12v hair dryers any use?

MelanieST said:
Best hair dryer girls should buy no doubt is the karmin g3 salon pro b/c it has ionic technology that will leave the hair smooth and shiny
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Strange to pull up an old post of many years ago as a first post then b*gger off . BTW who markets the Karmin g3 salon pro b/c ? Melanie by any chance ?
 
clyst said:
Strange to pull up an old post of many years ago as a first post then b*gger off .
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I can't believe anything called a "salon pro" thingamijig will run off 12v anyway.

For the record, we never bought a 12v hairdryer, or an inverter, so we stuck with a towel on board and mains hairdryer ashore.
 
James_Calvert said:
I can't believe anything called a "salon pro" thingamijig will run off 12v anyway
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Have you seen the price of the things? For that price I would expect a blow job rather than a blow dry.

On the rare occasions I need a hair dryer on the boat I use the dinghy inflator. My hair is shines like a lighthouse and bounces in time with the swell.
 
PCUK said:
A cheap inverter is the easiest solution as SWMBO can run her normal dryer off it.
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Still got to power the inverter. An inverter powering a hairdyer is going to take even more from the battery than an equivalent 12 volt hair dryer would
 
FWIW I have a very cheap 168W 12V hairdyer, purely as part of my very-cold-weather-engine-starting kit. My little 1GM10 doesn't have a glow plug, and the "hairdryer" directed into the air intake for half a minute and then while spinning the engine really does do the trick for me. :)
 
Alan ashore said:
FWIW I have a very cheap 168W 12V hairdyer, purely as part of my very-cold-weather-engine-starting kit. My little 1GM10 doesn't have a glow plug, and the "hairdryer" directed into the air intake for half a minute and then while spinning the engine really does do the trick for me. :)
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Blimey, I was just about to comment that everybody thought they were useless and then you come along!
 
Hair driers rely on air flow and a heating element to warm that air. There is no room for ineficiencies. All power in must come out as heat. More air that is cooler might dry a little quicker. But certainly a 240v drier on an inverter must lose power in the form of heat in the inverter. A 12v drier must be more eficient than 240v on an inverter.
Obviously the eberspacher outlet is the best source for hot air.
However I would think a hand held low powered 12v hair dryer might have a use. (look for the cheapest) But drain current will be high so be prepared for batteries being flattened.
Hopefully witha low powered drier she will not have the patience to hold it long enough to do too much harm to batteries. good luck olewill
 
Gas powered curlers and straighteners are quite commonplace, I guess there would be no market for a gas hairdryer with a 12v blower, well not a big enough one to interest any manufacturer I suppose.
 
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