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I have a 10 AMP tv socket in my caravan as a second tv point in the back of the van.

There is also a TV aerial piont so i am thinking of putting up a LCD tv for the kids on the wall.

I am not going to pay £300 for a Avtex tv and would prob buy an argos 16inch lcd tv for £100.

Questions:

How can i use the 10amp power socket and how and can i use a 240v tv or not? also i have a splitter on the digital areial so can i watch one digital channel in the front end tv and a different one in the back. Would it be easier to channel a cable to a 240 socket?

You can use an inverter to power a 230 V TV or digi box off 12V

See Leisure Power website for a suitable type

www.leisurepower.co.uk

I have a Manhattan TV that has a mains to 12V power pack and that has worked for 5+ years without the power pack off 12V

Leisure Power made me up a lead but you do need heavy cable from the van battery to the wall socket to cut down on voltsge drop

I use the Tv off 12V and the digi box off 230Vor via the inverter off 12V is 230V is unavailable

I have been using something similar to this for the last two years.  I plug the 3 pin into the inverter and straight into the 12v socket in the van.  No problems.  Is that wrong, or have I been doing it right allt his time ???  I'm a bit worried after all the tech speak here.

http://www.motor-world.co.uk/index.cfm?product=1092

Not wrong but more efficient if the 12V can go direct to the 12v rather than being stepped up to 230V and back down to 12V

We have 2 TVs in the van and the Manhattan can be used direct off the 12V as it has a mains to 12V power pack that can be unplugged but the other TV and Sky box need to be used via an inverter to step up 12V to 230V when mains is not available

I would think that you needed 2 different freeview boxes or Tvs with built in freeview as we need 2 different Sky boxes

We can watch Sky on one Tv via the digi box and the Tv via the aerial as well

Here are some for sale

http://www.housecharm.co.uk/requests/2+gang+socket.html

Quote: Originally posted by Jason Neville on 08/8/2010

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Thanks - Can you also watch too different freeview channels at the same time one in the front one in the back

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