Fuse & cables for a 1KW inverter

Not really. You need:

• Some 12V ciggy lighter sockets for car-driven things
• Some USB sockets for 5V for phones and iThingys
• A 19V power brick with a universal plug set for a laptop
• (Optional) 9V and 12V if you want wall-wart type power (routers, inkjets, that sort of thing). But they often have internal switching supplies and can cope anyway.

So the shopping list is a pile of ciggy lighter connectors, a 12V to USB adaptor, and a laptop brick. That should be easier to wire than a collection of mains sockets, let alone a 1KW inverter.

And finally... can you get gas-powered hairdryers...?

Theo

Cheers. I was beginning to despair. ;-)

Tim

Theo Markettos wrote: [snip]

In the past you could get gas-powered fridges ...

I have an Electrolux fridge that works on LPG, 12V and 240V. I think they are still available via chandlers and shops selling caravan and motorhome accessories.

You can still get them, for caravans, campervans, boats etc. I have one in my camper.

Tim

Gas powered hairdryers were made, as were gas irons and gas pokers, gas trouser presses, fans, projectors and radios. An early set of traffic lights used gas lamps. you still can get gas fridges, along with gas tumble dryers.

Okay. You're in a field, in the rain, in a van. You want to charge someone else's phone. They have a mains charger, you have an inverter.

What's the sane thing to do?

Me, I stayed in the dry and used the inverter. I guess I must be mad...

Got both of those...

Tim

Me, I use an older phone, the battery lasts for eleven days on 24/7, no need for it to be on all day though, so a fortnight is easy. After that just put in the spare battery.

Of course. For exactly the same reasons as discussed here. Electricity from a battery should only be used for things that must have electricity. Not heat of any sort.

The madness would come from *installing* an inverter to do that...

Chris

However if you've got it for anything else then it makes sense.

Tell them to buy a car one?

Except hairdryers. ;-)

Tim

In message , Ian Dalziel writes

Not if she was attractive...

As I said, not my phone.

You agree, then, that charging a phone, once, is madness?

erm... Why?

In a field, in the rain?

On 05/04/2013 15:45, Gordon H wrote:> In message , Chris Whelan > writes >> On Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:19:01 +0100, Gordon H wrote: >> >> [...] >> >>> Having said that, I remember back in the 1960s using a 300v rotary >>> convertor in the passenger footwell to produce the voltage for my >>> amateur radio transmitter which rested on the passenger seat. >> >> Only rotary converter I've ever seen was for a No19 set owned by a >> friend; they must be terribly inefficient things. >> Chris >> > Very likely, I bought mine in a radio junk sale I think, I also had a > friend who had a 19 set, but I built my tx from scratch.

Youve probably seen more than you think if you have ever caught a train.

Lots of British Rail coaching stock had them under the carridges.

Used to convert ETS (Electric Train Supply) from locomotives at 800v DC ish from Locomotives (vairies according to engine speed) to something usable for Heating, Lighting, Air Conditioning, Battery Charging etc?

BR called them Motor Alternator Sets (MAs).

Not madness, but definitely overkill when a cigar lighter adaptor for a mobile is sub 2 quid and tiny and quiet and available everywhere and can be plugged in every car.