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Hi,

We are going to a seasonal pitch soon.

Do many people use their TV's on mains voltage?  Do you use a voltage stabiliser? Do many use DC voltage from the battery?

Cheers..

If you are always going to have mains electricity the I would go for a mains voltage television.  They are about half the price of multi-voltage ones !

Obviously if you are going to be sited without an EHU you will need a 12v unit but, depending on the size of your battery, you won't be watching for long without a re-charge.

DaveS1

Quote: Originally posted by Vin Blanc on 09/5/2012

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Running on 12v DC, a 19" – 22" LCD TV can draw up to 8 amps per hour.

If you switch it on for the 6 o’clock news and watch it through till midnight that’s approx. 48 amps out of your battery!

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Thanks for all the replies

I will now buy a 22" Samsung LED TV which draws less current than a LCD TV one also

Obviously will use on the ac mains and get a voltage stabiliser and an inverter later if it is required.

Thanks again.

the ampere is a measure of the amount of electric charge passing a point in an electric circuit per unit time.

Saxo1

Yep, in the analogy of a water hosepipe, the current is the flow of water running along the pipe and the voltage is the force at the start of the pipe.

It can get more complicated with dc because there is voltage drop if the "pipe" is long or thin

Quote: Originally posted by DaveS1 on 09/5/2012

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.. I would go for a mains voltage television.  They are about half the price of multi-voltage ones !

DaveS1

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Quote: Originally posted by birder99 on 10/5/2012

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Paul if you stick a meter on the Kogan TV's you will find they actually draw considerably less than the quoted figures which I believe are the maximum load.

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