On Nov 22, 1:17*am, "Eisboch" wrote:
"Vic Smith" wrote in message

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My wife called from the store where she's doing Christmas shopping.
Same BS every year with kids, grandkids, parents.
Bah, humbug, but there it is.
She saw a 12V drip coffee maker. *20 bucks. *I told her to get it.
4-cup. *Which means 1 1/2 real cups.
I drink a LOT of coffee, and thermos coffee can't compare to fresh
brewed. *We carry our a 10-cup on the road and always brew coffee
in the motel room. *A touch of home.
Now I plan to make it when to stop at a rest area, using the cig
lighter to plug it in.
Anybody have experience with 12V coffee makers?
Have to have coffee for my boat overnighters too, so I might as well
be prepared.
Tips?

--Vic

Like Calif Bill, *I've heard 12 volt coffee makers are a joke. *Think about
something. *A regular, 120 volt coffee maker typically draws anywhere from 5
to 8 amps when heating the water to make the coffee.
At 12 volts that will be 50 to 80 amps. * If you drink a lot of coffee,
you'll also be burning a lot of gas running the engine, just to avoid a dead
battery.

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It's the equivilant of droping the cars cigarette lighter in 4 cups of
water.