. Just charge batteries on your electronics/camera/phone? A small 300W square wave will do, and these normally plug into your cigaretter lighter. I chopped the plug off of mine and wired it into the battery comparment and an ac outlet - done.

If you want to run something bigger like a big'ish screen or CPAP machine or - toaster oven - you will need that 2000W unit, and the batteries to run it.

Something to think about. A 1500W toaster oven is drawing 1500/120 = 12.5A in your house. Assuming 80% efficiency at converting the 12v DC in your batteries to 120v AC that the toaster needs, you need to deliver 156A to the inverter.

The wires had better be beefy, and short, and your batteries big if you want to cook much of anything!

FYI, I looked at my friends CPAP machine and it was rated at 80 watts. Newer generation unit.

Edited by Ronski, 16 January 2018 - 08:31 PM.

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#53 Vic Harder

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Posted 16 January 2018 - 11:52 PM

FYI, I looked at my friends CPAP machine and it was rated at 80 watts. Newer generation unit.

With apologies to the OP and this thread topic... Ronski, keep in mine that even an 80W unit running 8 hours a night will need at least a 100W panel on the roof to replace the overnight draw, assuming 8 hours of daylight.  


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Posted 23 February 2018 - 11:41 PM

Although we're waiting for our new truck/FWC, we've had a Go-Power 1750 watt inverter for about 10 yrs in our trailer. Main use? My wife's hair dryer. We toast on the stove with a cast iron pan, and a percolator makes the coffee. I'd love to find a low-wattage hair dryer that works, but few good reviews. All other uses, such as charging batteries & devices, could be handled with a smaller inverter. May have to bite the bullet and install a 2000W inverter in the new Grandby, unless some has solved this another way...
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#55 Vic Harder

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Posted 24 February 2018 - 03:40 AM

Shorter hair?   :)


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Posted 24 February 2018 - 04:51 PM

Shorter hair?   :)


Hah! Yep, had that discussion; her hair is fairly short, but not as short as mine, which I can dry with a paper towel. Her dryer use is no more than 2 min.
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#57 Vic Harder

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Posted 24 February 2018 - 04:55 PM

ok then!  


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Posted 25 February 2018 - 12:35 AM

I forgot to mention the vacuum. My little 110 model works much better than any 12volt version I've tried.


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Posted 15 April 2019 - 07:01 PM

I bring a goal zero lithium 400 that has a built in inverter rated at 300 watts and 1200 surge watts. It is a pure sign wave inverter. It will charge my laptop, camera batteries, drone batteries, phone, ipads, etc and usually lasts an entire week without charging. I can plug it into my solar panel or just plug it into the 12v outlet in the camper while driving to charge it back up. This takes a load of my house battery and is perfect for the kids stuff as I don’t have to worry about them draining the house battery.

It fits perfectly in the small cabinets on the side in a Hawk front dinette.
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Posted 28 March 2023 - 05:16 PM

With apologies to the OP and this thread topic... Ronski, keep in mine that even an 80W unit running 8 hours a night will need at least a 100W panel on the roof to replace the overnight draw, assuming 8 hours of daylight.  

Both make good points - I have a 300W pure sine wave inverter that I've used for years to run my CPAP, and until my solar/lithium upgrades a few years ago could barely squeak through the night, and that was with the humidifier turned off. Forget also running the furnace. That was with 50W solar & alternator charging of a 90 AH Gel cell battery. Now with 100 AH lithium & 200W solar it's all happy. Being able to draw the lithium down much further than the gel makes a huge difference.


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