Where to get power while traveling?
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Where to get power while traveling?
I'm going to be spending 1.5 weeks traveling around California and am taking along my 7 in 1 cooker. I'd like to cook my meals while not in a hotel/motel situation. Where can one "plug in", to say, make a hot lunch?? Any suggestions?
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Rather than the cigarette lighter / power port which will have a limitation of around 100 to 150W max (far short of the power needed for a 7-1., look under the hood. You can connect a 1000 inverter directly to your battery. They can be found at any auto parts store or online.
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How about a flameless ration heater (FRH) like the military uses to heat MREs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flameless_ration_heater
No other power source needed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flameless_ration_heater
No other power source needed.
#11
Why not make the food when you ARE in a motel with power. Then keep it in your cooler on ice, and heat with a small camp stove.
Or eat a sandwich. Do you really need a hot lunch everyday? This seems like a lot of work and I doubt you'll save much money.
Or eat a sandwich. Do you really need a hot lunch everyday? This seems like a lot of work and I doubt you'll save much money.
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sounds like you are hoping to camp rough (not that easy to do most places) or on a very small budget - I doubt you want to spend the $150-$200 for a 1000 w inverter. A MRE flameless heater would cost a lot less.
But you ask "where to plug in?" which seems you are really asking where -- not how to heat things in your car. I would NOT think any entity/business/bldg would fit your needs.
Maybe come back and give us more details
But you ask "where to plug in?" which seems you are really asking where -- not how to heat things in your car. I would NOT think any entity/business/bldg would fit your needs.
Maybe come back and give us more details
#18
If I were attempting this, and it is in fact a car trip leaving from home, I would do all the cooking at home, then freeze things in individual plastic containers, and take them in a cooler, then heat them up on a one burner stove. That makes a lot more sense (well none of this makes sense but that's a slightly better plan).
I mean think about it, how are you going to chop vegetables and cook from scratch when you're in a car? Even if you can find electricity to run your InstaPot somehow at the side of the road.
I mean think about it, how are you going to chop vegetables and cook from scratch when you're in a car? Even if you can find electricity to run your InstaPot somehow at the side of the road.
#20
I think it has something to do with a thread in Tech Support about a problem Vttraveler had posting on this thread.
https://www.fodors.com/community/for...sting-1666539/