[Rhodes22-list] Electrical KISS

[brad haslett]

Rik, lemme think, the Honda generator weighs 26 lbs. 
An extra battery weighs,,,,,, hey wait a minute!  Why
didn't I think of that?  Is this list what people are
talking about when they mention "collective mind"? 
Brad
--- Rik Sandberg <racerrik@rea-alp.com> wrote:
> Brad,
> 
> Boy, bet if you want to run a coffee maker 2 or 3
> times a day, you're going 
> to looking at bringing along the Honda. That ain't
> all bad though. It sure 
> lessens the "have to pay attention" factor. I've got
> one of those too. 
> They're light and they don't take up much room.
> Hardly any more than that 
> second battery. :-)
> 
> Far as the math for the coffee maker. That sounds
> like a job for Roger, our 
> chief mathematician.
> 
> Rik
> 
> 
> At 10:34 AM 11/3/2002 -0800, you wrote:
> >Actually there is one high power draw application
> that
> >I'm condidering but because I haven't done the math
> >yet I haven't thrown it out to the list for
> >discussion.  My boat doesn't have a stove and there
> >really isn't a single one I've seen yet that fills
> all
> >the squares for me.  I'm not paranoid but I have
> seen
> >all the pictures from the early days of the DC-10
> >where one of our Middle Eastern friends set the
> >airplane on fire cooking goat on the way to Mecca.
> >Starting an open flame in an R-22 galley doesn't
> apeal
> >to me so here's the idea:  I need hot water about
> 2-3
> >times a day, once for coffee, maybe soup, and my
> >daughter's needs.  A 12v DC coffee maker would do
> the
> >trick without the need for a stove.  If I keep the
> use
> >down to 15 minutes at a time for less than 2-3
> times a
> >day I think an extra battery would suffice.  If
> >someone has already done this or wants to "run the
> >numbers" let me know (I never pass up free math
> >tutoring or electrical engineering).  Brad.
> >
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