Ian and Jill Brown Posted June 28, 2015 Report Share Posted June 28, 2015 Hi All,Is anyone using a low wattage kettle with their inverter?In deciding whether or not to go to lithium batteries, the system will have an 1800 watt inverter and as we currently only have a 300 watt inverter (for light duty charging compuyers, phones etc.), we are trying to decide how we would use the available 240 v power.A coffee pod machine will be a must, but not sure about the kettle.Any comments would be appreciated.Cheers,Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodnSue Posted June 28, 2015 Report Share Posted June 28, 2015 Hi Ianwe didn't take an electric jug, but took an old copper based camping kettle with us on our 1st long trip......it got used a few times then went into the cupboard...... never to be used again....it still takes up space in our laundry cupboard with other unused camping gear. A saucepan replaced it.......for brekky we boil enough water for coffee's & have enough to wash up cups & cereal bowl.......in the same saucepan, not in a 1/2 filled sink of water.......with this method we saved on water & gas wastage.The dinner dishes use the hot water left in the heater tank from our late afternoon showers.....or we boil more water in a larger saucepan if we've used a caravan park shower :-)It's 1 less item in the caravan cupboards. We're about to acquire a 2nd hand coffee pod machine from our daughter.....but we're not sure yet if we'll put it in the van for when we go touring.....we only have a 300 watt inverter too.........but like many other vanners....things get upgraded :-) hope this helps a little cheers & happy touringSue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merv and Di Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 Hi guys We use a cheep Kmart $5.00 stove top kettle and boil enough for tea/coffee and wash up. We only ever use a small electric kettle and the Dolce Gusto pod machine if ever hooked up to power or I have to run the generator for some reason which is usually to do a clothes wash in the middle of nowhere. We had an 1800w inverter fitted when the van was made and probably don't use it to it's full capacity but it is nice to know it is there. Cheers Merv/Di Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny and Sue Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 hello Ian..we have the 1800w inverter & use it a lot for the pod machine. find that using it for the elec kettle is a bit of a drain on the AGM batteries. prefer to use gas for that. Cheers danny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tolley Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 We have a light weight kettle that whistles when it boils and a coffe plunger. Cheap, easy to use and better coffee than the pods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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