Kettle which will work on Yammy 2kva generator

it's is called a "gas" kettle, some things simply are not practicial for camping and with most items that require a fast and high output of pure heat the only way to go is gas, nothing else really cuts it for camping...
Cheers
Joe

Hi Big L,

Check out this Thread 91424.

Cheers Steve

Oh dear, we have just returned from a trip to Honeymoon Bay,inside Jervis Bay NSW. There was a gennie running, day and night there, and all it was for was ONE light globe..lol

Thanks for all your useful tips. We have gas on the Kimberley so will get the gas kettle for the next trip.The generator was to charge up the batteries when there is too little sun.

You have the same problem in the KK that we had in the Oka, not having gas the diesel cooktop is slow to warm up so boiling a billy takes time which we solved in the design/build stage.
You have two solutions, either use an ecobilly on the ground with a little tray of meths instead of sticks or use an electric jug.
When building the Oka into a motorhome I installed enough battery power (480ah) to run an 1800w inverter comfortably and enough solar (500w) to keep it charged even in cloudy overcast weather. We don't carry a genny and the solar/electric system has proved to be able to work indefinately without input from the vehicle at all.
Your biggest problem might be getting enough solar on the roof of the KK.
The jug we use is of one litre capacity and is rated at 1,000 watts, boils a litre of water very quickly, faster in fact than the 2400w jug at home. It was bought on ebay from Hong Kong and is just a miniature version of a normal sized one, cordless an all.
We also use a normal 240v toaster and a breadmaker as well as all the usual plugpacks for laptops etc.
The only one I can see on ebay at the moment is this one

We run a Birko drink heater (850W) on our solar via a 1300W inverter.
It is also useful for soup etc, if required.
Great jigger.
We have no 240V input and no generator.

Cheers,
Peter
OKA196 Motorhome

Big L - Hopefully this electric kettle experience is just a test run before you head off on the real adventure.

If so do yourself a favour and leave the electric kettle at home where it belongs.

My suggestion is to get into the swing of being retired and appreciate that you no longer need to hurry as nearly as much. This means that you can now relax, boil the billy on the gas burner and read the paper.

Actually I did a bit of a test between boiling water on the gas stove & boiling the electric jug and it was neck & neck. And I can vouch that the Kamper has a pretty good gas burner.

Happy trails & enjoy your retirement - Wayne

I looked at our kettles a while back for a similar question and none of them were under 2,000 w - not even the small cheap ones i get to keep in the shearing and lambing sheds.

Mh

a Billie?
Been used for a long time by many people, can also be used on the camp fire.

This or a similar issue keep comming up.

We need to understand that electricity is a slow and inefficient way of heating anything even on mains power.

For heating and heating quickly there is simply no substitute for burning something.

Those little butane stoves are a wonderfull thing.....and the price seems to keep dropping......the chepaest I have seen them is just under $15 and the cartridges seem to be getting cheaper too.

we have a little light weight kettle that boils in no time on one of those little stoves.

cheers

To answer the question asked,

SWMBO and I have a Sunbeam ("Belle-Aqua") 1L stainless steel kettle which is claimed to draw 1700-1800W

If your Yammy is like the Honda EU20i and rated at 1600W continuous, then even this will probably be too much for it.. If it's rated at 2000W continuous, then it should be quite OK.

There may well be kettles of similar (or smaller) size which draw less current..
IMO the easiest way to find out would be to go into Hardly Normal (or the appliance retailer of your choice) and check the smaller sized units on display.. (simply turn 'em over & read the label;-))

On the issue of the 'whys & wherefors", well I certainly wouldn't fire up a genny just to boil some water, but if ya already got the thing running (charging batteries or whatever), and ya feel like a cuppa (and ya have a kettle that won't trip the breaker), makes sense to me to use the 'lectrickery that's available... will actually be doing the genny engine a favour by making it "work" from time to time...

As for how much "stuff" you want to cart around, well that's for you to decide...


:)

should of bought a honda