Definitely truck stops have lots of vehicle powered gadgets. Online truck stops too: http://www.roadtrucker.com/12-volt-appliance/12-volt-appliances.htm Any of them that use electric current to generate significant heat (toaster, coffee pot/hot water pot, hot plate, hair dryer/curler, etc.) will suck your little boat battery dry very fast. Likewise any that use it to refrigerate. Truckers have very large diesel generators running most of the time...plenty of power for these kinds of gadgets. Not so on small sailboats! cheers, John S. On 02/22/2016 08:45 AM, Conbert Benneck wrote:
On 2/22/2016 10:18 AM, David Rifkind wrote:
Hi David,
Let me pass on a bit of accumulated wisdom that the whole gang can use.
For some very strange reason, there are groups of people with similar requirements, but neither side knows of the others existence.
Let me suggest that the next time you pass a BIG Truck STOP, drive in; park; and go exploring.
Aside from toilets / showers / sleeping rooms / restaurants / game rooms / TV lounges / you will eventually find their ACCESSORY Store, and Grocery store.
This is where you hit pay dirt.
Truckers have the same sorts of problems that sailors do.
They need small packages of detergents / canned goods / food packages for use in their sleeper cabs.
Then you will find all sorts of 12 Volt appliances you have never seen at WEST Marine.
Such as the toaster you just referenced; coffee pots; hair curlers; it's a sailor's bonanza.
Of course the things aren't made of stainless steel, but if it rusts out in 5 years in a marine environment, so what, you now know where you can buy a replacement (and these things aren't expensive either).
Go to a big truck stop: explore; and report back.
Connie
On Feb 21, 2016, at 7:38 PM, Jazzy <jazzydaze@gmail.com> wrote:
And now we have time for a toast! You have a toaster?
What kind of battery (size and type) do you have? A new electric system is coming up fast on my list.
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