Gas vs. Electric kettle?

[mistericeman]

Impressive piece of kit, and when you are not cooking with it you could use it to make bricks to line the trench.

Typical over engineered British army kit ...
Mind the Swiss army 'Benzinkocher' I owned put it to shame quality wise (though not in terms of killing myself to death Ness )

 

[saxonborg]

Typical over engineered British army kit ...
Mind the Swiss army 'Benzinkocher' I owned put it to shame quality wise (though not in terms of killing myself to death Ness )

They make good stuff the Swiss even if it doesn’t all work well.

 

[merl]

Could be useful in the electric cupboard connected to a battery to power the led house lights/heating in a power cut, you would require an isolation switch, iv been thinking about doing this.

Mine's all done, dusted and ready to go Trev but I'll be using the MH to supply the power. Can't be doing with lugging batteries into the house

 

[trevskoda]

Every time I open this thread the same old kettle nonsense comes to the BOIL.

 

[Deleted member 76493]

A useful way to heat water when you are on the move is to link a copper coil into the vehicle engine cooling system and feed it into an insulated pipe containing a few gallons of water. When you arrive, you have hot water ready to use and it didn't cost a lot ! LOL

You can buy such a system, but I made mine, being a bit handy and as tight as a'holes ! LOL BTW, mine uses filtered water so its perfect to put straight into a kettle, saving even more, unless you boil from solar.

 

[Robmac]

A useful way to heat water when you are on the move is to link a copper coil into the vehicle engine cooling system and feed it into an insulated pipe containing a few gallons of water. When you arrive, you have hot water ready to use and it didn't cost a lot ! LOL

You can buy such a system, but I made mine, being a bit handy and as tight as a'holes ! LOL BTW, mine uses filtered water so its perfect to put straight into a kettle, saving even more, unless you boil from solar.

Yes indeed, a calorifier.

I've used them on boats and they are very effective especially with a well lagged tank in the system.

 

[coundonroad]

All this talk about Coleman stoves got me all nostalgic, so I had to dig mine out. Had it probably since the mid-eighties and haven't used it since probably 1995 ish, but it was a thing of joy to use. Just got out of the habit and went back to gas ones, sadly.
The price sticker shocked me when I saw it. That was quite a lot of money back then for a small camping stove! (£32.95 from Jackson's of Old Arley if you can't make it out).

 

[exwindsurfer]

To all who think that any addition to a motorhome has hardly any effect on fuel consumption, just note the lengths that F1 car designers go to, to gain more power, and yet conserve fuel.
It doesn't really mater what you think, it's what physics dictates, that is the deciding factor. Who was it, that said " There are none so blind, as the wilfully blind"
To argue against this, is to argue against physics, not against my opinion.
I'm not against solar, and I have meticulous records, of my 11yr old domestic system, so I am fully aware of solar generation, in my part of the UK, and this is with the panels angled and pointed towards the south. Still all but useless, in the UK winter.

I am sorry to disagree with you about solar in the winter but i find that i can get nearlly as much solar in the winter because i can remotely till my panels up to nearly 90 degrees and it makes a huge differance.Mind i dohave 600watts of solar + 400amps of lithium batteries lolol

 

[Derekoak]

I am sorry to disagree with you about solar in the winter but i find that i can get nearlly as much solar in the winter because i can remotely till my panels up to nearly 90 degrees and it makes a huge differance.Mind i dohave 600watts of solar + 400amps of lithium batteries lololView attachment 115984

That's impressive. Do your panels cover both skylights? An added advantage, an equatorial sunshade! To get full ventilation headroom you must make a bit of panel angle? How much does all that weigh? I am sure you must have trouble with wind? The telescopic ram mounting points look a little vulnerable under wind load. I am surprised you do not need stainless spreader plates like the other mount points.
There must be reinforcement underneath too.
Now all you need is a roof tent attached to the panel and you get an added bedroom

 

[exwindsurfer]

They have been upin strong wind but not had any trouble so far + normally i would not put them up in wind anyway as far as the weight goes its about 50kg and again the van shows no sign of roll when cornering ive had then up for about 2 years now and i am well pleased .At this tims of the year i try to park my van so it is pointing east so that the sun will pan across them and angle the panels to suit and it works well
Ps the panels only cover the back skylight but you can still open it about 2in as far as fuel goes it is what it is.As you can see ive a spoiler up front i dont know what good its doing but it looks good lololol.

 

[trevskoda]

A useful way to heat water when you are on the move is to link a copper coil into the vehicle engine cooling system and feed it into an insulated pipe containing a few gallons of water. When you arrive, you have hot water ready to use and it didn't cost a lot ! LOL

You can buy such a system, but I made mine, being a bit handy and as tight as a'holes ! LOL BTW, mine uses filtered water so its perfect to put straight into a kettle, saving even more, unless you boil from solar.

I have seen that sys with a coil around the exhaust pipe, very very hot & requires a vent as it boils.