61 points

A car cigarette lighter, if it’s on a 20A fuse, can provide 240w. I’m amazed someone managed to burn pancakes with so little power.

Assuming this happened.

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https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/12v-Dc-Hot-Plate-Cooktop-400W_1600610214693.html?spm=a2700.pccps_detail.0.0.346a13a0eHoBt1

Pros don’t use the cigarette lighter!

I actually used to do something similar with my radio equipment. A bit much for the cigarette lighter (usually rated at 10a not 20). So I just parked the car, set up the aerial and wires straight to battery.

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8 points

Wiring everything straight to the battery is a classical move for amateur auto electricians, I’ve done similar myself.

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5 points

For clarification, my radio has inline fuses right at the start of the positive and negative wires. If you’ve ever seen wires melted into people’s carpet because they didn’t have a fuse on their hardwired car electrics… Yeah.

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7 points

I’ve heard of truckers cooking meatloaf with a lighter plug, but it took hours and was well insulated. I’m calling BS on this one.

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4 points

And a truck is likely 24v, so twice the power for the same current. It’s also not unheard of for trucks to have high power devices like inverters in the cab, so may have much more current and power available.

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12v car battery and alternator is more than enough. The limiting factor is the fuse and/or melting wires. Thats why giant 1000w subwoofers use thick wire and larger fuses directly from the battery.

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4 points

calling bs on a joke greentext. very brave.

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5 points

It was a european car, so on 48 volts.

/j

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3 points

Well, it can go up to 15 volts and provide 300 watts. So there is that.

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5 points

After googling i found numbers like 1200 to 2400 watts being produced by a car alternator. Just bridge the fuse and you can make pancakes in your car happy and without worries.

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4 points

Your typical car is at the lower end, and don’t forget the vehicle itself uses power, quite a bit of it in fact.

2kw would be commercial vehicles, four wheel drives etc that have a lot of accessories, dual battery systems etc.

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2 points

Use a bullet as a fuse. You’ll know when it pops.

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3 points

That is like the least obviously made up part. 😂

Most physically impossible, though.

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2 points

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004338221979

They do exist, I have no idea if you could cook a pancake though.

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38 points

Damn, not the pancakes!

No drinking and driving -> No cooking and driving

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15 points

I am immediately reminded of this from my childhood.

Barney Movie - The Food Truck Part

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8 points

Thanks for the video!

Wow, that car is pimped out with the best cooking equipment and even a milkshake maker!

He should have stopped and finished cooking before driving again. Shame shame, wasting good food as well!

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5 points

As a wee child I wanted that truck so bad.

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7 points

LET HIM COOK!

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22 points

So did the cop pull him out and shoot him in self defense for burning the pancakes or just shoot him because that is what cops do.

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4 points

Depends on if he was DWB

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He was Driving While Making Burnt / Black Pancakes…

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2 points

Only after an acorn fell on the roof of the vehicle.

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19 points

The pancakes were so burnt the cop shot them.

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IDK, driving while making pancakes sounds a lot like something a stoner would do.

It doesn’t discount the fact that the driver might be high. I’m just saying.

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