Bought a Generator, Breadmaker in the Van

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We do a lot of bush camping and take all the gear we need. The only thing we don't have is fresh bread.

Now that we have the gennie, well whilst I'm giving the batteries their morning charge for about 2 hours, the breadmaker will go on so we have a fresh loaf for lunch. Might even do a loaf in the afternoon as well if suits us.
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Reply By: Leroy - Monday, Feb 19, 2007 at 21:33

Monday, Feb 19, 2007 at 21:33
So what is your question Jimbo? lol

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Reply By: Willem - Monday, Feb 19, 2007 at 21:36

Monday, Feb 19, 2007 at 21:36
You'll get fat eating all that bread, Jimbo

LOL
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Follow Up By: Jimbo - Monday, Feb 19, 2007 at 21:43

Monday, Feb 19, 2007 at 21:43
I'm already fat Willie LOL

Actually I've knocked off over a stone (6.5 KG) over the last six weeks. I'm getting sick of carrots and celery however.
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Follow Up By: kimprado - Monday, Feb 19, 2007 at 22:17

Monday, Feb 19, 2007 at 22:17
What ever happened to Damper?

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Kim
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Follow Up By: Member - Robert A (QLD) - Tuesday, Feb 20, 2007 at 06:59

Tuesday, Feb 20, 2007 at 06:59
I cant believe what I'm reading, taking bread makers camping. I don't know why some people leave home when they take most of it with them.
What's wrong with a camp oven and a fire.
But if you call camping heading into the nearest caravan park.
Or going into a nice quite place and starting a noisy generator to make bread.
How soft are Aussie's getting.

Rob
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Follow Up By: Robert - Tuesday, Feb 20, 2007 at 16:02

Tuesday, Feb 20, 2007 at 16:02
Well, using a bread maker would have to be more environmentally friendly than lighting a fire, plus more safer if it's very hot and the surrounding veg is very dry.

Whilst I don't take a bread maker, I don't see any reason why a person would/should want to live rough when you can bush camp comfortably!
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Follow Up By: Truckster (Vic) - Tuesday, Feb 20, 2007 at 23:10

Tuesday, Feb 20, 2007 at 23:10
Rob A.. LMAO! Love it! so true.. soft enough for fresh bread.

>Well, using a bread maker would have to be more environmentally friendly than lighting a fire
Right along side the generator thats running.. and people usually have a camp fire anyway.
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Follow Up By: Bilbo - Wednesday, Feb 21, 2007 at 00:12

Wednesday, Feb 21, 2007 at 00:12
Robert A,

I use a genny and a breadmaker. Try living out bush - real bush about 200 kms N/E of Leonora for 2 months at a time and living on damper or even worse, dry cracker biscuits for 7 and a half weeks!!

Ya get sick of it after a while.

Besides, I don't go out there for cooking lessons or trying out camp fire recipes. After a day's bippin' all I want is an easy meal and 8 hours sleep.

;)

Bilbo

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Follow Up By: Mad Dog - Vic - Wednesday, Feb 21, 2007 at 22:59

Wednesday, Feb 21, 2007 at 22:59
Never felt the need for hot bread in the bush, only hot crumpet.
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Reply By: MEMBER - Darian (SA) - Monday, Feb 19, 2007 at 21:50

Monday, Feb 19, 2007 at 21:50
What sort of hardware are you using Jim ? - our Breadmaker wants about 900W - to make bread and charge batteries at the same time would need something like a 2KVA unit presumably - we would love fresh bread on the wallaby but the car is already too full of toys to fit the breadmaker in.
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Follow Up By: Jimbo - Monday, Feb 19, 2007 at 22:03

Monday, Feb 19, 2007 at 22:03
Kipor 2000 TG something.

Puts out a constsnt 1600 watts. More than enough to charge the batts and run the freadmaker.

Breadmaker only draws 600, it would run off any decent gennie or a 600 watt inverter with the engine running.
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Follow Up By: Rock Crawler - Tuesday, Feb 20, 2007 at 07:36

Tuesday, Feb 20, 2007 at 07:36
Not really Jim, it will take all of your 1600 watts to get it on. if your bread maker is 600 watts , it probably needs 1200 watts to start ( serge watts ) .

