Low wattage 240volt kettle

why low watts it will still take the same amount of energy to boil any given qty of water...be it with 500watts or 2kW

I'm guessing 'cause he wants to run it off an inverter.

I haven't seen one at all but I have seen 12v kettles. Said to be not very good though.

To suggest an alternative, we use the $20 butane stove and a 1 litre billy/kettle.

Take anywhere and boils in around 10 minutes. Does not flatten your battery either! You can also cook on it. Can be left packed in vehicle for emergencies.

Even 500w @ 240v is a lot of amps at 12 volts. I could probably work it out but can't be bothered. Much less of course than a normal 2000w kettle but it just means it will take 4 times longer to boil. This is probably not an issue and just means 10 minutes instead of 2 minutes (about the same time as gas).

Suffice to say that gas is WAY more efficient for heating water than a 12 volt battery.

Cheers
Muddy

Hi Patrol22, yes such an animal does exist!!!

I got one from Aldi, it's a (Mezzo Travel Kettle KR 303 600w .4ltr), a bit bigger than you want.

I use it with a 1kv Yamaha genny, it works great and quite fast to boil, then again it's only 4 cups of water.

What's really good about it is on very hot days your not adding more heat to the van with the gas burning to heat a standard kettle

Hope you get what you want.

cheers

piddlefimp

Hi Pete

I keep looking for that sort of stuff and have not come across one.

Even tonight after watching new star trek movie we wandered though havey Norman and at less saw a small snack oven which only used 500-600w for our smaller inverter.

So we stick with our long life thermos , and dangle one of those 150w 12v immersion heaters in it as required.

Jaycar had a proper coffee perc machine which was closest I have seen advertized claiming 300w direct of 12v , however 300w of 12v direct is a lot and I couldn't verify from it documention if this was true , I suspect thats a peak , and also its a perc machine not just a kettle however I might get one just to rip out its element and see if it can be put to use. ( CAT. GH1381)

Thanks everyone...as I suspected there probably isn't such a beast. Guess I'll just keep on using the gas burner and fill the thermos each morning.
Cheers
Pete

I am sure I seen 12 volt travelling kettles and supercheap or autobarn.
Honky

When we were travelling around Europe my we had a 12V immersion heater.

It only took a couple of minutes to boil enough for 2 cuppas.

Peter

I`ve had one of those things that you plug into the cigarette lighter since 1986 and the darn things still works a treat. Holds enough water to make three cups of tea/coffee etc and clips onto the window sill, so boil hile you drive and when ready pull over and you have ready made boiling water. Still see them in camping shops here in Perth

When next I am in a camping shop I`ll try to remember which shop I was in and where to get them, but I know I have DEFINATELY seen then around. Maybe an Army surplus store would have them as well.

Not Quite but close pete

In Ray's today , saw a 650w 240vac unit specifically for travelling with just a 2 cup capacity.

Would be what you after if you had an inverter setup.

As heaters are resistive it would probably work off the standard 600w size item.