Small inverter or 12 volt tv?
I just bought a Samsung 24 inch tv that I really like. It has the option of playing video straight from a flash drive, an option I really want. I had trouble finding the right size barrel plug - see...
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It's less of a drain on your battery to run a TV like yours directly from a 12V source rather than through an inverter.
I did this in 2010 with a new Vizio TV I bought for our LTV. When I asked a similar question to yours on this forum about doing this I had several claim that the 12V supply was not compatible and I would run the risk of damaging the TV. I did it anyway based on other advice and it has been working fine ever since.
Also, the original TV was the only reason the LTV had an inverter so I just took the inverter out. I had a 12V source going to the DVD player so I just spliced into it for the TV.
Here is a link to what I did: Visio 12V TV Installation
There are captions if you view the individual photos, click on the "i" icon to see the captions if on a PC.
I did this in 2010 with a new Vizio TV I bought for our LTV. When I asked a similar question to yours on this forum about doing this I had several claim that the 12V supply was not compatible and I would run the risk of damaging the TV. I did it anyway based on other advice and it has been working fine ever since.
Also, the original TV was the only reason the LTV had an inverter so I just took the inverter out. I had a 12V source going to the DVD player so I just spliced into it for the TV.
Here is a link to what I did: Visio 12V TV Installation
There are captions if you view the individual photos, click on the "i" icon to see the captions if on a PC.
