All in one electric cookers
We've been considering purchasing an all in one electric cooker for convenience and also as a cost saving move. They appear to be very versatile (such as the KitchenM8) and would operate from the electric hook up rather than eating away at the gas. Does
anyone know whether the amperage is suitable for caravan use?
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They look to be 1300 watts which is approx 6amps. This should be ok providing the site supplies 10amps or more. You might need to be carefukl what you use at the same time as this though to be on the safe side.
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Many thanks for the replies, much appreciated! Mike, you've triggered a distant memory from my school days and I think I'm right in saying that watts divided by voltage = amps, so as you say, it should be around 6 amps. You make a good point about not overloading
the circuit with other equipment, but we usually use sites with a 16amp supply, so should be fine. Time to go shopping I think, and after a while it will pay for itself by the reduction in gas usage!0 -
Your recollection of basic electrical theory is correct but a more important question is the desirability of disadvantaging the many vanners who stay partially or wholly off EHU. from a manufacturers and second hand market perspective, eliminating gas for
coking will inevitably reduce potential sales. Personally I'd be happy to swap my slow solid electric ring for gas. which would cost very little extra to run. There's a "but" though - for the fourth ring to be induction I'd pay more. I doubt that it'll catch
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Your recollection of basic electrical theory is correct but a more important question is the desirability of disadvantaging the many vanners who stay partially or wholly off EHU. from a manufacturers and second hand market perspective, eliminating gas for
coking will inevitably reduce potential sales. Personally I'd be happy to swap my slow solid electric ring for gas. which would cost very little extra to run. There's a "but" though - for the fourth ring to be induction I'd pay more. I doubt
that it'll catch on though because people would need induction friendly saucepans.Agree with this. I've always been a fan of a gas hob and hated electric rings but I now prefer induction to the lot. I tested my caravan pans with a magnet and struck lucky.
Most of our cooking is on the cobb or the remoska but I occasionally take my single ring induction hob with me
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They look to be 1300 watts which is approx 6amps. This should be ok providing the site supplies 10amps or more. You might need to be carefukl what you use at the same time as this though to be on the safe side.
If it is an oven/grill with 2 rings on top, it will be a lot more than 1300 watts.
We have the Lidl oven/grill, it is 1300 w on its own, then we have a separate 2 ring hotplate, it can use a total of 2100 watts.
I would check the wattage carefully before buying OP, or you may be disappointed if you plan to use only that for cooking. Some of the combined units are 3000watts total.
We do use the electric oven a lot, but mainly the gas rings these days.
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Personally I'd be happy to swap my slow solid electric ring for gas. which would cost very little extra to run.
I like the electric ring for certain things. For instance in colder weather when the nights draw in I may occasionally make a casserole on top of the stove. I use heavy, thick bottomed stainless steel pans but even so wind it difficult to achieve a gentle
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Dave, fully electric? Hookup prison? Really?? You mention cost saving. And ' eating away at the gas' Firstly, have you heard of Safefill? A quarter of the price of cylinder swap gas and as far as electric hook up is concerned- have you ever considered non
EHU caravanning? If you take the trouble to read the thread " how to survive a non 240 site" I think you will get an awful lot out of it and it will hopefully give you a new perspective. The new technologies have brought with them a golden opportunity for
us to slash and I mean SLASH costs with no reduction in comfort levels. To tie yourself to an EHU is in my opinion a backward step. A non EHU holiday last year for 15 days cost me £60 + the Safefill gas I used which was about a tenner. What's not to like?
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Our caravan cooker has one electric hob, three gas hobs, a gas grill and a gas oven. We also have a two burner electric hob in the awning.
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Due to a miscalculation (error) on my part, we ran out of gas on the final week of our recent 3 weeks in Ireland. Survived by using our small Cadac Carry Chef, charcoal BBQ, but bought a single ring electric hob ( about 30 euro from Argos) pulls about 6amps fine if used sensibly. Of cause I got called all the names under the sun as we ran out half way through SWMBO cooking her morning porridge.
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scoutman that's why a safefill is a great addition - you can SEE the level of gas and top it up when convenient! The savings can be significant if you spend any time off grid.
The kitchenm8 looks very useful there are quite a few of those sort of things on the market - all depends on your use but I find an electric wok does everything I want to do when on EHU.
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We have 4 gas burners, grill and oven which I always use when its not hot weather. In hot weather I tend to use a single electric hotplate, electric fry pan and the cadac, all cooking done outside.
Are Remoska really that good to warrant the huge cost? my electric fry pan is ok, but its not very deep so trying to use it for making anything like a casserole it tends to over spill when it heats, if you turn it down it then seems to hardly ever come on, very frustrating. I'm looking for something a bit deeper that can simmer nicely, fry steadily without constantly going off, again really annoying.
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