12v hairdryer 12v straighteners

Dazz

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I’m after 12v hairdryer and 12v straighteners for my wife anybody know of a good set
 
Dazz said:
I’m after 12v hairdryer and 12v straighteners for my wife anybody know of a good set
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don't waste your money , I bought a 12 volt hairdyer from Road Pro and it was useless .
Either fit an inverter or use EHU
 
As I’m new to MH can you help me with a link for a good inverter only to use hairdryer so not needing to run more than two items off it lol do I plug the inverter in cigarette socket then use 3 pin plug 240 v hairdryer then I’m not sure how they work as I’ve never owned one
 
Anything which produces heat on 12v is a waste of time.
It will hammer batteries and produce next to no heat.

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Dazz said:
As I’m new to MH can you help me with a link for a good inverter only to use hairdryer so not needing to run more than two items off it lol do I plug the inverter in cigarette socket then use 3 pin plug 240 v hairdryer then I’m not sure how they work as I’ve never owned one
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They use a lot of power so need to be directly wired with thick cables to the battery. Maybe look at getting one professionally fitted, you'd be better off with 2 batteries too ?
 
Hi Dazz
I agree with the above
12v hairdryers are no better than a fairy blowing your hair ..
Never found straighteners that were any good either .
Apart from the above solutions I found gas straighteners that are reasonable . I got mine from Boots but I think you can find them on amazon .
Cathryn
 
Dazz said:
As I’m new to MH can you help me with a link for a good inverter only to use hairdryer so not needing to run more than two items off it lol do I plug the inverter in cigarette socket then use 3 pin plug 240 v hairdryer then I’m not sure how they work as I’ve never owned one
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For a hairdryer and straighteners your going to need at least 1000w inverter.
That's going to take around 80 amps/hr from your battery/ies which then has to be replaced.
 
Dazz said:
As I’m new to MH can you help me with a link for a good inverter only to use hairdryer so not needing to run more than two items off it lol do I plug the inverter in cigarette socket then use 3 pin plug 240 v hairdryer then I’m not sure how they work as I’ve never owned one
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You can get inverters to plug into a cigarette socket but they are extremely low power. Before we had an 1800 fitted we got a small pure sine wave inverter for the toothbrush.
 
Lol she just bought rechargeable cordless set plus when on EHU they plug in so we’ll see if they are any good on next trip
 
You can get gas tongs that work well.
 
Malcolm Bolt said:
Hi Dazz
I agree with the above
12v hairdryers are no better than a fairy blowing your hair ..
Never found straighteners that were any good either .
Apart from the above solutions I found gas straighteners that are reasonable . I got mine from Boots but I think you can find them on amazon .
Cathryn
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It's a good job you signed that post Cathryn, as I was beginning to think that Malcolm had more hair hidden under that hat of his than he shows. :rofl: :rofl:
 
Lol I’ll let you know if she says they are any good

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I have hair straighteners in the MH called HairStyla. They are USB and I am very pleased with how they perform. If you allow your hair to dry naturally and then use the straighteners to do their job you can get a passable style and not look like you‘ve been pulled through a hedge backwards. Admittedly, they are not GHDs but if you run them over your hair several times you get a good result. They don’t get super hot and they need recharging after each use, but that’s easily done with the USB plug.
I have never found a 12v hair dryer that has been any use.
 
Another vote for USB hair straighteners, only if you don’t have really thick tresses?

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Sound good will have a look for these any ideas where I could look on internet thanks
 
It's early so shoot me down but would it be possible to connect the inverter to the EHU socket
(when not hooked up obviously) to allow 240v devices to be used from the 3 pin sockets. I've just fitted a 3000W PSW inverter and twin 110Ah batteries to allow general charging of batteries for phones, laptops etc and occasional hairdryer and hoover use and now I'm thinking that for convenience it would be great to use the existing 240v sockets in and around the van instead of trapsing extension leads everywhere from the inverter.
 