So a 600 watt inverter will be as usfull as tits on a bull
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Reply By: The Bigfella - Monday, Feb 19, 2007 at 22:00

Monday, Feb 19, 2007 at 22:00
Jimbo

I have told you before that you are getting soft in your aging years:):):):)
Fresh bread - what next, a cow to make fresh cream to turn in to butter for your fresh bread:):):):)
Mate, you will have to trade in the Terracan for a Mack truck to carry all your gear.
Jokes aside you have the right idea - if you want some creature comforts then why not have them. I have set myself up now so I can take a keg of homebrew when I go camping with little effort and have my favourite homebrew on tap all the time while I am camping. Nothing like sitting back during "happy hour/s" with a cold homebrew and listen to the world go by.
Sure hope to catch up with you Mexicans again one day and have some fun. Still often talk about our trip to Vic when I met up with a few of you guys.
By the way I have not seen "Glen" or "numberone" on any posts for a long time. I check this sight about 6 times a day to see what is happening in the real world.
By the way I am very happy with the Coromal Sillhoutte and have had no problems as yet, Done about 6000Kms since I bought it. As for the Terracan - would be the best vehicle I have owned in my driving career ( about 40 years). Best thing I ever did was going from the petrol to the diesel. Have 45000 kms up so far and only had the diff replaced under warranty. Only modification was pump up air bags in the rear springs for towing the coromal and they work a treat.
Don't forget the Bathurst races this year if you can make it. Plenty of room in the back yard and heaps of homebrew and homemade spirits on tap all the time.
Cheers mate.
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Follow Up By: Kev M (NSW) - Tuesday, Feb 20, 2007 at 07:49

Tuesday, Feb 20, 2007 at 07:49
No cows, maybe a goat.

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Follow Up By: slave - Tuesday, Feb 20, 2007 at 10:00

Tuesday, Feb 20, 2007 at 10:00
Bigfella I am glad that we have a policy of 'If it doesn't fit int the car it doesn't go'.

With 2 kids that still travel with us there is no way that we can fit a keg of home brew in the car.... yet. By the time they both leave home I'm sure that HWMBO will have come up with some way of sticking a keg in if he reads this.

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Follow Up By: Pajman Pete (SA) - Tuesday, Feb 20, 2007 at 14:20

Tuesday, Feb 20, 2007 at 14:20
HWMBO??? Don't believe it. More probably HWMBH - He Who Must Be Humoured!

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Follow Up By: Alloy c/t - Tuesday, Feb 20, 2007 at 22:18

Tuesday, Feb 20, 2007 at 22:18
Jumbo at the Bathurst races ?? love to see that , nothing like a good riot started by the holier than thou .
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Reply By: Member - Brenton H (SA) - Monday, Feb 19, 2007 at 22:04

Monday, Feb 19, 2007 at 22:04
Jimbo, you must have a dam quick bread maker to make a loaf in 2 hours. Mine at home takes 3min-5max hours and it only seems that the loaves baked for the longer period are worth eating.

Whats the secret?

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Follow Up By: Jimbo - Monday, Feb 19, 2007 at 22:13

Monday, Feb 19, 2007 at 22:13
No idea Brent.

It's a Palsonic Breadmaker we've had for about 9 years. The cycle is 2.15 hours.

It was at the time the cheapest, nastiest breadmaker on the market. Paid about $200 for it.

Whack the Laucke breadmix in it with the right mix and it does a superb loaf.
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Follow Up By: Member - Pesty (SA) - Monday, Feb 19, 2007 at 23:59

Monday, Feb 19, 2007 at 23:59
Our panasonic only takes 1hr 55min.
We too will be taking bread maker on longer trips when we can fit them in, as wife is coeliac and we need to bake special bread for her
FIL has been doing it for about 15 years, he uses inverter up until its time to bake as prep time doesnt need much power, plugs it into genny (650 honda) for bake cycle for about 30 min.

