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>I have a question for car (not RV) campers in the U.S. When camping,
> what's your favourite way of making coffee or any other hot drinks?
>
> 1. You prefer cold drinks when camping.
> 2. You make sure the campsite has AC power so you bring 110AC
> equipment.
> 3. You go to the nearest gas station.
> 4. You use a propane stove.
> 5. You bring some kind of a portable coffee maker/electric kettle/water
> heater/immersion coil (ever heard of such a beast?).
> 6. Other (plain pot over a campfire (ouch), etc.)
>
> I was mostly thinking of option 5. But when I search for "electric
> kettle" and "car" together, the search results contain mostly UK
> websites/newsgroups. So I was wondering if that's a terminology issue
> or those things are just not popular in the US.
>
> What I have now is this:
>
> 1. A 12V DC electric kettle (tiny & slooooow)
> 2. A 500W 12DC-110AC inverter (not powerful enough to attach any
> standard 110V equipment).
>
> So I was wondering if there is something in between available in the
> US. I was thinking of a low power (<500W), low capacity 110AC electric
> kettler/heater/coffee machine/whatever so I could take advantage of my
> inverter (obviously connecting it directly to the battery). I don't
> need high performance stuff, yet I am not very happy with that 12V
> thingy. I couldn't find anything of the kind on the web. Looks like
> most modern electric kettles draw at least 1000W...
>
> Thanks.
>
>
Forget it.
The simple reality is that boiling a pint of water requires
more energy than a car battery stores. Use a small camping
stove powered by propane or solid fuelled hexamine tablets.
The latter are available from army surplus stores and are
small enough to fit in a pocket.
Keith
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