12v Induction Cooking - How much power do you need?

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In this episode, we go through the ins and outs of induction cooking on a 12v battery with a 240v ac inverter. How big does your battery capacity need to be, how many watts does your inverter need, and the all-important question... How many amps does it draw?
If you are chasing the exact setup we used it was all on the ITECHWORLD ITECH1300P portable power station perfect for off-grid setups.
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@toofusnook 9 күн бұрын

Best moment: “Get a beer, mate?” “I’ll get two if you want one.”

@itechworld1 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video guys! Love your work :)

@TrueNorthAdventures Жыл бұрын

Thanks guys!!! 🙌

@jeofflemon5561 Жыл бұрын

Well done boys 👌a little bit of change every now then 💯

@TrueNorthAdventures Жыл бұрын

Thanks mate!

@avcproductions_ant_modrow 4 ай бұрын

thank you for getting straight to the point tile and video!

@TrueNorthAdventures 4 ай бұрын

Thanks mate! Cheers for watching!

@adamgilbey5973 Жыл бұрын

Have the same Breville cooker and it's so good! Induction certainly has its place but is not for everyone. Keep up the great content.

@TrueNorthAdventures Жыл бұрын

Cheers mate!!! Yeh totally agree! We still prefer to cook on the fire if we can but thats not always possible (fire bans, time etc) so this is a great alternative.

@joelsvlogsshiimi4174 4 ай бұрын

Amazing to see the product working for most places, I just have a quick question about supply voltage for the stove plate. Is it purely dc? If so how many volts and amps is it?

@shauncooper9942 26 күн бұрын

Thanks heaps fellas !!! I've recently bought a 120ah battery and more to the point a (1000w) inverter. Because you set the Breville to 800w and explained why..... I'll be rushing out to get a Breville induction cooker. Thanks again so much for making this video.

@kyfisher3662 26 күн бұрын

how are you finding it? are you able to get enough charge from solar to make it sustainable?

@shauncooper9942 25 күн бұрын

Haven't fitted the inverter yet. It will be interesting to find out, Cheers

@TrueNorthAdventures 10 күн бұрын

No problems mate! We’re sure you won’t regret it 👍

@BrockCook Жыл бұрын

been tossing up about adding an inverter and going induction for a few weeks now.....reckon you've almost convinced me

@TrueNorthAdventures Жыл бұрын

You won't regret it mate! 👍

@trevorheath1865 Жыл бұрын

great stuff lads

@TrueNorthAdventures Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@catchkenny Жыл бұрын

Almost converted. Nice video 🤙🏼

@TrueNorthAdventures Жыл бұрын

Cheers mate! It's not for everyone but definitely has its advantages over gas and fire. It also has its disadvantages.. price for example.

@murdiesel 11 ай бұрын

Straight up video! That beer looks delicious! How was it, lol!

@TrueNorthAdventures 11 ай бұрын

Thank mate!! It was bloody delicious!!! 🍻

@UNSINKABLEII 11 ай бұрын

Never looked back after induction cooking 👍

@TrueNorthAdventures 11 ай бұрын

Yeh its bloody great 👍

@ShafaqIftikhar-pw9ld 11 ай бұрын

Great video!!!!

@TrueNorthAdventures 11 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@tomlambert1833 6 ай бұрын

Love my ecflow 2200

@Cameron_W Жыл бұрын

Haha…I think Marc needed a coffee or 10 before trying to explain how to make one 😂

@TrueNorthAdventures Жыл бұрын

He was struggling big time 😂

@ianrobinson4501 Жыл бұрын

Out of all the 4 wheel drive shows on youtub I enjoy your content the most

@TrueNorthAdventures Жыл бұрын

Cheers mate!! Thanks for watching! 👍

@andrewrumball327 Жыл бұрын

Great vid, I just bought one of those induction cooktops. Just trying to get my head around the correct settings, when you cooked the curry on 800 what temp setting did you have it on, Cheers

@TrueNorthAdventures Жыл бұрын

Every cooktop is different. Our one actually states the amps on the LCD instead some that just have numbers 1-10.. If your cooktop is a 2000w cooktop I would guess 10 uses the full 2000w and 5 would use around 1000w. This is where a battery monitor comes in handy so you know exactly what the inverter is drawing out of the battery.

@carlosandrade7439 Ай бұрын

Much better option than propane, this is the route I am going with.

@TrueNorthAdventures 27 күн бұрын

Each has its place. We pretty much always carry both and use whatever suits the scenario best.

@andrelemalle 10 күн бұрын

What brand of upright DC fridge did you use in this vid? I've been looking for one for years.

