nlitend1

And back to our cooking tips show, brought to you by our sponsor Ford. Lol

BMack37

This is why everyone needs a clamp meter, know what wattage the items you are plugging in. A cheap HF or entry level like Tacklife will get you by, you don't need a Fluke. Just don't go probing with that cheap meter without knowing what you're doing, an expensive meter provides reliability and safety so it doesn't blow up in your hand. Non-contact though, have at it. Get yourself a line splitter too, they're about $10.

gone postal

Wattage is on the dataplate of every UL listed device sold in the US.

Shouldn't need an ammeter, just RTFDP

BMack37

That will show a power consumption rounded up. He was using the warming feature, which is not going to be the max power consumption but would be a fraction of that. Which is why he should either not use it or use a meter.

fordguy2100

I was skimming this thread and read this as " probably cheaper to get your crockpot a new wife"

jclancya

I just had this happen with the crockpot and F150. This makes the most sense based upon the crockpots wattage. Ended up finishing the beans another way and threw the crockpot out.

Flamingtaco

This thread having already been brought back to life...

The newer trucks with the 2000w sine wave output should have no issues, pushing a crock pot, but I'd like to hear some feedback on that.

BareBonesXL

Here's an old post about newer trucks. Apparently, at the time, older was better. Somebody's guess.

https://www.f150forum.com/f118/power...-issue-287998/

https://www.f150forum.com/f118/power...8/#post3967310

Flamingtaco

That thread is from when the 2015 was new. We're talking about the ProPower, which is supposed to be a true sine wave inverter and shouldn't present problems like the inverter of old.

BareBonesXL

The point was that it worked, then Ford made an "improvement", then problems cropped up. The inverter of old was actually better than the inverter of new.

I even pulled out the specific post.