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UCO triple candle, use beeswax candles as regular candles are awful in a small space. Cheap candles will actually use a lead wick. The UCO triple candle has about 560 btu/hr., about 1/2 of a lantern and much safer. Sterno gel is safer as ou don't have spill risk. Sterno with Power Pad {wide...

I haven't tried them yet, Magic Cook or Barocook are heat packs that heat your mug of coffee or container of food. About $1 each

I learned that our eggs are washed for need to be refrig. Other countries do not do this so they can be kept at room temp. Thanks for the cottage cheese tip. Just starting to learn about diabetes. Apparently Carbs really are evil. Dr Atkins was right.

Unfortunately canned food is not very healthy long term. Lots of salt for one. Commercial canning just isn't a good way to go. Certainly a step up from fast food. Those long term storage foods ie Mountain House are good for a few days in a power outage , but watch the salt intake. One thing I...

A recent van conversion used a Midea  2.4 c ft fridge. Averaged 2.5 amps/hr + 1 amp for the inverter. Quite a bit more than a 12 v fridge but only costs $90.

Bob mentions a Worthington 1 gallon tank which is smaller and lighter. I did read that some propane locations won't fill less than 20 lb tank.

So a marine battery like a Optima can be used as a starting and deep cycle battery? One can discharge it 50% and not worry?

Road pro 12 volt oven uses 12 amps, more than your average car outlet. I think most are 10 amp.  Even 5 amps might be too much for hours of use, really not designed for that. Folks with thermoelectric coolers, which run constantly complain of 12 v outlets over heating and sometimes melting A...