GL: 12VDC Hair Dryer

[Bob McLeran]

If you, your wife, SO, first-mate, or dog/cat doesn't need a truly huge 
hair dryer, we found one my wife was fairly happy with that operated on 
1200 watts using a 1500 watt hard-wired inverter on our previous trawler.

Whenever we shop for electrical appliances we're going to be using on 
Sanderling, the first thing we look at is the wattage and then make the 
calculation to see if it will work with our current 2000 watt inverter. 
One thing that we both demand in the morning is fresh coffee, and it can 
take forever to brew coffee using a 12 volt coffee maker; you'd be 
better off using an old-fashioned percolator and your propane or 
electric stove.

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Bob McLeran and Judy Young                  Manatee Cove Marina
MV Sanderling                               Patrick Air Force Base
DeFever 41 Trawler                          Melbourne, Florida 



On 3/1/2008 4:01 PM, Jim Fidler wrote:
> I don't think you can find a 12 vdc hair drier that will
> work satisfactorily.  You say you don't want to go
> through the calculations, but it would take 100 amps
> or more at 12 vdc to work well.  The power cord
> would look like jumper cables.   Real hair driers are
> typically 1200 to 1500 watts.  Divide by 12 to get
> the amps.