The hairdryer conundrum!

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This is a question for the 'girls' who camp without EHU or site showers :giggle:.

I will be camping on a farm in my PVC for 3 nights in April, then on to the Peterborough Show for 3 nights with Fun.
My dilemma is that I have to attend a meeting in London on Saturday and have no clue as to how to get my hair dried early Saturday morning!!!
I can manage with dry shampoo for a few days but not for 5 :smirk:.

Does anyone know if showers/plug for hairdryer are available at the Show?

Would anyone recommend having an inverter fitted? Just for a hair dryer and coffee machine?

I have 2 90w batteries and 100 w solar and travel solo.

Thanks in advance,
 
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your battery and solar setup would not support a big inverter. Anything that creates heat draws a lot of power so a large inverter, bigger battery bank and more solar would be needed. Have you looked at gas powered straighteners?

Nowhere to plug a hairdryer in at the show I am afraid

thinking out of the box, find a leisure centre and go for a swim Saturday morning and do your hair there
 
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Do the toilets have hand blow dryers? Have used them before!

I bought a 12 volt hairdryer plug into cig socket on the dash but lost my hair through chemo so never had a chance to use it!!!???‍?
 
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Is the hairdryer because your hair needs styling or just because you prefer to use one? If we're camping without EHU then I just let my hair dry naturally.....towel dry then use a bamboo hair wrap like this which gets it much drier than just towelling alone.

If your hair needs styling to look neat and tidy then I think your only options would be to use a leisure centre or a gas styler as mentioned. Or change your hairstyle ::bigsmile:

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Thanks everyone for your very useful replies--I'll probably get a shorter hair cut just before my trip, then manage without any drying! My hair style at thne moment is like my avatar :)
 
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don't discount how effective microfibre towels are at drying hair
 
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Grimsbygranny said:
Thanks everyone for your very useful replies--I'll probably get a shorter hair cut just before my trip, then manage without any drying! My hair style at thne moment is like my avatar :)
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I have short hair and normally let it dry naturally.

Have you thought about washing it, using the microfibre towels or similar and using soft rollers? If you do it early in the morning you can use one of those turban things over the rollers whilst you finish getting ready or even when you are driving.
 
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Puddleduck said:
I have short hair and normally let it dry naturally.

Have you thought about washing it, using the microfibre towels or similar and using soft rollers? If you do it early in the morning you can use one of those turban things over the rollers whilst you finish getting ready or even when you are driving.
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just don't wear the turban into central London if you don't want a lot of unwanted attention, especially if you are looking for that popular chap Alan Akbar

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Grimsbygranny said:
This is a question for the 'girls' who camp without EHU or site showers :giggle:.

I will be camping on a farm in my PVC for 3 nights in April, then on to the Peterborough Show for 3 nights with Fun.
My dilemma is that I have to attend a meeting in London on Saturday and have no clue as to how to get my hair dried early Saturday morning!!!
I can manage with dry shampoo for a few days but not for 5 :smirk:.

Does anyone know if showers/plug for hairdryer are available at the Show?

Would anyone recommend having an inverter fitted? Just for a hair dryer and coffee machine?

I have 2 90w batteries and 100 w solar and travel solo.

Thanks in advance,
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We have the same sized batteries as you and successfully run a 1500W inverter for a hairdryer and a coffee machine. It works fine using a 1200W hairdryer although my wife only ever uses it on its lower setting as she finds the full power too hot. However, her hair is fairly short so it dries very quickly. The dryer is only ever on for a few minutes. We have 190W of solar but that isn't going to do much at this time of year. Only having 100W will make no difference, the power used can easily be returned by driving the vehicle. :)
 
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We have the same sized batteries as you and successfully run a 1500W inverter for a hairdryer and a coffee machine. It works fine using a 1200W hairdryer although my wife only ever uses it on its lower setting as she finds the full power too hot. However, her hair is fairly short so it dries very quickly. The dryer is only ever on for a few minutes. We have 190W of solar but that isn't going to do much at this time of year. Only having 100W will make no difference, the power used can easily be returned by driving the vehicle. :)
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Thank you ! that's a great help--my hair is short & fine so doesn't take much drying
 
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Am I missing a trick here.

Has no one ever invented or dabbled with a gas hair drier with a motor powered by a battery.

Or would the market be too small for the cost of developing it.
 
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Grimsbygranny said:
Thank you ! that's a great help--my hair is short & fine so doesn't take much drying
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A description of how I fitted mine is in the link below. It might be of some help, if only to highlight some of the issues. The main ones are whether to choose a pure sine wave or modified sine wave. The former is best for electric toothbrush chargers and I think expensive ebike chargers. A modified sine wave charger will be fine for a hairdryer although probably risky for one of the Dyson ones. :) It should be OK for a coffee machine but I wouldn't risk an expensive one. Others will have more experience.
Another issue is fitting an RCD for protection. If you don't have it wired to the sockets like mine, which isn't essential at all, then you could use a plug in type of the sort they sell for use in gardens etc.

https://tinyurl.com/y5gjksrm
 
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