Inverter to the EHU socket not a good idea.
Simple answer is plug in devices that require 240volt to inverter direct, but as you only have 220Ah of battery which is really only 110Ah of power (50%) before they die.
Then add the devices ie: hair dryer at 2/4amps draw used for 10 mins = 20/40amps you can see batteries are going in the bin and new ones on order.
This is because you will need a very very very long run out or if solar power used at least 3/4/5 days of direct sunlight with at least 300watt panels to charge the batteries back up.
Batteries in the modern MH can not keep up with today devices and how we use them. On average the today MH'er uses between 10 and 20 amps over a 24hr period with all the stuff we plug in. Example is a TV will draw 2.5amps each hour and if it's raining all day you watch TV 2.5 x 8 hours = 20amps......... then there is the other 12volt devices........................... As I have stated before a very very high percentage of MH owners do not understand how it works.
 
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It's early so shoot me down but would it be possible to connect the inverter to the EHU socket
(when not hooked up obviously) to allow 240v devices to be used from the 3 pin sockets. I've just fitted a 3000W PSW inverter and twin 110Ah batteries to allow general charging of batteries for phones, laptops etc and occasional hairdryer and hoover use and now I'm thinking that for convenience it would be great to use the existing 240v sockets in and around the van instead of trapsing extension leads everywhere from the inverter.
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I'm no expert but I would have try thought you could but it will power the battery charger and if you accidentally switch on the water or space heater will overload the inverter. A better option might be a two way switch in the feed to the sockets with them being powered either from the inverter or ehu.
 
The Wino said:
I'm no expert but I would have try thought you could but it will power the battery charger and if you accidentally switch on the water or space heater will overload the inverter. A better option might be a two way switch in the feed to the sockets with them being powered either from the inverter or ehu.
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Do NOT mess with the wiring (fitting a 2 way switch) would be silly. What if you forget it on and connect EHU direct..........................BOOM

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So it sounds feasible - obviously the usual care around battery drain with any inverter applies but in principle there doesn't sound to be anything stopping me having a go. I'll need to do a bit more homework around sending the amps & volts in circles from the inverter to the charger but there's plenty of protection in place anyway. I'm busy plumbing in 360watts of solar power and the plans are to be moving around a lot with weekly EHU so batteries should stay over 50% if I monitor them fairly closely.
The hookup is idiot proof as you would need to unplug the inverter hookup lead fromthe EHU socket to plug in the proper EHU lead.
 
dunnah01 said:
So it sounds feasible - obviously the usual care around battery drain with any inverter applies but in principle there doesn't sound to be anything stopping me having a go. I'll need to do a bit more homework around sending the amps & volts in circles from the inverter to the charger but there's plenty of protection in place anyway. I'm busy plumbing in 360watts of solar power and the plans are to be moving around a lot with weekly EHU so batteries should stay over 50% if I monitor them fairly closely.
The hookup is idiot proof as you would need to unplug the inverter hookup lead fromthe EHU socket to plug in the proper EHU lead.
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I've got ours on a double pole changeover switch, look for "generator changeover switch" on ebay etc. It's rated at 20a. Then you leave EHU lead in and live but you can select whether to use it or not, which is handy on a metered site. I just switch over to ehu for the hairdryer?

It's important to switch all the MCBs off apart from the sockets though.

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Dazz said:
I’m after 12v hairdryer and 12v straighteners for my wife anybody know of a good set
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I asked a similar question about 10 years ago and the best answer I got was tell the wife to stick her head out of the window. Do you want to tell her or me?
 
Don Quixote said:
Do NOT mess with the wiring (fitting a 2 way switch) would be silly. What if you forget it on and connect EHU direct..........................BOOM
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How could it go boom? . It will either mean if you have the sockets switched to inverter by mistake and the ehu is plugged in the sockets run off the inverter and the battery charger boiler etc run off the ehu. If you make a mistake the other way and have the sockets switched to ehu but have the inverter on it just means that the sockets don't work. Boom sounds a bit dramatic to me. Maybe I didn't make clear wher e I meant to switch to be I meant between the 240v consumer unit and the sockets.
 
I have USB straighteners from Amazon- I'm amazed how hot they get, they're brill! Small size too.

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