@cardinhamkilligrew9712 6 ай бұрын

Can you run and invertor and induction of AGM batteries? I heard the current can fry AGM's? Was figuring a 200 watt invertor and keeping appliances like induction at less then 1000? thought

@TrueNorthAdventures 6 ай бұрын

No you won’t be able to run it off an AGM (not a standard 100-200ah 12v agm anyway) To run 1000 you will need at least a 1000 watt inverter. At a minimum for induction I would suggest a set up of 200ah lithium. 2000w inverter. You can get away with some 100ah lithiums depending on recommended max discharge.

@jacobbanks9870 Жыл бұрын

How long did it take to cook the meal? I’ve got a 175ah lithium I want to try an induction cooktop

@TrueNorthAdventures Жыл бұрын

Probably about 10-15 minutes. We used to do it with a 100ah lithium. Along as you can put the power back in eg solar or driving then you will be fine. Also check your batteries max current/amp draw and check it can handle it.

@TerraIndomitus Жыл бұрын

1x9kg gas bottle $55 1x refill $25. 1x itechworld 100ah powerstation $2500 So I can buy and refill my bottle like 97 times for the same price. Or 50 and have enough money left to get an AGM + battery box to run lights and fridge. 🤔

@TrueNorthAdventures Жыл бұрын

Spot on mate! Although most people are moving to lithium now anyway so it's probably just more the cost of an inverter that is the extra cost to setup for most. Also has the advantages of being lighter in comparison to an AGM battery and extra gas bottle setup and cooks perfectly in windy situations. It's not going to suit everyone but definitely has its applications.

@user-vw6ej7ib5c 10 күн бұрын

Looking at hind sight, what size power supply would you get if you were getting another one?

@TrueNorthAdventures 10 күн бұрын

Do you mean inverter size or battery storage amount?

@tonyzonneveldt1936 7 ай бұрын

What size inverter do I need for that cooktop you where using Cheers Tbone

@TrueNorthAdventures 7 ай бұрын

2000w inverter would be what we would get.

@tmgolfcoaching Ай бұрын

What induction cooktop are you guys running?

@TrueNorthAdventures 27 күн бұрын

Currently using a Breville LIC500MTB2IAN1

@alexburke6315 Жыл бұрын

How many camp curry’s have been cooked since TNA started? Marc’s go to meal?

@TrueNorthAdventures Жыл бұрын

We can't count that high mate... 😂

@joesmith1142 7 ай бұрын

wow 30 mps in 10-15 minutes? Thats seems like insanely bad conversion or power loss. If my maths are correct, 1000 watts/ 12 volts= 83 amp hours. Your cooking at 120 amp hours meaning there is a 50% energy loss in the conversion. Thats pretty significant. Thanks for the real world numbers.

@TrueNorthAdventures 7 ай бұрын

No problems! Yes converting from 12v to 240v for the induction has noticeable losses.

@joeblow1942 7 ай бұрын

How much would the same thing be if I was using a 120 volt AC inverter?

@TrueNorthAdventures 7 ай бұрын

It’s would still be the same usage from your 12v battery and would still need the same watt inverter just the 120v version.

@gsrjaycee4521 4 ай бұрын

Yes I mean with solar panels connected to charge the batteries it shouldn't be an issue better to get 2 100ah batteries and enjoy life 😂

@t4796 4 ай бұрын

@joesmith1142 Screen shows at least 1080w at one point in the video and the battery is probably 12.8 or higher. There's a loss of probably 10-20% from the inverter, so your math is probably not too precise.

@zack9633 2 ай бұрын

it would help people watching this video if you put links to the induction hob and the power station you used. otherwise it is just for entertainment mate

@TrueNorthAdventures 2 ай бұрын

Sorry we dont have the links but all the brands and model number for the battery are mentioned in the video

@kyfisher3662 26 күн бұрын

if i can 3 meals in that day thats 90Amps and a fridge that takes 24A and lights take about 7A and then charging 2 phones is around 8A im looking at just under 130Amps per day. on a good day my solar pulls in about 60Amps a day. 130A out and only 60A in. for me it dosnt sound sustainable but would be great to see some of the people taking this rout break down there setup like this as well so we can see why people are taking this option and who it works for.

@TrueNorthAdventures 25 күн бұрын

Hi yes I agree, so we have a fixed solar panel on the car which probably only does 50amps on a good day. But the car produces 40amps per hour. As we are often driving for at least an hour a day it is just something that we need to keep an eye on and cook the odd thing on the fire to save abit of power or don’t do a cook up for breakfast. It is definitely a fast way too cook though.

@kyfisher3662 25 күн бұрын

@@TrueNorthAdventures thanks for the insight!

@RonJohn63 8 ай бұрын

100 amp-hours at 12V is 1200 watt-hours? (In the US, we measure power stations like that in watt-hours.)

