No we don't need a crockpot. I bought a couple of wide mouth gallon thermos jugs. On Aug 20, 2014 8:12 AM, "Curt Raymond via Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> The lighter socket (IIRC) is limited to 150w. Directly wired to the > battery would do 400w. With a motorcycle battery mine would run my 1/2hp > sump pump up to 5 feet high which sadly isn't enough to get water out of my > basement. I never retried with a bigger battery. > > So the way to do it would be to hardwire the inverter under the hood and > run an orange extension cord up the rain gutter into the cabin to the > crockpot. > > Thats 20a, how well is the the 55a alt going to keep up? I suppose if you > had a long ride and let it recharge from the startup for a few minutes > before you turned on the crock pot. Best to not use the > lights/wipers/heat/ac... :) > > -Curt > > > ________________________________ > From: Mitch Haley via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2014 8:01 AM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Chowdah Q > > > Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: > > Looks like on high they want about 250W. I've got a 400W (800W surge) > inverter that would handle one. > > > > That's a bit much for cruising down the road with it plugged into the > lighter > socket, but it might be OK on low. Looks like you'd be limited to one per > car. > > > > > Mitch. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
