I need to get me a new 24v kettle as I gave my old one away when I packed up driving a few year ago. I can’t remember what wattage my old one was nor what plug it had on it. I know it was 24v and I never had any trouble with it or melted cables in the trucks I used it in. It used to do a couple of mugfuls of water in around 15-20mins.
I’m looking on ebay, amazon and the cb-shack site and they seem to start at 120W around £12.50 and go up to 400W around £25, with a choice of hella or cig sockets on it. As I know ■■■■ all about electrics can anyone advise the best combo of ease of use socket wise + boiling time + no risk of melting cables please.
CB Shack cheap end ones are 200W drawing 8A and on one of them it says it takes around 20 mins to cook up, so I’m wondering if the one I had was 200W too. I did get it from there actually, but it’s not any of the designs they currently sell.
NOTE: Before anyone mentions it, a stove is not practical for me to be carting around with me.
Hella plugs are usually stronger that cigarette lighter plugs so should be better for a kettle but it probably depends what sockets are in the lorries you drive
Rob K:
I need to get me a new 24v kettle as I gave my old one away when I packed up driving a few year ago. I can’t remember what wattage my old one was nor what plug it had on it. I know it was 24v and I never had any trouble with it or melted cables in the trucks I used it in. It used to do a couple of mugfuls of water in around 15-20mins.
I’m looking on ebay, amazon and the cb-shack site and they seem to start at 120W around £12.50 and go up to 400W around £25, with a choice of hella or cig sockets on it. As I know [zb] all about electrics can anyone advise the best combo of ease of use socket wise + boiling time + no risk of melting cables please.
CB Shack cheap end ones are 200W drawing 8A and on one of them it says it takes around 20 mins to cook up, so I’m wondering if the one I had was 200W too. I did get it from there actually, but it’s not any of the designs they currently sell.
small camp stove and camping kettle much better, pick em up cheap at halfords etc from cold to boiling 3 mins, all those 12 or 24 volt kettles are crap in my opinion
NOTE: Before anyone mentions it, a stove is not practical for me to be carting around with me.
Rob K:
I need to get me a new 24v kettle as I gave my old one away when I packed up driving a few year ago. I can’t remember what wattage my old one was nor what plug it had on it. I know it was 24v and I never had any trouble with it or melted cables in the trucks I used it in. It used to do a couple of mugfuls of water in around 15-20mins.
I’m looking on ebay, amazon and the cb-shack site and they seem to start at 120W around £12.50 and go up to 400W around £25, with a choice of hella or cig sockets on it. As I know [zb] all about electrics can anyone advise the best combo of ease of use socket wise + boiling time + no risk of melting cables please.
CB Shack cheap end ones are 200W drawing 8A and on one of them it says it takes around 20 mins to cook up, so I’m wondering if the one I had was 200W too. I did get it from there actually, but it’s not any of the designs they currently sell.
green456:
small camp stove and camping kettle much better, pick em up cheap at halfords etc from cold to boiling 3 mins, all those 12 or 24 volt kettles are crap in my opinion
Rob K: NOTE: Before anyone mentions it, a stove is not practical for me to be carting around with me.
Rob K:
I need to get me a new 24v kettle as I gave my old one away when I packed up driving a few year ago. I can’t remember what wattage my old one was nor what plug it had on it. I know it was 24v and I never had any trouble with it or melted cables in the trucks I used it in. It used to do a couple of mugfuls of water in around 15-20mins.
I’m looking on ebay, amazon and the cb-shack site and they seem to start at 120W around £12.50 and go up to 400W around £25, with a choice of hella or cig sockets on it. As I know [zb] all about electrics can anyone advise the best combo of ease of use socket wise + boiling time + no risk of melting cables please.
CB Shack cheap end ones are 200W drawing 8A and on one of them it says it takes around 20 mins to cook up, so I’m wondering if the one I had was 200W too. I did get it from there actually, but it’s not any of the designs they currently sell.
green456:
small camp stove and camping kettle much better, pick em up cheap at halfords etc from cold to boiling 3 mins, all those 12 or 24 volt kettles are crap in my opinion
Rob K: NOTE: Before anyone mentions it, a stove is not practical for me to be carting around with me.
Ta.
yeah ok mate but if you look at my quote of your original post you will see thet your not practical bit aint added till after, did yoy edit your post ? cos it def wasnt there when i posted what i thought was a helpful reply PRINCESS
Rob K:
I need to get me a new 24v kettle as I gave my old one away when I packed up driving a few year ago. I can’t remember what wattage my old one was nor what plug it had on it. I know it was 24v and I never had any trouble with it or melted cables in the trucks I used it in. It used to do a couple of mugfuls of water in around 15-20mins.
I’m looking on ebay, amazon and the cb-shack site and they seem to start at 120W around £12.50 and go up to 400W around £25, with a choice of hella or cig sockets on it. As I know [zb] all about electrics can anyone advise the best combo of ease of use socket wise + boiling time + no risk of melting cables please.
CB Shack cheap end ones are 200W drawing 8A and on one of them it says it takes around 20 mins to cook up, so I’m wondering if the one I had was 200W too. I did get it from there actually, but it’s not any of the designs they currently sell.
green456:
small camp stove and camping kettle much better, pick em up cheap at halfords etc from cold to boiling 3 mins, all those 12 or 24 volt kettles are crap in my opinion
Rob K: NOTE: Before anyone mentions it, a stove is not practical for me to be carting around with me.
