Power Requirement for Satellite Receiver

Volts X Amps = Watts. In your case, 120V X 1A = 120W.

We use a 300 watt Samlex PS inverter to run everything in our entertainment center which includes 40" HDTV, HD sat antenna and HD receiver, Bluray DVD player, and bluetooth soundbar. Our HDTV consumes less than 60 watts according to inverter readout, could have went smaller but wanted to have enough to run whatever was located within entertainment center. My DC socket did not have enough juice and the inverter squealed endlessly when plugged in, no biggie as I just ran wire of sufficient gauge directly from battery bank to easily power the inverter.

Our Direct TV receiver uses 55 Watts on as well as off.

Thanks guys
I went out and plugged a cheap 300 watt inverter into the 12v receptacle and plugged the tv into it with the original power supply.
It ran fine off the inverter and I have a 5 volt usb video player running off the tv's usb port running fine as well
I'll try the dish receiver when it gets delivered tomorrow
Hopefuly it'll all run together off that little inverter
The inverter fan is a little noisy but I can live with that
Now you got me thinking about a soundbar lol
The coax connector behind the TV says satellite ready, so I should be able to hook the dish to the outside outlet and then run a short length to the receiver yes?
I only have 2 six volt batteries and I'm hoping to not have to use the generator a bunch, I'm taking off for five days of dry camping at Glamis next week
Be nice if everything works well

Steve92004 wrote:
Thanks guys
I went out and plugged a cheap 300 watt inverter into the 12v receptacle and plugged the tv into it with the original power supply.
It ran fine off the inverter and I have a 5 volt usb video player running off the tv's usb port running fine as well
I'll try the dish receiver when it gets delivered tomorrow
Hopefuly it'll all run together off that little inverter
The inverter fan is a little noisy but I can live with that
Now you got me thinking about a soundbar lol
The coax connector behind the TV says satellite ready, so I should be able to hook the dish to the outside outlet and then run a short length to the receiver yes?
I only have 2 six volt batteries and I'm hoping to not have to use the generator a bunch, I'm taking off for five days of dry camping at Glamis next week
Be nice if everything works well

You should be fine with the 2 6 volts, I have same setup with 300 watt inverter but I put the inverter next to the batteries and ran romex to the outlet for the T.V. and receiver, cooling fan doesn't bother me and 12v wires are short, I have a switch to turn it on/off. My TV is only 26" as that's all the space I have but it works great. I do run my generator twice a day for an hour or so, coffee in the AM and while cooking in PM. Seems to keep it all working just fine. Tailgater dish and Dish V211k receiver.

nayther wrote:

Steve92004 wrote:
Thanks guys
I went out and plugged a cheap 300 watt inverter into the 12v receptacle and plugged the tv into it with the original power supply.
It ran fine off the inverter and I have a 5 volt usb video player running off the tv's usb port running fine as well
I'll try the dish receiver when it gets delivered tomorrow
Hopefuly it'll all run together off that little inverter
The inverter fan is a little noisy but I can live with that
Now you got me thinking about a soundbar lol
The coax connector behind the TV says satellite ready, so I should be able to hook the dish to the outside outlet and then run a short length to the receiver yes?
I only have 2 six volt batteries and I'm hoping to not have to use the generator a bunch, I'm taking off for five days of dry camping at Glamis next week
Be nice if everything works well

You should be fine with the 2 6 volts, I have same setup with 300 watt inverter but I put the inverter next to the batteries and ran romex to the outlet for the T.V. and receiver, cooling fan doesn't bother me and 12v wires are short, I have a switch to turn it on/off. My TV is only 26" as that's all the space I have but it works great. I do run my generator twice a day for an hour or so, coffee in the AM and while cooking in PM. Seems to keep it all working just fine. Tailgater dish and Dish V211k receiver.

That's smart, I think I'll do the same
Thanks!

Steve92004 wrote:

That's smart, I think I'll do the same
Thanks!

if you can find an inverter with a remote on/off connection for a switch that is ideal. On the old one I had I was able to open it up and solder in two wires for a parallel on/off switch. On this new one I was too cheap and lazy and just wired in a little pilot circuit/relay and leave the inverter switch "on" and isolate power with the indoor switch.

I would add one more thing I would get a battery volt monitor and don't rely on the battery monitor in the coach (unless you have one that has a numerical readout)
I use this one it has a low voltage alarm.

If you going to be using the furnace at the same time you will suck those batteries dry before you know it.
https://www.amazon.com/VoltMinder-Digital-Volt-Meter-Batteries/dp/B001IQ1XW4

1L243 wrote:
I would add one more thing I would get a battery volt monitor and don't rely on the battery monitor in the coach (unless you have one that has a numerical readout)
I use this one it has a low voltage alarm.

If you going to be using the furnace at the same time you will suck those batteries dry before you know it.
https://www.amazon.com/VoltMinder-Digital-Volt-Meter-Batteries/dp/B001IQ1XW4

I have 2 6v batteries, how low can I let them get before I fire up the generator?