12V Battery powered Electric Blanket?

[Tank]

Do they exist? Does anyone have one they use when camping.
I know some will say HTFU, but my feet get painfully cold in Winter (have Diabetes) and no amount of warm socks will warm them up once cold. Only a heat source, hot water bottle, hot wheatie bag will get them warm again, but they don't stay warm all night.
So has anyone have one or know of a 12V electric blanket, would be much obliged for any info, Regards Frank.

[uninformed]

not sure Frank the Tank, but if you dont have any luck you could try a snow ski shop for boot inserts. My mum who still skis every year has li-ion battery powered boot warmers. Very very good and on low setting will last 8-10hrs no problem

[bee utey]

I'd make one. Either use a small section of a regular electric blanket and connect that to 12V or get a 12 0.5ohm 5 watt resistors, solder them in series with flexible wire joins and sew them into your tootsie warmer. 20-25W (around 2 amps at 12V) should suffice for a well insulated bit of fluffy foot storage.

Or do what the rest of the world does, look on ebay (http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/HEATED-TRAVEL-RUG-SOFT-CARAVAN-FLEECE-ELECTRIC-THROW-CAR-BLANKET-12-VOLT-DC-AUTO-/171321511887?pt=AU_Bedding&hash=item27e38ecfcf).

[Homestar]

Buy a Pug. Ours will sit on our feet all night and keep them warm.:)

[130man]

Hi Frank, yes they do exist. We have one and it works well but it does suck a fair amount of power, as you may expect. We use ours to prewarm the bed in very cold conditions but turn it off when we are ready to sleep. The bootie warmers sound like they would do the job better for your particular needs. I can supply details if you would like them. Cheers. Ross.

[sam_d]

Indeed they do exist but you have to search a little bit for them. I think that they are available from US based online store since Aussie's are as soft as those Americans.

I have two - they don't get absolutely toasty warm but warm enough to take the edge off before going to bed on those very cold nights camping. They have a time so switch off after 45 minutes but that is generally enough.

Actually, here ya go: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/HEATED-TRAVEL-RUG-SOFT-CARAVAN-FLEECE-ELECTRIC-THROW-CAR-BLANKET-12-VOLT-DC-AUTO-/171321511887?pt=AU_Bedding&hash=item27e38ecfcf&_uhb=1

[drivesafe]

This is a question, not a suggestion but has anybody tried powering a 240VAC electric blanket off 12VDC, via an inverter?

I would imagine it would power hungry but!

[bee utey]

This is a question, not a suggestion but has anybody tried powering a 240VAC electric blanket off 12VDC, via an inverter?

I would imagine it would power hungry but!
Actually you could put the inverter in the end of your bed and use its losses to warm your feet while you power something else!

[drivesafe]

Actually you could put the inverter in the end of your bed and use its losses to warm your feet while you power something else!

Quite funny, if not true!!

[Tank]

This is a question, not a suggestion but has anybody tried powering a 240VAC electric blanket off 12VDC, via an inverter?

I would imagine it would power hungry but!
Actually that was my next question, Regards Frank.

[Tank]

Indeed they do exist but you have to search a little bit for them. I think that they are available from US based online store since Aussie's are as soft as those Americans.

I have two - they don't get absolutely toasty warm but warm enough to take the edge off before going to bed on those very cold nights camping. They have a time so switch off after 45 minutes but that is generally enough.

Actually, here ya go: Heated Travel RUG Soft Caravan Fleece Electric Throw CAR Blanket 12 Volt DC Auto | eBay (http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/HEATED-TRAVEL-RUG-SOFT-CARAVAN-FLEECE-ELECTRIC-THROW-CAR-BLANKET-12-VOLT-DC-AUTO-/171321511887?pt=AU_Bedding&hash=item27e38ecfcf&_uhb=1)
Sam d, so do you put the blanket under the bed covers like a regular electric blanket or sit on top of the covers like an extra blanket, Regards Frank.

[tewharaunz]

I had a pair of electric socks that ran on 9v batteries...

[Blknight.aus]

they exist, they draw about 30 amps and are basically a cut down version of the thermal jackets. The full size ones dont work all that well but the cut down version might be worth a shot.

I personally would go with those sodium acetate heater packs (http://www.shinbio.com.au/)

on edit... I clearly should have followed the ebay links, they are different to what I was thinking of...

however what I was thinking of led me to here http://cozywinters.com/heated-clothing/

[sam_d]

Sam d, so do you put the blanket under the bed covers like a regular electric blanket or sit on top of the covers like an extra blanket, Regards Frank.

We use foam mattresses with the electric blankets on top of those and sleep on top of the lot. Very toasty! :)

[Pedro_The_Swift]

the linked ones are 50w versions,,
so around 4amps per hour,,

they seem to have an auto temp function so maybe less overnight?

