Monday, March 30, 2015

Ice Maker!

I was browsing through Canadian Tire yesterday and saw this, a portable ice maker. Sure, it needs 120v, but after reading a LOT of reviews, I saw two people who successfully ran it off an inverter, so I went ahead and picked it up this morning.

I've got it sitting on the counter, ready to give it a test, first on regular A/C, then once I know it works, I'll test it on my inverter.   It was $129 (discounted from $159) but at $2 and $3 for a bag of ice, this will surely pay for itself, probably in the first month of travel.



Ok, waited a couple hours, and plugged it in, and filled it with water...







































Waited about 10 minutes, and...


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  1. odam2kMarch 30, 2015 at 5:18 PM

    It's making ice right now on the inverter! I have a 1000W Inverter left over from one of my Fathers boats, on one of my Nautilus Depp Cycle Batteries. At first, it didn't work, but I replaced my tiny wires with a set of booster cables, and it's working fine now. :)

    Ice any time, that'll be great.

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