Flying brick
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Certainly worth a try...plug in inverter to 12VDC socket in truck...plug in crockpot...watch and wait. Either the fuse in the inverter pops, or it cooks dinner LOL! I'm sure the smells will drive us and the dog nuts...maybe not such a great idea!
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wa8yxm
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PackerBacker wrote:We have a small one and I'm guessing it draws about the same as a coffee-maker or electric kettle.
As I said.. I have a very big one. it's about 1/2 a coffee pot or kettle
(540 watts) I think I've seen them in the 200-400 watt and below classes
Nothin adds excitment like something that is none of your business
John is Near Kenwood TS-2000 housed in a 2005 Damon Intruder 377
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StanleyandIris
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Watts divided by 120 = AMPS
You can use this formula for everything.
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Flying brick
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Why thank you kindly 
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wa8yxm
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StanleyandIris wrote:Watts divided by 120 = AMPS
You can use this formula for everything.
WRONG.. That only works on the 120 volt side of life
It's watts divided by VOLTS
And what's more that only works for resistive or DC loads (SUCH as a crock pot or coffee pot) For motors it's something else.. But I'm not going there in this thread.
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Flying brick
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Ok, I'm confused, so I will just leave the crockpot home LOL! I have a little Honda EU3000is that should keep my 13.5 AC going...thats all I care about now
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K3WE
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Here's my crack at the answer.
Anything that makes heat uses a good bit of electricity.
Hair dryers and space heaters make a "lot of heat fast" so they suck a good bit of electricity to the point of occasionally tripping a "normal" circuit breaker- particularly if you "double them up".
A crock pot is known for "slow heat". So, it uses less juice, but it's still a healthy dose PLUS THE BIGGE IS THAT WHILE YOUR HAIR DRYER MAY RUN FOR FIVE MINUTES, THE CROCK POT IS GOING FOR 4, 6 OR 8 HOURS. So not a lot ton of juice at any one instant, but it's going to royally kill a battery, or a tank of gas on your generator given it's long "run time".
Sort of like running using your holding tank, with the faucet wide open, or a slow trickle.....Yeah, it's a different amount, but you are still going to wind up empty fairly quickly.
Does this make it less confusing???
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wa8yxm
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Ok, As I said, My Crock Pot BBQ pit, which is about the largest Crock Pot made, is 540 watts.. Some of them are down around 100-150 watts
That's next to nothing far as your Honda is concerned. It should work just fine
My Prosine 2.0 is loafing at that power level, won't even fire up the fan and the batteries will last for hours.
Heck, my smallest inverter (Well 2nd smallest if I can find the mini job) can run it.. They SIP power.
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Flying brick
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Well, we will figure something out next trip, as we just took possetion of the trailer yesterday, and we are still trying to digest all the info we need to safely get to the campsite and setup and takedown correctly LOL! Quite a learning curve if it's your first experience in a TT...now I' running around looking for alternatives to having to carry a whole bunch of lumber to level our trailer. And BTW, yes the Therma-rest tent ends are sweet! No leaks during torrential downpours for sure LOL! They also take one person about two minutes to setup.
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K3WE
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wa8yxm wrote:Ok, As I said, My Crock Pot BBQ pit, which is about the largest Crock Pot made, is 540 watts.. Some of them are down around 100-150 watts
That's next to nothing far as your Honda is concerned. It should work just fine
My Prosine 2.0 is loafing at that power level, won't even fire up the fan and the batteries will last for hours.
Heck, my smallest inverter (Well 2nd smallest if I can find the mini job) can run it.. They SIP power.
If 150 watts is what you call "sipping power", fine. I agree, it's minimal load on the generator. I just don't want to dismiss that it is a battery drain in the case of an inverter.
Your inverter is going to "sip" whatever wattage being asked to supply, and cooking food with a 150 W crock pot (which will cycle on and off, or running a 100-watt light bulb for several hours off of a deep-cylce battery is going to use a significant chunk of it's capacity.
Actually I agree, your battery will last "for hours". However, there's plenty of posters here who need their battery to last "for days".
I'd just say that the extended use of a heating/cooking appliance uses a lot more juice than a few 12V lights just before bedtime, and if they are one of those multi-day dry campers, I'd beware the crock pot.
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edited 07/17/08 01:42pm by K3WE *
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