coffee makers and generators

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River Bank

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Hello Tugnutters:

I have a 2010 R25.

How does one secure a cup of hot coffee, while on the "hook?

Have just installed a 250 watt solar panel, so I feel good about keeping my batteries topped up, do they make a 12 volt coffee maker?

Need some recommendations for a generator, as an electrical back up.

Would not want to spend more than a $1,000 or so, but am open to suggestions.

Bob /// Merlot /// Nanaimo
 
Do you have a propane stove? We heat the water on the stove and use a French press. For electrical backup we use a 2000 Honda, light and quiet.
 
They do make a 12 volt coffee machine There is a site I forgot the name but is all 12 volt stuff... There is a Honda like generator for around $700 at Costco If you have over 1500 watts you can run most anything.. But as was posted before some machines are not really happy with the type of power made by some generators or inverters... If you have enough battery you could install an inverter and have quieter coffee or as suggested a French press makes excellent coffee with hot water from any source... Good luck and enjoy 🙂
 
No, I don't have any propane.

The stove I have is a Wallas diesel powered unit and it works, as I understand it, as a stove top with the lid up and a "heater" with the lid down.

Suspect now after referring to it as a "diesel powered" unit (it would appear not be associated with anything electrical) that it is in fact all I would need to boil the water for my French Press.

I have a microwave on board which I presume can only be operated with 110 volt and your reference to the Honda 2000 is appreciated.

Thank you for your kind response.

Bob
 
Bob: Go with Mike's suggestion. I have the same model R-25 as yours, and I use the Wallas to boil water and a French Press to make the coffee or water for hot tea using tea bags.

The only electricity used by the Wallas is for starting the initial ignition and for the fan when lid closed.
 
The Wallas stove will use about 9 amps of 12V power to get started by running its glow plug/wire. After the initial start cycle, it will use between .35 and .85 amps of 12V power to run the electronics, fuel pump and fans for combustion and lid blower.

Thanks for using Wallas!

Doug at Scan Marine Equipment.
 
Doug: That is very useful info on the electrical demands for the Wallas stove. I was unaware of all the power requirements until reading your post. The Wallas stove is an awesome device IMO.... small, clean, easy to operate, cook surfaces provide great heat, provides heat on cold days, uses very little fuel, isn't noisy when being operated... you just need to make sure there's no fender blocking the hull vent exhaust flow otherwise the fender will melt for sure.
 
Bob: Another suggestion for having some coffee on hand while on the hook.

I have a nice looking red SS Stanley 1.2 liter flask. If I want hot coffee or hot tea for the day this is what I do.

1) Preheat the flask with boiling water and leave for maybe 5 minutes.
2) Empty the boiling water and pour in your prepared coffee or tea and add milk/cream/sugar as needed.
3) Screw flask cap down tightly.

We find our tea in the flask is kept very hot all day long.

We use this flask approach when underway and when on the hook. It's nice to have the hot drink immediately available and without having to mess with boiling water etc.
 
We use our single cup Mr Coffee Keurig coffee maker using inverter to power it. The Mr Coffee draws about 900 watts and works very well with the 1500 watt Pro-Mariner inverter. We make about four cups a day without any issues. Be sure to check the wattage before you buy one. I think we paid around $80.00 for ours.

Tim
Gratitude
 
What we do is use a traditional Italian stove top expresso machine along with a separate stove top milk frothier to make lattes
 
Just a little interesting observation. As we all know now the Tassimo does not like inverters. I am a lot retarded with what I have aboard One of my unnecessary additions is a Delonghi Magnifica expresso machine . It grinds the beans and steams the milk the whole nine yards. This machine works fine off the inverter, as long as the engine is off.. If underway and try using the inverter it starts doing all kinds of crazy read outs on the screen and will not work,so I know now I need to fire up the generator if underway... Not looking for a solution just found it interesting.. I'm hoping to find some sort of power conditioner for the inverter so I can use the Tassimo off the inverter. For some reason I'm additicted to that machine and would love to be able to use it with out the generator while on the hook
Hope everyone had a great summer starting to get cool up here... Outside the boat 🙂
Cheers
Mark
 
Here is a link to the coffee maker that Cheryll and I used with Roam's Wallas stove for our 88-day cruise to Alaska this summer;

http://www.wayfair.com/Coleman-9-Cup-Co ... OgodlDUANA

As you can see, it's light-weight, inexpensive, stores easily, and does not require any special coffee packages that may not be available in remote areas. We made two pots most days, and it was delicious. The Wallas stove only burned three gallons of kerosene all summer, so it's very efficient.
 
We use a percolator pot also, Bass Pro Shops have them in stainless steel. I also use a one burner propane stove that screws onto the 1lb propane cylinders. With the supplied base it fits firmly in the sink. It boils water a lot faster than the electric stove and I don't have to listen to the generator early in the morning.
There are filters available that fit in the bottom of the basket, the key is a slow boil to keep the coffee grounds out of the coffee. There's always a little at the bottom of the pot. Not Starbucks but always tastes great when we are on the hook.
 
Hi Itish Mist, I have a Nespresso. Worked perfectly on shore power, with inverter, zilch. I tried a line conditioner, and could sometimes get a an ounce or two. I gave up, returned the line conditioner, and bought an inexpensive 3-way, single serve that will run off the inverter, at ant time. It uses either ground coffee, k-cups, or flat pods.

It's not fabulous, but it is versatile!

It's a Hamilton Beach 49995 FlexBrew Single Serve Coffeemaker

Ultimately, my plan is to replace the inverter with a pure sine wave model and bring my great little Nespresso Pixie back on board!

Sue
Spinner
 
Thanks Sue will give that one a try .. The very best working for me was a Mr Coffee 4 cup drip Which makes the most sense room wise and power wise But you get spoiled with the pods 🙂
Mark
 
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