RV FEATURE
AIR FRYER
Meat pies and pizza. I know they’ re not much of a healthy meal, but I figured staple foods like this – well, okay, junk food – are what most seem to be cooking in those small travel ovens, so figured this would be a great comparison. Yes, you can cook meat, chips and many other better meals, but given how well this air fryer did the job, I reckon it’ s a winner.
PLUGS
Amongst these four 12V appliances, there are three different types of plugs. Why?
It’ s all about the power draw. The more power an appliance draws, the better the plug must contact when plugged in. That is, the plug needs to be able to handle the power being used, without failing via overloading the switch itself.
Let’ s start with the ciggie plug. They are generally rated at 10A, which allows them to draw 120W. Some, with a higher rating of 20A, can handle 240W of power. Given that, the air fryer is the only appliance here that comes with a ciggie plug. But there is also a hard-wire option included in the packaging, which I’ d be using just for good measure.
The Anderson plug is about as good as it gets so far as handling higher loads and returning a good, positive connection are concerned. The 50A Anderson is the go-to for most applications in the automotive, caravanning and camping industry, as well as solar applications, although there are higher-rated version if needed.
Given the higher rating, the other three appliances here rely on an Anderson plug for connecting to the 12-volt source.
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