Reddit mentions of BESTEK 75W Power Inverter DC 12V to 110V AC Car Inverter Power Converter

How about selecting what he will eat off of the healthy list and have a contingency plan for hot food? I think I can help you out here. There are several devices to heat food even on the go. The Mini Crockpot Lunch Warmer is about $15-$20 (depending on color choice) and is great for soups, stews, (turkey?) chili, and pasta with sauce. There is also the Hot Logic Mini Oven ($30-$40 watch for sales!), which is a hot plate inside an insulated, zippered bag. You can put a frozen dinner still in the box, cooked leftovers or raw chicken or fish and it cooks/reheats slowly at a low heat. Plug either of them into the car's lighter with an AC Car Converter ($17) in the morning/beginning of his work day and it will slowly come to temperature and hold it until he's ready to eat!
They took away our microwave at work and I've had to adapt. I love them both!

Some cars have an outlet (like you just plug anything in that can go into a house outlet), but usually you can get an adapter that plugs into the cigarette lighter/battery port and then your pump can plug into that. I believe this one is the one I used.

Disclaimer: I'm American and this worked with my car. I don't know if it's different in other countries/car makes.

What you should do is buy a sealed lead acid battery, a power inverter, 12v clips to cig lighter and a charger.

I just picked those products as examples but that would work and would cost around $50. It could probably be cheaper if you look around.

Also the batteries in most small UPS are around 2 amp/hour while the one I picked is 8Ah.

And that would be pretty easy to use.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B003Q54V88/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1479673252&sr=8-2&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=car+plug+to+wall+plug&dpPl=1&dpID=41tMBaCn1aL&ref=plSrch

In my car at all times.

12v outlout > Inverter or equiv > universal cell battery charger or equiv > your spare battery

Or 12v USB adapter for car + THIS.

FYI all i typed was i747 battery charger into amazon.

You can plug a [12v charger] (http://www.ebay.com/itm/For-Nintendo-3DS-DSi-DSi-LL-XL-New-Black-Rapid-Car-Charger-/112036859354?hash=item1a15eacdda:g:NP4AAOSwc1FXbI97) into the lighter socket, or you could get a cheap inverter that plugs into the same socket and just use a wall charger plugged into that. This way you could also plug other things in besides a 3DS. 75watts is enough for even the WII U.


If you want to go with USB but don't have a charging port in the car then use [this] (https://www.amazon.com/Charger-Nintendo-Handheld-Console-DURAGADGET/dp/B00BWKW40Q?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0).

ELI5 within an ELI5: If cigarette lighters don't provide enough current to act as a typical electricity plug, why am I able to use one of these to run my laptop on road trips?

http://www.amazon.com/BESTEK-inverter-adapter-charger-notebook/dp/B003Q54V88/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1395550786&sr=1-2&keywords=dc+to+ac+inverter

> a car charger are my next accessory purchases for the Ascent.

Don't be a ridiculous individual

You can buy something like this and only use the gamepad on you car
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B003Q54V88/

Or even a simple power inverter. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003Q54V88/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I have a newbie question!
I am looking at doing a 2 6v batteries system along with solar. I would like to try to stay away from an inverter if possible, but have a laptop and electric toothbrush I need to charge. Would a simple dc inverter do the job?

I ordered this one from deal extreme that should work. It seems, to have the right specs, but has not yet arrived. I expect to have it this week.

http://s.dealextreme.com/search/146751

This ships from Hong Kong, so be patient if you order, but I have made dozens of orders through DX over the years and they are great.

Alternatively, you can buy a small inverter and plug your wall charger into it. This is what I did on a week long road trip last week and it worked great even though it is a little hokey to convert DC to AC and then back to DC.

Mine is about 7 years old, but this one from Amazon has a 2.1 amp USB port as well as the AC outlet. Shop around, but this is the popular one that showed up in an Amazon search.

http://www.amazon.com/BESTEK-inverter-motolora-blackberry-notebook/dp/B003Q54V88/ref=sr_1_1?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1345467162&sr=1-1&keywords=inverter

http://www.amazon.com/BESTEK-inverter-motolora-blackberry-notebook/dp/B003Q54V88/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1345151771&sr=8-3&keywords=cigarette+lighter+outlet+converter This may open you up to even more!

Interesting to hear that the campers are so similar!

Looks like GoCampers offers a cooler for 15 euro, which isn't too bad. As for the cigarette port, this looks like it'd serve our purposes. Thanks!

That probably is the most feasible solution. My only question with that is if I use an inverter like this, can I gut it and remove the fan? Or will passive cooling not be sufficient for long-term use at 5 watts?

The size of the overkill inverter was part of the reason I was looking for a different way to go about this.

Buy one of these http://www.amazon.com/BESTEK-inverter-motolora-blackberry-notebook/dp/B003Q54V88/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1347119760&sr=8-2&keywords=car+plug
It will let you charge a laptop or whatever in your car.