1000w inverter: can this accommodate a 1000w hairdryer or not ?

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Hi and a Merry Christmas.
Having decided to go off Grid for 2 weeks starting onteh 27th Decmber, for the very first time, since buying Renee, in August.
I've asked about the water tank, where to fill it, etc. for showers, and emptying all your wastes, etc., so now I know about this.

What I didn't ask was, as a woman, I need my hairdryer and hot brush each morning. Would the 1000-volt invertor that has been installed take on the task of doing my hair or not?


I don't want to try, and then find I have completely FUSED or worse FRAZZLED the fuse board, Can any of you merry men or women out there, answer this question please?.

Then I am good to go on my first Off-grid expectation around the Penines, and the Lake Windermere! Hopefully with more confidence as the days are being ticked off. Frightened, but if we don't face our FEARS, then we will never be able to enjoy our OAP Retirement
Thank you so much
 
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V and B said:
Used to dry my hair naturally, then used the babyllis gas powered brush as has been mentioned above. Worked very well. We now have an ecoflow lithium power bank, so I use a low wattage hair dryer, unless you wash your hair everyday, a powerbank should last you without top up. The beauty of the powerbank is you don't have to worry as to how it's affecting your leisure battery as its completely separate. They are however quite expensive but coming down in price all the time.
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How many uses do you get before needing to recharge ?
The OP is talking about being off grid for 2 weeks and I think doing her hair daily.
 
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Hymerboy said:
Im thinking of going lithium but with limited funds, if I fit a 300 ah battery and a 50 amp b2b along with a 2400 watt inverter would I still need a sperate lithium battery charger, and leave the built in one in place, we tend to move about every other day or so.
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I fitted a 230AH LifePo4, 2,000 watt pure sign wave inverter, 60 amp B2B and 230 watts of solar.
Solar covers my usage for 6 months of the year and B2B the other 6 months, in the UK.
The solar controller and B2B have lithium settings.
I haven't fitted a lithium charger as we only go on EHU a couple of nights a year and my vans standard lead acid mains charger is 14.4v charge and 13.6v float and no desulfation stage so although it won't charge my LifePo4 to 100%, which isn't a problem on EHU, it won't damage it either.
If you're moving every other day then aslong as you drive for long enough the B2B should keep the battery topped up.
 
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Hymerboy said:
Im thinking of going lithium but with limited funds, if I fit a 300 ah battery and a 50 amp b2b along with a 2400 watt inverter would I still need a sperate lithium battery charger, and leave the built in one in place, we tend to move about every other day or so.
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If your Hymer has an Elektroblock depending on model they are OK to charge Lithium but won't give it a full charge.
If you use EHU a lot best to fit a charger suitable for Lithium.

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headlight said:
How many uses do you get before needing to recharge ?
The OP is talking about being off grid for 2 weeks and I think doing her hair daily.
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Didn't notice the op originally said daily. No a powerbank would definitely not last daily for two weeks. Would have thought very few systems capable of that in winter, unless some means of recharging as already mentioned
 
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Lenny HB said:
If your Hymer has an Elektroblock depending on model they are OK to charge Lithium but won't give it a full charge.
If you use EHU a lot best to fit a charger suitable for Lithium.
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Its 2013 year with Shaudt EBL 29 Elektroblock.
Jack.
 
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Silver-Fox said:
Just smiffy is there something you want to share with us 🤔😂😂😂
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Well after 8 years trying to grow it, from short all my life, only shoulder length now, I am not going to cut it ! hahah, easier to put it into a bun

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Jerrywh said:
Once you are properly into the MH lifestyle you will just rub it with a towel and call it dry and go look at the dawn instead :)
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I'm trying hard, but my friends are saying PLEASE PLEASE Caroline, don't be one of those anoraks, bobble hat women hahahah IT JUST NOT YOU! mmmmm
 
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sweet caroline said:
I also have a solar panel on my roof, but I have no idea how that works either. Does it charge the leisure battery as well as the invertor?
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It only charges the leisure battery and maybe the starter battery , nothing to do with the inverter

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Palough said:
LiPo batteries are the way to go, but as they are marginally taller, they can sometimes not fit inside the battery box compartment, like my Knaus, where ordinary AGM batteries have to be shoe-horned into the compartment.

Most good quality LiPo batteries are fitted internally with a BMS (battery management system) making a lot of the discussions about needing special charges for LiPo batteries irrelevante.
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I don't think you mean LiPo batteries. LiPo is the common accepted abbreviation for Lithium Polymer batteries, which are used in laptops and mobile phones etc. They are very vulnerable to fire if not treated properly.

Motorhome batteries, and those batteries in big portable power banks, are Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePO4) (not Lithium Polymer). They are very much safer than other lithium battery types, and will not catch fire if damaged like other lithium batteries do. Make sure you only get Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries.
 
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Forget a hair dryer and instead get yourself a couple of 'turban' towels made of microfibre towelling. You wrap them round your head and secure the 'tail' with a button and loop at the back. They cost £2-£3 usually in Home Bargains etc type shops.

I use 2 sometimes, the first to get most of the water out of my hair by leaving it on for up to 5 mins then take it off and use the second one which really dries it well and it ends up just a bit damp so it deal for styling as it completely dries by the time you've finished, coupled with a gas curler or gas brush you'll be sorted without the need for going to the expense of extra batteries etc.

