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power inverter isnt enough :(
Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 4:04 pm
by lotas
Well i went to install my waffle iron in my trunk the other day with my 300-400watt power inverter and it turns out waffle irons are like 1200-1500watts. Im so attached to this project that i feel i MUST get the waffle iron in, ive woroked so hard on the fiberglass and such, but id have to buy a 1000watt power inverter, and it'd cost like $100
is there any other way to power something like that besides an inverter?
Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 4:42 pm
by ridr4lif
Have you tried looking on ebay? i dont know of any other way to do that considering most home appliances use 110 volt and a car runs off of 12.
TEDD
Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 4:46 pm
by Ryan from Ohio
damn
Thought if you come to the CAC gathering you were making us breakfast!
Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 4:51 pm
by ridr4lif
That would be nice bc waffles are my favorite breakfast food!
TEDD
Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 5:11 pm
by nist7
have you actually checked the wattage ratings on your iron?
and i wouldn't be too worried about under-powering, it would prolly just take longer to cook breakfast
Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 7:13 pm
by William from NOLA
Well, if there aren't enough amps, then he'll probably just blow the fuse.
You could always just power it with your amplifier :) (refer to the video where a Sawzall is powered by a Cadence amplifier...)
Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 10:48 pm
by lotas
nist7 wrote:have you actually checked the wattage ratings on your iron?
and i wouldn't be too worried about under-powering, it would prolly just take longer to cook breakfast
well i found a generic list. it said waffle irons are 1200-1500watts. I could probably use a 1000watt continous because it might only need a surge of power at the beginning.
Anyways yeah im pretty bummed, I mean i know the idea is silly, but i was perfectly fine with it, even with spending $ on fiberglass supplies. But now if i have to spend over a hundred bucks on it thats getting a little out of hand.
so theres nothing you can install in between the iron and inverter that lowers the wattage load on the inverter or something? like a flux-capacitor
?
there's gotta be some electrical resistor thing or someting.
cmon engineers!
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 4:07 am
by Ryan from Ohio
Nuclear reactor? Use a 12V DC motor to a generator? Run a wire off your alt before the DC rectifier? Really long extension cord?
lol
Dunno
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 12:19 pm
by daykareboards
William, where can i find that video of the sawzall?
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 2:20 pm
by William from NOLA
http://www.realmofexcursion.com/videos.html It's under Various, which is last in the list