bigdennis:
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.
That seems to contradict what Denis F said earlier in the thread. I’m not sure as it’s a long time ago now, but iirc my previous kettle had a cig plug on it, but it had 4 metal ‘sides’ rather than the usual 2 you get on a standard phone charger for example.
The Sarge:
Hadn’t thought of just buyng a cheap-■■■ 240v kettle and using the inverter, thanks
Your cheap-■■■ kettle will need a big-■■■ inverter.
I suspected as much but didn’t like to say as I’m never sure on leccy related stuff. My house kettle is 3KW or something ridiculous (quick boil jobbie) so not sure truck batteries will take that sort of load. Well they might but I won’t be going anywhere afterwards.
rob whats with all the newbie questions ?
kettles,tautliers,twingos
after your amount of posts (over the years) on here and even more so on the o/d forum i always thought you were an expert on owt truck related!!!
Moose:
rob whats with all the newbie questions ?
kettles,tautliers,twingos
after your amount of posts (over the years) on here and even more so on the o/d forum i always thought you were an expert on owt truck related!!!
Kettles : only ever had 1 truck kettle and can’t remember what spec or plug it has hence this thread.
Tautliners : I know exactly what I’m doing them, I wanted to know if all the “VOSA are now checking your load security and dishing out £60 fines” scare-mongering was true. From the replies received it does indeed appear to be BS as per usual.
Twingos : first time driving the second gen one this week, thought I’d make a few comments seeing as the first gen one was a huge thorn in my side.
Expert : no. I think you’ve been reading too many troll posts from a certain reefer driver and puddle jumper driver.
The Sarge:
Hadn’t thought of just buyng a cheap-■■■ 240v kettle and using the inverter, thanks
Your cheap-■■■ kettle will need a big-■■■ inverter.
300 watt inverter a no-go then? Was thinking of only using it with the motor running - would that be a problem? I know you’ve explained about watts and kilowatthours and how to work this ■■■■ out - but I’m stoopid
TIA for any advice…
a 3000 watt inverter would be flat out with a 3 KW kettle!!
1 KW = 1000 WATT
folk tend to forget that as a rule the cheap inverters are only any good on low wattage 240 volt items and they start to get v expensive as the wattage gets higher, the cheap ones wont last long anyway.
It would be as cheap to buy a 3.5 KVA petrol genny to power a normal household kettle!
I’m not sure as it’s a long time ago now, but iirc my previous kettle had a cig plug on it, but it had 4 metal ‘sides’ rather than the usual 2 you get on a standard phone charger for example. 
Well they might but I won’t be going anywhere afterwards. 
