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[-] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 62 points 2 years ago

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.

[-] r00ty@kbin.life 27 points 2 years 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.

[-] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago

Wiring everything straight to the battery is a classical move for amateur auto electricians, I've done similar myself.

[-] r00ty@kbin.life 5 points 2 years ago

For clarification, my radio has inline fuses right at the start of the positive and negative wires. If you've ever seen wires melted into people's carpet because they didn't have a fuse on their hardwired car electrics... Yeah.

[-] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Oh definitely, I'm not that rough.

[-] Artyom@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago

I've heard of truckers cooking meatloaf with a lighter plug, but it took hours and was well insulated. I'm calling BS on this one.

[-] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

calling bs on a joke greentext. very brave.

[-] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

And a truck is likely 24v, so twice the power for the same current. It's also not unheard of for trucks to have high power devices like inverters in the cab, so may have much more current and power available.

[-] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

12v car battery and alternator is more than enough. The limiting factor is the fuse and/or melting wires. Thats why giant 1000w subwoofers use thick wire and larger fuses directly from the battery.

[-] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Vehicles like that will usually have an upgraded alternator, either that or be constantly dealing with a flat battery.

1kw at 12v is 85 amps, that's well over half the capacity of a typical car alternator.

[-] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 2 points 2 years ago

Having installed a number of systems, I think you are overestimating the care owners have for their alternator.

[-] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

I've met a few that are firmly in the second camp, and are unable to comprehend that they are using more power than their alternator can produce.

There's something about the doof doof audio crowd...

[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

It was a european car, so on 48 volts.

/j

[-] uis@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Well, it can go up to 15 volts and provide 300 watts. So there is that.

[-] velvetThunder@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 years ago

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.

[-] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years 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.

[-] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

Use a bullet as a fuse. You'll know when it pops.

[-] Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago

That is like the least obviously made up part. 😂

Most physically impossible, though.

[-] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004338221979

They do exist, I have no idea if you could cook a pancake though.

[-] jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world 37 points 2 years ago

Damn, not the pancakes!

No drinking and driving -> No cooking and driving

[-] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

I am immediately reminded of this from my childhood.

Barney Movie - The Food Truck Part

[-] jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years 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!

[-] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

As a wee child I wanted that truck so bad.

[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 years ago

LET HIM COOK!

[-] omega_x3@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years 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.

[-] Rubanski@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago
[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

He was Driving While Making Burnt / Black Pancakes....

[-] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

Only after an acorn fell on the roof of the vehicle.

[-] Bob_FOSS@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago

The pancakes were so burnt the cop shot them.

[-] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 years ago

IDK, driving while making pancakes sounds a lot like something a stoner would do.

It doesn't discount the fact that the driver might be high. I'm just saying.

[-] TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago
[-] pH3ra@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

When you optimize your morning routine so you can wake up the latest possible

[-] Phegan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Isn't this a Simpsons episode?

[-] pubquiz@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

So how many times did anon shoot the suspect - after conveniently "spilling" nacho sauce on the body cam?

[-] ZarkleFarkle@sh.itjust.works -3 points 2 years ago

It's always cops vs Red Dwarf Yellow Canary Cures

[-] Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com -4 points 2 years ago

Who TF calls a griddle a "Hotplate"?

[-] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago

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

[-] Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 2 years ago

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

[-] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago

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?

[-] Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago

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?

[-] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago

I'm trying, but I have writers block.

[-] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

Wasn't trying to criticize, apologies for that. I was just genuinely confused and looking to get clarification. I hope you slept well and woke up hangoverless.

[-] Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago

I did, ty! Sorry for the grumpy response.

[-] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago

You're both just so cute.

I love it.

Wholesome lemmings should be a community.

[-] ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 years ago

Me and almost everyone I know.

this post was submitted on 30 Jul 2024
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