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Minxy said:
Forget a hair dryer and instead get yourself a couple of 'turban' towels made of microfibre towelling. You wrap them round your head and secure the 'tail' with a button and loop at the back. They cost £2-£3 usually in Home Bargains etc type shops.

I use 2 sometimes, the first to get most of the water out of my hair by leaving it on for up to 5 mins then take it off and use the second one which really dries it well and it ends up just a bit damp so it deal for styling as it completely dries by the time you've finished, coupled with a gas curler or gas brush you'll be sorted without the need for going to the expense of extra batteries etc.
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thank you so much minxy, Gas Hairdryer?
 
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sweet caroline said:
I also have a solar panel on my roof, but I have no idea how that works either. Does it charge the leisure battery as well as the invertor?
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I'm a bit late to your thread but my main worry is nothing to do with hair dryers, as I hope you realise by now they are a non-starter. The main problem is just living two weeks off-grid. My suspicion is you are staying in one place for the whole two weeks. If this is the case and with "a solar panel" you will be struggling at this time of year just to keep the lights on.

Leave the hair dryer behind and see how you get on. If the battery runs down you will have to go for a drive but it won't be a short one, you will need several hours to recharge the battery unless you have a thing called a battery to battery charger. Ideally, whoever fitted the inverter would have added one but you won't know unless you can monitor the charging current while the engine is running.
 
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OMG!!!!! I never knew that you can buy a hairdryer and hair tongs which are battery operated, and charger with USB port , which my van has, so able to charge whilst driving!!!

Thank you Minxy, Merry Christmas to you and to ME , and happier Off Grider now, Hair, Makeup, and stylish clothes too ! cant wait to hit the road
 
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DBK said:
I'm a bit late to your thread but my main worry is nothing to do with hair dryers, as I hope you realise by now they are a non-starter. The main problem is just living two weeks off-grid. My suspicion is you are staying in one place for the whole two weeks. If this is the case and with "a solar panel" you will be struggling at this time of year just to keep the lights on.

Leave the hair dryer behind and see how you get on. If the battery runs down you will have to go for a drive but it won't be a short one, you will need several hours to recharge the battery unless you have a thing called a battery to battery charger. Ideally, whoever fitted the inverter would have added one but you won't know unless you can monitor the charging current while the engine is running.
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Hi there DBK,

So very kind of you to come back to me, and don't worry about late thread, I am not going until the 27th December anyway ! haha
I will be going OFF GRID, for 2 weeks, travelling daily up to Cumbria first, then onto Lake Windermere, stopping in small villages with laybys etc, so everyday a different place. However, a very kind lady here, told me about battery operated hairdryers and curling tongs, so I have just spent over 110£ on purchasing them, as they are USB ports, which can be charged up during the driving in between the towns I visit ! BOOM!!!!

Did not know they even existed ?hahah So also bought battery operated lights for the walls of the mh, but can be removed to be USB charged, and used as torches, so bought 4 of those, so wont need to use lights in mg either !

I will use the Gas for heating though, so not too sure how long that will last, I have LPG two bottles in the van, and always full, so I am hoping they too will last me the 2 weeks, in the cold weather> Albeit, the forecast looks amazing, but then I am in Suffolk, with the lowest rainfall in the UK, and not so cold as Cumbria hahah. But need to be warm, so will use the gas heating in the night time whatever,

So all in all I think I am there ? unless anyone out there, can remind me about anything in particular. I do know, that if weather declines, then I will head home again,I am NOT going to be knee deep in snow or worse get stuck anywhere !mmmm
 
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I did do a quick search and found a couple of hairdryers claiming to be 800W. I doubt they're much good, but that might be an option! If your inverter can handle it but your battery can't, then you might be able to run the engine while you dry your hair... depends a bit on how everything is wired up.

Hope you have a great time. I've done a few trips over Christmas/New Year - the last one was to the Hebrides! - and I've enjoyed them greatly.

The downside, especially as you go north, is the amount of daylight. The upside is how easy it is to find a campsite with space! It sounds as if you're staying mostly in one place, but I love the freedom to travel around and stay on sites without having to book far in advance. I would wake up, look at the weather forecast, and decide where to go next based on that!

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quentinsf said:
I did do a quick search and found a couple of hairdryers claiming to be 800W. I doubt they're much good, but that might be an option! If your inverter can handle it but your battery can't, then you might be able to run the engine while you dry your hair... depends a bit on how everything is wired up.

Hope you have a great time. I've done a few trips over Christmas/New Year - the last one was to the Hebrides! - and I've enjoyed them greatly.

The downside, especially as you go north, is the amount of daylight. The upside is how easy it is to find a campsite with space! It sounds as if you're staying mostly in one place, but I love the freedom to travel around and stay on sites without having to book far in advance. I would wake up, look at the weather forecast, and decide where to go next based on that!
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Hi There Q,

Thank you for your kind reply, I will be travelling daily ! Travelling from Suffolk to Crumbria, taking in lots of little places, villages, then onto Lake Windermere too 1 week to get there, and another 1 coming back down another route
So hoping to wake up by a lake, look at the weather, and move onto another mountain place, with sheep, cows, and horizons. So a daily drive with scenery to die for, I hope so !
 
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