Franglais:
robroy:
My mate said if it does go wrong, buy another identical one from a truckstop, wait a few weeks and take the original one back to change, sell it on and you are quids in with a free kettle, result 
ā¦Now as if somebody as upstanding and totally honest as me would do something like that eh. 
How so? Youve bought one which breaks. Bought a second which is ok. Returned the first (dud) to exchange for a good un.
So youve bought 2 and end up with 2. Am I missing something? (It wouldnt be the first time).
Hang on I best think about it myself here before I answer.
Right got it.
I buy the 16 quid one which breaks but the 30 day warranty is up so Iām stuck with it.
I go and buy a 50 quid oneā¦total so far 66 quid.
I take the duff one back and get my 50 quid back.
Brand new working fully warranted kettle for 16 quid in effect.
Or.
Get replacement and flog it ā¦hang onā¦
Yeh youāre right I donāt get a free kettle. 
OKā¦I just posted that to see who would be the first to pick up on my deliberate mistake, it was you so.
Well done!
Itās Sunday morning and I had a few beers last night, ok? 
Yeah, I did a double take before posting too ! Maybe I`ve had one more coffee than you so far this morning.
Franglais:
Yeah, I did a double take before posting too ! Maybe I`ve had one more coffee than you so far this morning.
We sound like 2 old gits in a care home.
I bought a cordless kettle for a fiver from Wilkoās and a toaster for the same price, use them 5 mornings a week and have done for about a year.
Inverter is the way to go.
Grumpy_old_trucker:
I bought a cordless kettle for a fiver from Wilkoās and a toaster for the same price, use them 5 mornings a week and have done for about a year.
Inverter is the way to go.
A mate of mine does the same, but itās the price of the big inverter needed, and the hassle (and cost again) of getting it all wired in professionally with Anderson leads etc etc.
Always would use 24v as many reducers donāt like high amps.
I would carry a flask, and put the the left over hot water in the flask, next time it takes half the time to heat water.
Also I use to fill my flask with hot water wherever it was free, save me time to make a cuppa at the next opportunity.
Waeco make th best quality, but none live forever.
I found the cheap Ā£16 ones from truckstops like Cawley Crossing OK, dont fill more than you put in your travel mug and they boil in about 8 minutes. Unscrew the plug and tighten the two screws that hold the cable regulary and you wont have any bother, had mine two years now and check the cable every week.
if you have a volvo see my thread below about rampage all the internal power is 10 amps and a waeco needs 20amps. 15 at very least.
red7jase:
if you have a volvo see my thread below about rampage all the internal power is 10 amps and a waeco needs 20amps. 15 at very least.
Itās a 66 plate Actros, whatās the score on ampearge on that?
(Btw already know about rampage, especially in the middle lane in roadworks. )
If itās an Actros it wonāt have any Hella sockets and the lighter ones melt quite rapidly.
Guess itās gas thenā¦this one brews up quick!
youtube.com/watch?v=nrPYCjW61HA
gardun:
If itās an Actros it wonāt have any Hella sockets and the lighter ones melt quite rapidly.
Yeh thatās right, but I have used other kettles on the cig lighter ok tbh, maybe just been lucky.
Right then a question for the electricians.
If I need to wire in a hella lead, to run that new Waeco kettle from.
Will it be ok to connect it in the fuse box to the same contacts as where my anderson connector is that I run my fridge off?
Or will it overload it on the occasions where the kettle is being used simultaneously with the permanently running fridge.
Or will I need to get it connected to a seperate contact.
Just for the record Rob Iāve been using one of those Waeco things for about last two years, canāt fault it, and Iād say I boil it about 6 times every day on average. When it eventually gives up on me Iāll replace with same for sure.
short walk:
Just for the record Rob Iāve been using one of those Waeco things for about last two years, canāt fault it, and Iād say I boil it about 6 times every day on average. When it eventually gives up on me Iāll replace with same for sure.
Cheers mate is it on a Hella plug or cig lighterā¦and do you have an Actros.
Itās hard wired to the Scania Rob, my mates just packed up after 4 and half years service, good value I reckon!
Another vote for gas from me. I too do the flask full of boiling water thing. Itās the cheapest and most reliable way Iāve found plus as somebody else said you can warm some food up with it if you get caught out somewhere foodless [emoji4]
robroy:
short walk:
Just for the record Rob Iāve been using one of those Waeco things for about last two years, canāt fault it, and Iād say I boil it about 6 times every day on average. When it eventually gives up on me Iāll replace with same for sure.
Cheers mate is it on a Hella plug or cig lighterā¦and do you have an Actros.
What do you drive? Not a Scania?
switchlogic:
robroy:
short walk:
Just for the record Rob Iāve been using one of those Waeco things for about last two years, canāt fault it, and Iād say I boil it about 6 times every day on average. When it eventually gives up on me Iāll replace with same for sure.
Cheers mate is it on a Hella plug or cig lighterā¦and do you have an Actros.
What do you drive? Not a Scania?
66 plate Actros, with no Hella fit as standard. (The only make of truck Iāve had that has not )
nomiS36:
Another vote for gas from me. I too do the flask full of boiling water thing. Itās the cheapest and most reliable way Iāve found plus as somebody else said you can warm some food up with it if you get caught out somewhere foodless [emoji4]
How you going to manage that if you aint got any ā ā 
