A 1875 watt Blow Drier is going to cause a 2000 watt inverter to draw a sustained 155 amps steadily off your batteries the entire time the blow drier is running. How much battery capacity do you have onboard?
You'd need about 775 amp hours of battery bank to sustain this for any length of time. That's a lot. How long does it take to blow dry hair anyway? The little dinky 12 volt blow drier Bill linked to will still draw 30 amps but the result is only a 360 watt hair drier. She'll be trying to dry her hair all day with that. Ken H. On 26 March 2014 12:05, Edd Schillay <e...@schillay.com> wrote: > Listers, > > As part of my ongoing battle for my wife not to cut her hair short, she > would like to be able to use a hair dryer on board the boat. My current > inverter is rated at 600 Watts AC, which is nowhere near enough to handle a > hair dryer. > > Anyone know of any issues in changing my inverter to one that can handle > 1600 to 2000 watts? I was thinking something like this (but waiting until > after 2:00pm today when the price drops): > http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?path=-1%7C328%7C2289962%7C2289972&id=1704363 > > > All the best, > > Edd > > > Edd M. Schillay > Starship Enterprise > C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B > City Island, NY > Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log <http://enterpriseb.blogspot.com/> > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > >
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