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Good info, thank you. The 12V blanket seems to be the way. I’m now shopping around for one from a brand or shop I trust!

@dg360 @xman @chimaera Thanks for the replies. I think a heated seat and a blanket are enough!

Yeah, I won’t be trying that lark. What do you reckon to the electric blanket?

Hello everyone For longer journeys, when my partner wants to stay super cosy, I am thinking of getting an inverter for her electric blanket. I am looking at this inverter for this electric blanket. I think a 200W inverter for a 150W blanket should be fine. I understand that appliances surge when first turned on; this turns on to a lower power mode so that should be fine. Also being a heated blanket I gather a modified sine wave is fine. Is there anything I am missing. Also, any inverter info would be appreciated: 1) What happens when you plug 1000W of appliance into a 200W inverter? Is it just that it draws 200W, or does something more serious happen? 2) What happens if a 500W inverter is hooked up to the 12V outlet? Blown fuses? Battery drain? I am not planning the above, so don don’t worry! 3) Blown fuses seem common. Presumably this will just affect the 12V outlets if it does happen? (I have never had a blown fuse!) All info greatly appreciated.

I have been brave with ACC! Coming off a slip road to join a queue of traffic it brakes late and hard. But it does work.