Cheers Pesty
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Reply By: Gob & Denny - Monday, Feb 19, 2007 at 22:09

Monday, Feb 19, 2007 at 22:09
hey jimbo
you going into competition with roachie
he who dies with the most wins

steve
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Reply By: Member - Matt M (ACT) - Monday, Feb 19, 2007 at 22:15

Monday, Feb 19, 2007 at 22:15
Jimbo,

Bet you'll make heaps of new friends. The smell of fresh bread in the morning should bring them scurrying like cockroaches.

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Reply By: Bilbo - Monday, Feb 19, 2007 at 23:19

Monday, Feb 19, 2007 at 23:19
Stuff messing around with damper, I'm with you Jimbo. Arc the genny up, crack on the breadmaker and do a bit of battery charging at the same time.

Honda 2Ei 2Kva - quiet reliable, econamonocle and it's the only 2kVa that'll keep my jackhammer going without complaining.

Damper's Okaaaayyy - but only if ya haven't got a breadmaker ;)

Bilbo - the roughy, toughy prospector,,,,,,,,,,
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Reply By: Muzzgit [WA] - Monday, Feb 19, 2007 at 23:33

Monday, Feb 19, 2007 at 23:33
You're not Robinson Crusoe there Jimbo.

My mates laughed at me when I suggested we take the bread maker......."why not? you're taking a generator aren't ya!"

Now it's one more thing that is on the list for any trips more than 4 or 5 days.
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Reply By: Member - Robert A (QLD) - Tuesday, Feb 20, 2007 at 06:58

Tuesday, Feb 20, 2007 at 06:58
I cant believe what I'm reading, taking bread makers camping. I don't know why some people leave home when they take most of it with them.
What's wrong with a camp oven and a fire.
But if you call camping heading into the nearest caravan park.
Or going into a nice quite place and starting a noisy generator to make bread.
How soft are Aussie's getting.

Rob
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Follow Up By: just_cruizn - Tuesday, Feb 20, 2007 at 19:13

Tuesday, Feb 20, 2007 at 19:13
DVD player with LCD screens is pretty soft....:)
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Follow Up By: Jimbo - Tuesday, Feb 20, 2007 at 20:14

Tuesday, Feb 20, 2007 at 20:14
Rob,

A bloke who takes a DVD player and an LCD screen bush has the temerity to call someone else soft for taking a breadmaker.

I'm talking about decent food in the bush. If I can eat well I will.

l don't much care what you take to the bush. And I wouldn't be so condescending to make judgemental coments.

Take what you like, it's your choice. But don't preach to me.

Perhaps you ought abide by the rule of "remove the plank from your own eye before you take the splinter out if your brother's".

Jim.
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Follow Up By: Bilbo - Wednesday, Feb 21, 2007 at 00:20

Wednesday, Feb 21, 2007 at 00:20
I replied to Rob A above,,,,,,,,and now I see this abomination!!

A damnable DVD player he takes with him,,,,,,,,,,

What's wrong with a BOOK?

;)

It makes no never mind to me anyway. Where I go "camping" the nearest neighbour is about 150 kms away!

Bilbo
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Follow Up By: Bilbo - Wednesday, Feb 21, 2007 at 00:35

Wednesday, Feb 21, 2007 at 00:35
But so sneaky with it as well eh, Jimbo.

A closet DVD watcher whilst he's supposed to be getting away from it all. Bet he says he only takes it "to keep the kids quiet............."

But we know don't we lads........

;)

Bilbo
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Reply By: res.q.guy - Tuesday, Feb 20, 2007 at 07:02

Tuesday, Feb 20, 2007 at 07:02
For the two years we were travelling around Australia, we ran our bread maker from an inverter, while travelling. We would set up the machine before setting off in the morning, inside the caravan, then at lunchtime when you stop you have a fresh loaf for lunch.
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Follow Up By: greggu - Tuesday, Feb 20, 2007 at 19:10

Tuesday, Feb 20, 2007 at 19:10
hey neil
can you tell me what inverter size you used and also the type brand of breadmaker
thanks greg
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Follow Up By: res.q.guy - Wednesday, Feb 21, 2007 at 22:32

Wednesday, Feb 21, 2007 at 22:32
The inverter is 1500W (continuous) purchased from Jaycar, Cat No:MI5072 and the bread maker is a Sunbeam Bakehouse Compact Mod:BM2100
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Reply By: Bros 1 - Tuesday, Feb 20, 2007 at 09:11

