Electric kettle not on hook up

Supperonthebeach · Sep 4, 2022

Hi does anyone know if I can safely use an electric kettle (12v car kettle) in a t6.1 beach tour (no hook up) while engine is off? Or would this blow a fuse or run down the leisure battery?
Thanks!

GrannyJen · Sep 4, 2022

Supperonthebeach said:
Hi does anyone know if I can safely use an electric kettle (12v car kettle) in a t6.1 beach tour (no hook up) while engine is off? Or would this blow a fuse or run down the leisure battery?
Thanks!

Yes you can but @Amarillo is the forum guru on teapot patience

Ozzy Pete · Sep 4, 2022

Supperonthebeach said:
Hi does anyone know if I can safely use an electric kettle (12v car kettle) in a t6.1 beach tour (no hook up) while engine is off? Or would this blow a fuse or run down the leisure battery?
Thanks!

It’s bound to run the leisure battery down to a degree. It all depends how many times you want to boil a kettle. Once or twice isn’t going to hurt but many times without charging not a good idea.

Tarquers · Sep 4, 2022

Have a read of this: https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/product-group-tests/356553/best-12v-kettles-2021?amp

20 mins to boil some water? Buy a jetboil, hot water for 2 cups in 2 mins. We use the jetboil even though we have the gas cooker in our beach.

Karlos · Sep 4, 2022

12v kettles take forever.

yossarian · Sep 4, 2022

From an energy point of view it's pretty hopeless. You have around 0.5kWh usable in your battery and it takes about 0.1kWh to heat a liter of water by 80 degrees. So enough energy to heat about 5 liters of water.