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Subject Topic: Campervan toaster
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Personnesty
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I need a toaster for my campervan, which I'll be using pick up power.

Ideally, more compact the better, anyone got any recommendations.

Thanks


Persondk168
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What did you mean by "pick up power" please?

Did you meant to say "hook up power" instead?

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Yes hook up.


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We have low powered one from Tesco, it works ok no matter what amps are available


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I got a low power one from Lidl/Aldi a few years ago (middle aisle/special purchase deal) , it's about as compact as a toaster can be, and the low power suits all EHUs. Probable too late now for this years camping equipment specials!


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OK thanks for the replies so far, what wattage is appropriate on hook up, seen some 750-800w ones.


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I just use a cheap 1000w one (under 5 amps) from Asda - its not particularly compact though.


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Take the wattage of the toaster and divide by the voltage (230V) to get amps.

For example, 800W / 230V = 3.5A

What other electrical items will be running at the same time (e.g. fridge, heater, battery charger)? Add up the total amps consumed and see if it is more than the rating of the site EHU.

Some of the camp sites I stayed at in France this year were only 6A. At one site, a German couple next to use kept tripping the EHU every time they put on their coffee maker. It got very tedious having to keep resetting the EHU. The couple couldn’t comprehend that their coffee maker was drawing too much current.


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Running a practically new compressor fridge, it seems the draw quite minimal for a fridge, other than that maybe a small space heater.


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Ours is around the same wattage 800w, its steady but it toast fine


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Maybe don’t use the hair dryer or kettle at exactly the same time…

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