Ration Heater, Mounted Troops
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 11:38 am
Hey everyone,
I picked up a new, old-stock 24V ration heater, mounted troops on eBay for a great price, and it arrived yesterday, its the one that has four slots for retort pouches. My big challenge was finding a way to utilize it in my truck, which is the standard 12V DC system. I decided to just take off the 24V military utility connector and put on a standard 12V male connector and give it a try. This morning I had to run a few errands, so I plugged it in and put a FSR filled french toast in it for breakfast. After 10-15 min it was steaming hot. I'm relieved I don't have to rig up a 12-to-24V step-up system, it works perfectly with 12V.
I know this topic has come up in the forums before, so I apologize for being redundant, but I wanted to provide some evidence that it will indeed work fine on 12V. I have no way to test it on 24V to see if there is a temperature difference or just a difference in time-to-peak-temperature, but it got it steaming hot, so I'm very pleased with it. This thing is going to get a lot of use!
Have a a great week rationeers!
I picked up a new, old-stock 24V ration heater, mounted troops on eBay for a great price, and it arrived yesterday, its the one that has four slots for retort pouches. My big challenge was finding a way to utilize it in my truck, which is the standard 12V DC system. I decided to just take off the 24V military utility connector and put on a standard 12V male connector and give it a try. This morning I had to run a few errands, so I plugged it in and put a FSR filled french toast in it for breakfast. After 10-15 min it was steaming hot. I'm relieved I don't have to rig up a 12-to-24V step-up system, it works perfectly with 12V.
I know this topic has come up in the forums before, so I apologize for being redundant, but I wanted to provide some evidence that it will indeed work fine on 12V. I have no way to test it on 24V to see if there is a temperature difference or just a difference in time-to-peak-temperature, but it got it steaming hot, so I'm very pleased with it. This thing is going to get a lot of use!
Have a a great week rationeers!