1500 Watt inverter for my van.

[m_c]

Load shedding? As in some fancy mosfet controlled fusebox?

Good reason not to own anything modern and definitely not french!

An electric car might seem a good option, but your range will drop in half. Wonder if many carry a petrol suitcase generator for emergency recharging?

I've not used one, but a silent petrol suitcase generator, would be a lot cheaper than the Bluetti?

Most loads in any vehicle designed in the past 20 years are electronically controlled.
Once voltage starts dropping, loads start getting turned off in order of priority, until your usually left with the engine ECU gasping for life and the instrument cluster illuminated like a christmas tree displaying endless warnings about what is no longer working.
Even on older vehicles, things like ABS will shut down at a set voltage, as it can't guarantee it'll operate predictably if needed below a certain point.

 

[Dapph2]

What ever happened to the cig lighter socket 12 volt swizzle stick and mug for making a drink as you drove ? Loads of us in HMF had them in our vehicles along with long leads and croc clips

 

[Turbo]

Load shedding? As in some fancy mosfet controlled fusebox?

Good reason not to own anything modern and definitely not french!

An electric car might seem a good option, but your range will drop in half. Wonder if many carry a petrol suitcase generator for emergency recharging?

I've not used one, but a silent petrol suitcase generator, would be a lot cheaper than the Bluetti?

You will need a 3 or 3.5 kw genny to run that coffee maker, £400 to £500.

 

[Kram]

You will need a 3 or 3.5 kw genny to run that coffee maker, £400 to £500.

Please enlighten, why would a 1500w or 1800w genny not be suitable? It is only a short duration load.

Even so, 3.5kw is a good number, useful thing to have...

 

[Turbo]

Please enlighten, why would a 1500w or 1800w genny not be suitable? It is only a short duration load.

Even so, 3.5kw is a good number, useful thing to have...

Some more educated than me can explain but basically you need double the size of generator for that type of load.
As an example our 3.5 kva genny really struggles to boil a 2 kw electric kettle.

 

[Kram]

I find that very odd, particually as heater elements are usually easy resistive loads and dont care much whether its square or sine wave.

 

[finyuk2005]

Its usualy inductive loads that are harder on genny's is it not? big motors etc?
Resistive loads are easier because they are closer to ideal power factor i thought

 

[Onoff]

it will also need to power my Tassimo coffee machine which is 1400W, what do I need to know and how are they installed?

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[finyuk2005]

Those coffee machines will have a high pressure pump that I'd imagine could be quite hard on a smaller inverter?

 

[MattF]

I don't have Makita batteries.

Shame on you.

 

[Kram]

I thought they used steam? No pump in them I thought.
Plastic concraptions, apart from the heater element theres not a metal part in them.

 

[MattF]

Just use a flask.