AlabamaGrillBillies
is one Smokin' Farker
- Joined
- Mar 7, 2007
- Location
- Birmingham Alabama
That may well be true but I can tell you from experience that when the electric goes out at 4:30am that an FEC is dead in the water. That is, unless you plan to take a generator where ever you go. I cooked on an FEC and it relying solely on electric was the only thing I thought was a weakness. I'm not sure if they would be able to run on DC or not. They most likely require too much juice for the heating element to run on DC, but that is just a guess.
Ya that is the only downside IMO, but its really not that big of a deal in the big picture. With all the stuff we haul to a comp, a small generator for just a FEC backup wouldn't be that big of a deal. I THINK (dangerous word) that you could use a car battery and an invertor to supply the 110AC it requires. Don't know how long it would run on that setup, its too early in the morning for the math, but I'll look into it.