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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

A car cigarette lighter, if it's on a 20A fuse, can provide 240w. I'm amazed someone managed to burn pancakes with so little power.

Assuming this happened.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/12v-Dc-Hot-Plate-Cooktop-400W_1600610214693.html?spm=a2700.pccps_detail.0.0.346a13a0eHoBt1

Pros don't use the cigarette lighter!

I actually used to do something similar with my radio equipment. A bit much for the cigarette lighter (usually rated at 10a not 20). So I just parked the car, set up the aerial and wires straight to battery.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

After googling i found numbers like 1200 to 2400 watts being produced by a car alternator. Just bridge the fuse and you can make pancakes in your car happy and without worries.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Your typical car is at the lower end, and don't forget the vehicle itself uses power, quite a bit of it in fact.

2kw would be commercial vehicles, four wheel drives etc that have a lot of accessories, dual battery systems etc.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

So did the cop pull him out and shoot him in self defense for burning the pancakes or just shoot him because that is what cops do.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Who TF calls a griddle a "Hotplate"?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

A hot plate and a griddle aren’t the same thing

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm aware; I was envisioning someone with a griddle b/c that's what I use to make pancakes.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

So, just to make sure I understand. You acknowledge there's a difference between a hotplate and a griddle. You read the post where they said the driver was using a hotplate explicitly, not a griddle. Yet because you use a griddle to make pancakes, you assume OP really meant to put griddle, not hotplate? Even though you fully understand and acknowledge the distinction between those two items?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I was drunk and falling asleep. Would you like to write a few more paragraphs criticizing a person you don't know online or are you done?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

I'm trying, but I have writers block.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago

It's always cops vs Red Dwarf Yellow Canary Cures

[–] [email protected] -3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Damn, not the pancakes!

No drinking and driving -> No cooking and driving

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I am immediately reminded of this from my childhood.

Barney Movie - The Food Truck Part

[–] [email protected] -3 points 3 months ago

Thanks for the video!

Wow, that car is pimped out with the best cooking equipment and even a milkshake maker!

He should have stopped and finished cooking before driving again. Shame shame, wasting good food as well!