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If you are thinking about buying a 12v Digital tv for your caravan or canper go to Comet and look for the tvs that comes with a  power pack.

Most of the smaller one have a power pack ,With 240v in and 12v 3amp out. By not useing the power pack you can plug strait into you 12v socket in your van and it will work fine.

You will need to buy a plug the same as the one that is on the power pack that plugs in to the tv,and make up a lead . You can get these from Maplins .

  I have just bought a 15in TV with a bult in DVD  from Comet for £139

  and it works fine on 12volt and of cors i can use it on the mains as well.

Dave have a look at my recent post "Bargain TV for caravan", I picked up a 19" true 16:9 LCD in comet for £129, thats deffo a 12v TV which will accept a bit over 12v as they even sell a lead for it for car use.

Hope your happy with your new purchase :)

P.S, it you want to make sure you can get a little 12v voltage reg from maplin, with a little bit of electrical knowledge you can put one inside a cig/clipsal 12v plug, 3 pins to wire up, Power in, ground power out, that will guarentee no more than 12v get to the set. I might even do a how to on here with pictures, so everyone can follow step by step and they need not worry about their tv's :)

Quote: Originally posted by DaleR on 08/5/2009

Dave have a look at my recent post "Bargain TV for caravan", I picked up a 19" true 16:9 LCD in comet for £129, thats deffo a 12v TV which will accept a bit over 12v as they even sell a lead for it for car use.

Hope your happy with your new purchase :)

P.S, it you want to make sure you can get a little 12v voltage reg from maplin, with a little bit of electrical knowledge you can put one inside a cig/clipsal 12v plug, 3 pins to wire up, Power in, ground power out, that will guarentee no more than 12v get to the set. I might even do a how to on here with pictures, so everyone can follow step by step and they need not worry about their tv's :)

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Thats right mate, most are usually 1a, but you can get them 5a to 10a, or build a dc-dc converter.

Any reputable dealer in TV specifically for motorhomers/caravanners will supply a regulator with any TV over 17" as these are the ones most prone to voltage fluctuations.

All our 19" 12v/240 come with a regulator included and 12v leads are supplied with all TV's

We have had no problems with the 15".

Quote: Originally posted by pete1946 on 08/5/2009

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almost all Zig and other makes of M/home and Caravan chargers when EHU only charge at 12 Volts,so there should not be a problem.

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sorry pete your wrong ,put a volt meter across the output and you will see a charging voltage of nearly 14 volts ,a battery charger has to charge at a higher voltage than the nominal battery voltage.

Dave