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You'll put so much work and money into it, that you'll never get it back. I've seen so many guys who are auxiliary fire, police reserve, et cetera, make modifications onto their personal vehicles. And actually, most full time cops & firemen don't get to take cars home, so they wire up their personal cars in case they get called in. At the end of the day, they find out that all of their goodies actually decreases the trade-in and resale value, because the dealer or next owner will have to do so much to return the vehicle to stock. Sure, you take out all of the flashing lights and siren; but now there are clipped wires and holes everywhere. Your best bet when you want another car, is to try to sell it to some other guy on your department. Plenty of guys have alimony, child support, gambling problems, drinking problems, kids in private school, spend all their money on girls........they can't afford a new car, and will be glad to buy yours, with all the lights and siren, at a good price. Go ahead. Drill holes. Cut things off. Do whatever you need to make your vehicle functional.

when you've seen the worst in the human condition, all that you have left is a sense of humor. Just remember that when you're out with your SAR K9; the service that you perform, is the rent that you pay, for living on this earth. 5150

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Sounds like a lot of electrical draw, to brew k-cups, then litter the woods with used, non-biodegradable k-cups while camping. Just kidding. I'm sure nobody is tossing out k-cups in the woods.......

There are amps (the instantaneous draw) and then there are amp hours - The instantaneous draw continued for a full hour. You're wanting to take the AH number and divide it by 60 to get a number 1/60th of the actual instantaneous draw, but it doesn't work that way - You will draw that HUGE number, even if it's only for 15 seconds The 184 amps is actually the instantaneous draw for the inverter at it's 2 KW full load, but since your coffeemaker only draws 1450 watts (12.08 amps @ 120vac) the inverter load will be smaller than 184 amps. A 'rough idea' of the inverter draw is always to just to take the appliances amp draw at 120 volts and multiply that by ten - 12 amps at 120 volts is 1,440 watts and so is 120 amps at 12 volts - Still 1,440 watts. You would still have to add 10% or so for inverter inefficiency, but 'roughly' 120 amps (plus 10% or 15%) is what you need to plan for No - You can't run that inverter from a 30 amp source, not by a long shot! It is still 'theoretically' possible to do what you want, because the alternator on the '14 to '16 TC's is rated at 150 amps (even though it won't actually put out that much, especially with the engine idling) but if the brew only took 2 or 3 minutes, the battery could take up the slack for that long - *If* the engine is left running. Otherwise, a 130 amp load on a 50 AH 12 volt battery would very quickly create an under voltage condition and the inverter would shut down before your brew cycle was finished But - The DC wires from the battery to the inverter will need to be HUGE (about as thick as your finger) and they will need to be as short as possible (the inverter mounted under the hood and not in the back of the van) and you're still going to strain several things to the point of breaking, so . . . . it might be best to grab a cup of joe at the nearest 7-11 rather than spend the time and money involved with getting 1.5 KW from a 12 volt battery Don