@TrueNorthAdventures 8 ай бұрын

This battery is a 1300w battery

@davidjames4915 11 ай бұрын

The irony of using an inverter is that there is a fair chance that the induction cooker itself is converting the AC to DC anyway (obviously the controls are all DC). If that's the case then there is fair bit of energy being lost in the double conversions that could theoretically be avoided. And indeed you can find videos of people who have built their own DC induction cookers (a lot of them seem to be Indians running them on solar-based systems).

@TrueNorthAdventures 11 ай бұрын

Very interesting mate. Surely a 12v induction cooktop would do pretty well if someone released it.

@davidclark2286 8 ай бұрын

@@TrueNorthAdventures but surely it will need to convert the DC to AC to run the device. Surely you need an AC current to produce the alternating magnetic field to give the inductance to generate heat in the magnetic pan ( or the magnetic core in the base of a non-magnetic pan. Or have I totally misunderstood inductence.

@Marc-mp6lf Ай бұрын

@@davidclark2286around 50kHz AC is needed.

@paulreisdorf6677 Ай бұрын

@@davidclark2286You have not misunderstood. You are correct.

@dbcrn859 25 күн бұрын

I thought this was going to be about a 12V induction cooker. Misleading title.

@TrueNorthAdventures 24 күн бұрын

Not meant to be misleading

@darylfortney8081 7 ай бұрын

What sucks about most induction cooktops is they cycle power on and off instead of precisely modulating the power continuously.

@TrueNorthAdventures 6 ай бұрын

Yeh it is a definite disadvantage. We have found the more expensive cooktops have better regulation than the cheaper options.

@darylfortney8081 6 ай бұрын

@@TrueNorthAdventures problem besides basic temp control is it requires the highest wattage supply always even if you are just using it on a low watt setting.

@tedcalouri2694 28 күн бұрын

Title is 12v suggesting this is a DC cook top. First bit of the video talking about inverter so actually running off of AC not DC 😞

@TrueNorthAdventures 27 күн бұрын

We didn't see it that way, but we can see where you are coming from. Even if the induction cooker was made to run off 12v directly, it would still require an internally concealed inverter to change the current to AC to work, so it's not really that different and allows the option to use the inverter for other appliances.

@walkersunited332 5 ай бұрын

This might be the best option instead of buying wood for a year. Unless you got unlimited wood.

@TrueNorthAdventures 5 ай бұрын

Yep. Great for extended stays at locations where you are not allowed to collect firewood eg. Australian national parks or some private property camps.

@user-se9ny8jw5d 8 ай бұрын

Is the battery lithium

@TrueNorthAdventures 8 ай бұрын

Yes

@starshipdriver8536 6 ай бұрын

A cybertruck with its 123kwh battery pack and 9.6 kW output would do the job easily.

@TrueNorthAdventures 6 ай бұрын

Yeah should get most of the pancakes cooked. 🤣

@AsifIqbal-su5hd 10 күн бұрын

How I can get this in Pakistan!

@MikinessAnalog 3 ай бұрын

"for your KAUHH"

@TrueNorthAdventures 3 ай бұрын

Or even for your KAUHH. 😉

@mrsbradpittiful Жыл бұрын

That Stevie bloke looks like she should be a jockey

@TrueNorthAdventures Жыл бұрын

He was in the final round of casting for the hobbit but didn’t get it because he was too small…

@nathanmanners7862 Жыл бұрын

May as well pack the wife if ya bringing the whole kitchen

@TrueNorthAdventures Жыл бұрын

😂😂

@TheCornucopiaProject-bd5jk Ай бұрын

Kinda misleading title. Yes you use 12v battery, but you run the equipment off a 120/240v inverter

@TrueNorthAdventures 27 күн бұрын

I see where you are coming from. Although even if the induction cooker was made to run off 12v directly, it would still require an internally concealed inverter to change the current to AC to work, so it's not really that different and allows the option to use the inverter for other appliances.

@TheCornucopiaProject-bd5jk 27 күн бұрын

@@TrueNorthAdventures true. But I was looking for people using 12v appliances.

@martgueritahewitt6773 Жыл бұрын

😢 "Promosm"

@TrueNorthAdventures Жыл бұрын

Yeh spot on mate. But we tried to keep it as lighthearted and informative as possible. Hope you enjoyed it 👍

@ronb6182 8 ай бұрын

That's not real camping. Starting a camp fire is. And who wants to lug around a big battery in the woods just to power a stove? These stoves are ok at home or even on a road trip if you have the power in the car. Next video...73

@TrueNorthAdventures 8 ай бұрын

Agree mate! 👍 definitely not for hiking and we always still light a camp fire in the evenings. We use ours in the car for convenience and when there is a fire ban and we cannot light fires

@ronb6182 8 ай бұрын

@@TrueNorthAdventures that's good and quick stops at a rest area. Same as my butane stove. Even fire bans I still can get away with using my stove. The only fire ban I was in was when it was so dry during the forth of July all the fireworks displays were cancelled. We went to the mountains and no ban was there. 73