Tuesday, Feb 20, 2007 at 09:11
jimbo,
We took a breadmaker on our last trip to Bathurst Bay. It solved the problem of freezing bread and taking up room in the deep freeze for up to two weeks. Just whack it on when the genny is running and bobs your uncle. 2ui honda provides plenty for fridges, battery charging, lights etc. Best thing since sliced bread.
Cheers,
Bros.
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Reply By: Redback - Tuesday, Feb 20, 2007 at 09:49

Tuesday, Feb 20, 2007 at 09:49
Aaahhh the serenity

Baz.
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Reply By: Mr Fawlty - Tuesday, Feb 20, 2007 at 17:36

Tuesday, Feb 20, 2007 at 17:36
Have you people no refinement whatever? What is wrong with taking your breadmaker...Oh yeah freesh wholegrain bread. I found mine was best set on the timer in the Annexe so that when the morons who want to wake the whole encampement at 3.27 am to go fishing do, so the noise of my breadmaker is hardly heard over the din..."OVER THIS WAY A BIT GEORGE, RIGHTO FRANK I'LL GRAB THE ESKY OK MATE" ALONG WITH THE DULCIT TONES OF TINNIES BEING DRAGGED ONTO THE BACK OF TRAILERS ETC... Yeah give me fresh bread anyday!
I also have a novel alternate use for the breadmaker as well, When not in use my CPAP machine fits neatly inside it for travel...Then I have to carry the bread slicer seperatley in it's own bag.
Though one question I posed to Sybil is why do people make bread early in the morning? so they will have fresh bread to toast at breakfast?
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Follow Up By: Bilbo - Wednesday, Feb 21, 2007 at 00:33

Wednesday, Feb 21, 2007 at 00:33
Basil,

Not so fast, Louis. Nobodys going to be arrested. Not for a while yet,,,,,,,,,,

You never said a truer word my friend. Fishermen and those early morning caravan park departers,,,,,,,,"A bit more, no left, I SAID LEFT, Oh bleep "...... Varoom, try again. "Come on, come on,",,,,, CLAAANNG. "I said STOP, I was waving my hand"......" I thought you were swatting a fly".........."Ya don't get flys at 4 o'clock in the moring darl..........."Well you get the van on then, you do it"............"This happens every time with you",,,,,,"Well go caravanning with someone else then",,,,,,,

If I could reach my gun from my bed,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Or perhaps I could throw the breadmaker. That, I CAN reach!!

Bilbo
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Reply By: Pomgonewalkabout - Tuesday, Feb 20, 2007 at 19:39

Tuesday, Feb 20, 2007 at 19:39
Nothing beats the smell and taste of fresh bread in the morning, oh and the sound of a noisy generator?
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Reply By: greggu - Tuesday, Feb 20, 2007 at 22:11

Tuesday, Feb 20, 2007 at 22:11
Hey jim
way back a year or more ago i reacted somewaht to a smart alec comment from a w?*er called kaos who suggested that a bad water taste i wanted ideas on how to fix in my KK at that time was because i probably relieved myself in the water tank filler at night - his idea of black humour obviously- as you said to me at the time and i have followed your advice - you have to take the good with the bad on this site cause you dont know if there 12 or 60 or with an iq of 9 or 140 who reply mate
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i note your slightly terse reaction to rob's smart alec comments mate
me i say go the breadmakers and i am just about to set forth to retravision or kmart or similar to buy one which i hope i can run ok with my 1000 watt inverta and or my 1 kw honda gen - all the comforts of home forme in the bush / beach when possible and i have being practising at this 4wd camping game / beach fishing for over 40 years and i still need more practise to get it right
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PS incidently i do think its a sad thing that so many competent really experienced people who used to give free advice on the site such as colin rivers etc have given it away cause of the dare i say it virulent w?@ers
see you jim
greg
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Reply By: kimprado - Wednesday, Feb 21, 2007 at 23:32

Wednesday, Feb 21, 2007 at 23:32
Interesting reading

I've never come a bunch of people who don't squeal and carry on when fresh Damper is cooked. I must be living in an different Universe.

LOL

Regards

Kim
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