Ta.
yeah ok mate but if you look at my quote of your original post you will see thet your not practical bit aint added till after, did yoy edit your post ? cos it def wasnt there when i posted what i thought was a helpful reply PRINCESS
No I didn’t edit my post. If I had done it would say at the bottom. You did not read it properly before replying but thanks your advice nonetheless.
Rob K:
I need to get me a new 24v kettle as I gave my old one away when I packed up driving a few year ago. I can’t remember what wattage my old one was nor what plug it had on it. I know it was 24v and I never had any trouble with it or melted cables in the trucks I used it in. It used to do a couple of mugfuls of water in around 15-20mins.
I’m looking on ebay, amazon and the cb-shack site and they seem to start at 120W around £12.50 and go up to 400W around £25, with a choice of hella or cig sockets on it. As I know [zb] all about electrics can anyone advise the best combo of ease of use socket wise + boiling time + no risk of melting cables please.
CB Shack cheap end ones are 200W drawing 8A and on one of them it says it takes around 20 mins to cook up, so I’m wondering if the one I had was 200W too. I did get it from there actually, but it’s not any of the designs they currently sell.
green456:
small camp stove and camping kettle much better, pick em up cheap at halfords etc from cold to boiling 3 mins, all those 12 or 24 volt kettles are crap in my opinion
Rob K: NOTE: Before anyone mentions it, a stove is not practical for me to be carting around with me.
Ta.
yeah ok mate but if you look at my quote of your original post you will see thet your not practical bit aint added till after, did yoy edit your post ? cos it def wasnt there when i posted what i thought was a helpful reply PRINCESS
If Rob had edited his post, you’d see “edited 1 (or more) time(s)” at the bottom.
actually DD the “edited 1 time” only appears if the post is edited after someones replied to it. Someone could click the quote button and take hours to write their post and still have the original quote. But if OP edited before the reply it wouldn’t have an “edited” edit
gas is the best way
bigvern1:
Yes, but don’t forget. This kettle has to make SUPER tea.
No mere mortal could handle the sacred Princess brew. So the gas stove, can’t boil the water to the required temperature for this concoction commonly known as…“LUKEWARM DISHWATER”
You MUST have super-human knowledge ,of how to post links to obscure websites to prove your point.
You MUST make up work that you are doing to sound impressive.
So no a super kettle it MUST be! :
I use cafes to get a tea. Saves carrying a kettle around.
Can’t beat freshly made Malc, never liked flask tea! I have a very compact little primus which boils up in 2 shakes of a lamb’s tail! Most tea you buy is crap considering it’s supposed to be our national drink and as for drinking from a plastic cup, no ta! And it’s getting expensive…
44 Tonne Ton:
Can’t beat freshly made Malc, never liked flask tea! I have a very compact little primus which boils up in 2 shakes of a lamb’s tail! Most tea you buy is crap considering it’s supposed to be our national drink and as for drinking from a plastic cup, no ta! And it’s getting expensive…
I still use teabags and I nick the milk and sugar from Macdonalds or the services. I may live in Derbyshire, but I am still from Yorkshire
green456:
but if you look at my quote of your original post you will see thet your not practical bit aint added till after, did yoy edit your post ? cos it def wasnt there when i posted what i thought was a helpful reply
If someone edits their post after you have quoted it the bit you have quoted doesn’t change, it will remain as originally quoted so everything in the quote in your first post was their when you made the post…
Lycanthrope:
actually DD the “edited 1 time” only appears if the post is edited after someones replied to it. Someone could click the quote button and take hours to write their post and still have the original quote. But if OP edited before the reply it wouldn’t have an “edited” edit
gas is the best way
Agreed mate, but Neil has beaten me to the answer.
Well ,… after all the discussions on kettles the other week , I 'm going to stick to my little gas stove & stuff my ‘little kettle’ in the back of the cupboard!!. At least I can make hot food as well as boil water, & only need to carry one appliance around with me
If you must use an electric kettle then whichever plug has the biggest contact area is the one to go for. There are plugs which have a flat as against pointed end, these will carry a higher current without getting hot than a pointed effort. Obviously 24 v is the preferred supply if you aren’t going to go down the inverter route as the current for 24v will be about half of that for a 12v unit.
green456:
yeah ok mate but if you look at my quote of your original post you will see thet your not practical bit aint added till after, did yoy edit your post ? cos it def wasnt there when i posted what i thought was a helpful reply PRINCESS
ermmmmm…
yes it was
green456:
Rob K:
I need to get me a new 24v kettle as I gave my old one away when I packed up driving a few year ago. I can’t remember what wattage my old one was nor what plug it had on it. I know it was 24v and I never had any trouble with it or melted cables in the trucks I used it in. It used to do a couple of mugfuls of water in around 15-20mins.
I’m looking on ebay, amazon and the cb-shack site and they seem to start at 120W around £12.50 and go up to 400W around £25, with a choice of hella or cig sockets on it. As I know [zb] all about electrics can anyone advise the best combo of ease of use socket wise + boiling time + no risk of melting cables please.
CB Shack cheap end ones are 200W drawing 8A and on one of them it says it takes around 20 mins to cook up, so I’m wondering if the one I had was 200W too. I did get it from there actually, but it’s not any of the designs they currently sell.
small camp stove and camping kettle much better, pick em up cheap at halfords etc from cold to boiling 3 mins, all those 12 or 24 volt kettles are crap in my opinion
NOTE: Before anyone mentions it, a stove is not practical for me to be carting around with me.
If Rob had edited his post, you’d see “edited 1 (or more) time(s)” at the bottom. 
