New coffee maker
Weve been using an old style percolator on the stove top for years in the camper. I was afraid my drip unit would be too hard on the batteries. But I've slowed down my former 2 pot habit to what the pot says is about 6 cups a morning. My old drip unit used 120 VAC at 1100 watts when brewing and stayed high on the power draw for much of the 2 hours it was on before auto shutoff. I just bought a little Mr Coffee 5 cup unit and have tried it for this mornings coffee with the kill-O-watt meter on.
Brewing a 5 cup pot, and then running the warmer for the one hour period the timer gives it used .1 kwhr. So apparently I should be able to use this off an inverter in the camper for only about 1.1 Amp hr off the batteries.
The max draw when brewing is about 660 watts, and after about a 4 minute brewing cycle it cuts out and starts cycling about 5 minutes off and 5 seconds on for an hour.
It will be great to not run the stove every morning in the summer adding more heat to the camper.
Brewing a 5 cup pot, and then running the warmer for the one hour period the timer gives it used .1 kwhr. So apparently I should be able to use this off an inverter in the camper for only about 1.1 Amp hr off the batteries.
The max draw when brewing is about 660 watts, and after about a 4 minute brewing cycle it cuts out and starts cycling about 5 minutes off and 5 seconds on for an hour.
It will be great to not run the stove every morning in the summer adding more heat to the camper.
