"Tim Downie" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@individual.net:
You shouldn't have risen to that one - a lot of us believe the more esoteric the better, in this group, IMO, not much outside politics and religion should be OT, (and some include *them*)
But Tim did specify that this was a no-no ("Because of the potential of severe midge attack, this may literally have to be done in the car with the windows closed (so no gas or other naked flame suggestions please")
Are they so bad you can't put a stove outside on the ground and shut the door til a kettle boils?
How about a couple of rectangular no-see-um screens that fit the front windows when they are lowered 4 or 6", or run the fan on high when using the stove, plus a £25 CO alarm from Argos which has a built in meter.
Oh stop being a wuss. Get a Sungas cooker, best "camping" stove going. You won't be able to run a 1.5kw kettle from an inverter because
Your battery will go flat Your cigar lighter fuse will blow You will burn out some wiring You will need a second auxilliary battery and suitable charge controllers. The alternator will never handle the load.
A 3kW kettle will take 3000/12 amps from a 12 volt battery, that's 250 amps. It's for a short time but I doubt the battery will like it.
The current you worked out is the current needed to take that much power from the battery over an hour, if you can wait an hour for you tea it might be OK!?
Of course you could just buy a couple of stonking great big SLAs (or NiCads if you are feeling rich) and stick them in the boot. Some are designed to take fairly deep and frequent discharges without damage.
It is perfectly possible to use a small camping gaz stive in a closed vehicle, provided you do it on a fireproof surface, and have the vehicle fan running.
The floor of an estate vehicle is as good as it gets.
Hmm, good point. With the fan turned up full there's no shortage of through draft. With the rear seats removed there's plenty of space to set up a stove. Might reconsider that one.
Yeah, but if she was that intelligent she'd be sat at home enjoying a nice bottle of wine and a dvd instead of driving around Scotland supporting you on some 24 hour Highland race! ;-)
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