[Tank]

Thanks All for your help and advice, I just purchased a 12V electric blanket off eBay, $40 delivered, will let you know how it goes, I will be off into Bendethra later this month to try it out, anyone interested let me know, Thanks again, Regards Frank.
Heated Travel RUG Soft Caravan Fleece Electric Throw CAR Blanket 12 Volt DC Auto | eBay (http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/HEATED-TRAVEL-RUG-SOFT-CARAVAN-FLEECE-ELECTRIC-THROW-CAR-BLANKET-12-VOLT-DC-AUTO-/171321511887?pt=AU_Bedding&hash=item27e38ecfcf&_uhb=1)

[alien]

It will be interesting to see how it works.


DAF had them as an option but they may have been 24volt.
There is also a fellow on another forum I frequent that was selling 12volt electric blankets.

[bed_bug]

Sounds good. Every time I visit your forum - it generally ends up costing me money. Yesterday was the wireless tyre monitoring system. Cheers,, Steve

[ATH]

I know a bloke who just left his genset running all night keeping his electric blanket going, right next to others in tents, until it run out in the early hours, just so he would be warm in bed.:mad:
I would have ****ed in his tank......
AlanH.

[bed_bug]

yeah that happened here, next morning the pull chord was on 2" long.

[dullbird]

Your always going to get those people...

When we camped on the way up to the cape we were at a free site that everyone had their noisy bloody gens going...

we were in our camper trailer with ice on the inside of the tent...would I have liked a electric blanket Dam straight I would have!!!

there is nothing worse than being cold in a tent..



I know a bloke who just left his genset running all night keeping his electric blanket going, right next to others in tents, until it run out in the early hours, just so he would be warm in bed.:mad:
I would have ****ed in his tank......
AlanH.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

There is also a fellow on another forum I frequent that was selling 12volt electric blankets.

Link?:angel:

[alien]

Link?:angel:
A little dearer than Tank's buy.

They claim a maximum of 3.1 amps.
Tek Trek | Bushfire Protection | Battery Chargers | Solar | Camping | UHF CB (http://www.tektrek.com.au/#!12v-deluxe-elec-blanket)

Their budget version...
http://www.tektrek.com.au/#!12v-maxsa-elec-blankets

[Hoges]

Your always going to get those people...

When we camped on the way up to the cape we were at a free site that everyone had their noisy bloody gens going...

we were in our camper trailer with ice on the inside of the tent...would I have liked a electric blanket Dam straight I would have!!!

there is nothing worse than being cold in a tent..

Actually there is something worse ... being both wet and cold... :(

[weeds]

Kimberly Kampers have one as an options....it goes under the mattress, I imagine it would cost a bomb

[Blknight.aus]

Actually there is something worse ... being both wet and cold... :(

in the wind with a torn fly on the tent and a broken vehicle so you cant get out till the morning when help is due back...

and all you can do is try to hunker down behind what you have to try and get out of the driving wind and be thankful that its not snowing or sleeting

[ramblingboy42]

harden up Dave.....

[Blknight.aus]

fortunately it wasnt me, I was the one organizing the help....

I drove the 3 most frail of the party of 5 out of the area leaving the 2 others at the site with their tent 90% up and the light failing due to the incoming storm. (I wasnt willing to risk the half hour of tricky driving at night in a storm I didnt realize that I had left the two most volatile agents up there alone with each other and apparently a massive fight broke out while they were trying to put the fly up over the tent.

The rest is history, when we got back nearly an hour after first light the next day the site was a complete wreck, The two blokes wouldnt speak to each other but had made the sensible decision to bundle up together in the middle of a pile of cloths blankets sleeping bags and inflatable matresses.


I guess they were lucky it was still autumn and it wasnt stupid cold that night, just really wet and windy.

[sdt463]

I know a bloke who just left his genset running all night keeping his electric blanket going, right next to others in tents, until it run out in the early hours, just so he would be warm in bed.:mad:
I would have ****ed in his tank......
AlanH.

Watch out for the plug lead.
Dave

[Aaron IIA]

This is a question, not a suggestion but has anybody tried powering a 240VAC electric blanket off 12VDC, via an inverter?

I would imagine it would power hungry but!

I tried this with a new pure sine wave inverter and new electric blanket. Woke up a few hours later to the smell of a blown capacitor in the inverter. I don't know if this was the result of running the electric blanket, or just a bad inverter. Are electric blanlets inductive,capacitive or resitive?
Aaron

[DiscoMick]

I have a hot wife, so I don't need one. :D

[Blknight.aus]

I tried this with a new pure sine wave inverter and new electric blanket. Woke up a few hours later to the smell of a blown capacitor in the inverter. I don't know if this was the result of running the electric blanket, or just a bad inverter. Are electric blanlets inductive,capacitive or resitive?
Aaron

usually resistive...

bout the hardest thing you can ask an inverter to drive. its a relentless load.

[Aaron IIA]

I thought a resistive load would be the easiest to run. It is neither leading or lagging. I do know that inverters do not like fluorescent lights because of their inductive load.
Aaron

[Hoges]

So using an inverter to run the low wattage globes sold in supermarkets is not recommended ?

[Aaron IIA]

The compact fluorescent globes run fine on an invertet. I do this frequently. The long straight tubes do not run well, unless you have added an appropriate capacitor.
Aaron