FYI...
At the Points North Seminar Capt. Mac held up a small white round slow cooker indicating it was a good choice for having your meal ready after a days cruise. I had suggested a slow cooker for this purpose some time back, and looking at that small white slow cooker that Capt. Mac held high made me think more about the slow cooker I had onboard. Mine was considerably larger and was one we had used in our home. It drew a fair amount of wattage.
So yesterday as I was browsing for a few odd items in Walmart I came across a small white round slow cooker which looked awfully like the one Capt. Mac held up at the seminar. I called Capt. Mac on the spot and low and behold this Rival slower cooker was the exact same one as Capt. Mac had. It cost a mere $9.96. It was a 120v/60Hz model and rated for a max of 95 watts. I bought it and took it to our R25 to check it out.
This Rival slow cooker has 4 settings; Off, Low, High and Warm.
I connected it to the galley 120v outlet. I then used my R25's 1800 watt built-in Xantrex inverter by ensuring the Xantrex was ON, turning off the shore power breaker and then sliding the Gen switch cover up over the shore power switch, flipped the Gen switch to ON and turned on the Inverter via its control panel and selected for it to display Kw on its display. This would allow me to see how much the slow cooker drew for each of its settings.
Here's what I observed
Low: 72 watts
High: 85 watts
Warm: 10 watts
Thus, this slow cooker would be ideal for slow cooking a meal for the end of a days cruising and would not draw that much power, even if it were to be used without the engine running.
The size of this Rival slow cooker is ideal for being placed into the galley sink so it stays put in adverse weather conditions.
At the Points North Seminar Capt. Mac held up a small white round slow cooker indicating it was a good choice for having your meal ready after a days cruise. I had suggested a slow cooker for this purpose some time back, and looking at that small white slow cooker that Capt. Mac held high made me think more about the slow cooker I had onboard. Mine was considerably larger and was one we had used in our home. It drew a fair amount of wattage.
So yesterday as I was browsing for a few odd items in Walmart I came across a small white round slow cooker which looked awfully like the one Capt. Mac held up at the seminar. I called Capt. Mac on the spot and low and behold this Rival slower cooker was the exact same one as Capt. Mac had. It cost a mere $9.96. It was a 120v/60Hz model and rated for a max of 95 watts. I bought it and took it to our R25 to check it out.
This Rival slow cooker has 4 settings; Off, Low, High and Warm.
I connected it to the galley 120v outlet. I then used my R25's 1800 watt built-in Xantrex inverter by ensuring the Xantrex was ON, turning off the shore power breaker and then sliding the Gen switch cover up over the shore power switch, flipped the Gen switch to ON and turned on the Inverter via its control panel and selected for it to display Kw on its display. This would allow me to see how much the slow cooker drew for each of its settings.
Here's what I observed
Low: 72 watts
High: 85 watts
Warm: 10 watts
Thus, this slow cooker would be ideal for slow cooking a meal for the end of a days cruising and would not draw that much power, even if it were to be used without the engine running.
The size of this Rival slow cooker is ideal for being placed into the galley sink so it stays put in adverse weather conditions.