HeadedToTexas
Guru
Coffee has always been an important part of our mornings and it continues to be so aboard. We cook on gas at home, but Escape has an all electric galley. At home we brew coffee with an electric drip maker into a thermal carafe. Similar set up aboard where the drip maker is rated for 900 watts. No problem for our 3000 watt Xantrex inverter, but I am always looking to trim energy usage.
The coffee maker takes 15 minutes to drip through an entire pot from which we pour into insulated mugs. A 900 watt load on our inverter will conservatively consume 1000 watts of battery, so 1000 watts ÷ 12 VDC x 0.25 hours equals 21 amp hours from our 600 amp hour AGM house bank. Given the priority we place on coffee, that feels like a bargain. Are you guys in the same ballpark?
The coffee maker takes 15 minutes to drip through an entire pot from which we pour into insulated mugs. A 900 watt load on our inverter will conservatively consume 1000 watts of battery, so 1000 watts ÷ 12 VDC x 0.25 hours equals 21 amp hours from our 600 amp hour AGM house bank. Given the priority we place on coffee, that feels like a bargain. Are you guys in the same ballpark?